faculty

Stanley Harrison

Associate Professor

English & Communication

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Liberal Arts 307

Education

1999University of Rhode IslandB.A. in English
1988University of KentuckyM.A. in English
1985SUNY CortlandPh.D in English

Teaching

  • Internet Communication and Culture
  • Posthuman Rhetorics
  • Teaching English: Classroom Methods
  • Composition Theory
  • Copywriting

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

The study and contemporary application of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory. Students will apply rhetorical theory in ongoing analyses of a wide range of communication media (written, spoken, visual) and in their own writing.

An introduction to the art of public speaking through the study of effective principles combined with practice in speaking before a group.

Explores copywriting theories, principles, and techniques. Students will learn to compose within a variety of copywriting genres, such as space advertising, brochures, sales letters, radio scripts, and interactive advertising.

Introduction to Internet communications and culture. The course focus will change with the instructor, but topics may include Internet Cultural Production and the Global Digital Divide; Cyborg Communications; Uploading Identity, Downloading Decrepitude; Augmented Reality, or the Composition of Everyday Life.

This course explores the analytical and creative possibilities of language. Through both a theoretical discussion and practical application, we will examine how basic elements of writing, such as diction - including figurative language - syntax, structure, and rhetorical style, express and modulate meaning in a variety of writing forms. Students will analyze, create, and critique imaginative pieces, including advertising copy, written speeches, song lyrics, technical articles, short fiction poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction.

An in-depth writing workshop focusing on various topics in professional writing. The type of writing taught during a particular semester will vary, depending on student interests, faculty research and publication, or the strengths of visiting writers. Possible topics include approaches to writing novels, short stories, screenplays or poetry, editorial, feature, how-to environmental and other forms of journalistic writing; free-lance writing; and special topics in technical and professional writing.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

The Communication and Literacy Skills test consists of two subtests: reading and writing. The reading subtest contains multiple-choice items and word meaning (vocabulary) items. The writing subtest contains four sections: written summary, written composition, grammar and usage, and written mechanics. Areas covered include the comprehension and analysis of readings; development of ideas in essay form on specific topics; outlining and summarizing; interpretation of tables and graphs; and mastery of vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. No textbooks are required but handouts and booklet will be provided.
Register for this course.

The Communication and Literacy Skills test consists of two subtests: reading and writing. The reading subtest contains multiple-choice items and word meaning (vocabulary) items. The writing subtest contains four sections: written summary, written composition, grammar and usage, and written mechanics. Areas covered include the comprehension and analysis of readings; development of ideas in essay form on specific topics; outlining and summarizing; interpretation of tables and graphs; and mastery of vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. No textbooks are required but handouts and booklet will be provided.
Register for this course.

Research

Research interests

  • Absolute social space
  • Allegory and allegoresis
  • Factory of the dead social
  • Factory of third nature
  • Internetworked production capitals

Select publications

  • Stan Harrison (2012).
    Combined Development, Not Digital Divide
    JAC, 32, 83-144.
  • Stanley Harrison (2008).
    Our Cyberbodies, Ourselves: Conceptual Grounds for Teaching Commodities to Write
    Plugged In: Technology, Rhetoric and Culture in a Posthuman Age, 41-57.
  • Stanley Harrison (2007).
    Unconscious Writing in the Factory of the Social: A Class Theory of Negative, Allegorical Rhetoric
    JAC, 27, 63-103.

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