Michael Zerbe, Ph.D.

Education

• B.S., James Madison University (1988)
• M.T.S.C., Miami University (1990)
• Ph.D., Purdue University (1998)

Courses

• Rhetorical Theory
• Rhetoric of Science
• Technical and Scientific Communication
• Professional Editing
• Science Fiction

Research Interests

• Rhetorics of Science and Medicine
• Rhetoric and Composition and Science Literacy

Honors

• Fulbright Lecturer, Bulgaria, 2009
• York College Summer Research Grant, 2003, 2005
• Health Communications Fellowship, National Cancer Institute, 1990

Recent Publications

• Zerbe, Michael J. “Toward a Rhetoric of DNA: The Advent of CRISPR.” POROI 14.2 (2019): Article 3. https://doi.org/10.13008/2151-2957.1276
• Zerbe, Michael J. The Rock-‘n’-Roll Guide to Grammar and Style. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-rock-n-roll-guide-to-grammar-and-style
• Zerbe, Michael J. “Paging Paul Krugman: Toward a Topoi of an Exemplar Public Intellectual in the Natural and Physical Sciences.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 49.1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1177/0047281618754723
• Zerbe, Michael J. “Satire of Science in Charles Dickens’ Mudfog Papers: The Institutionalization of Science and The Importance of Rhetorical Diversity to Scientific Literacy.” Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology. 24.2 (2016): 197–227.

Service

• Various Department and Academic Senate Committees
• Faculty Co-Chair, American Council on Education Internationalization Lab