Diana George

Biography

I currently serve as Professor of Rhetoric & Writing and Director of the Virginia Tech Writing Center after six years of having redesigned and directed Virginia Tech's first-year writing program.

From 1977-2005, I taught at Michigan Technological University, where I served as Director of Writing Center Tutoring and Instruction;  Director of First-year English; Director of GTA Education; and Chair of MTU's University General Education Council (1998-2000). During that time, I taught undergraduate courses as varied as British Novel, the three-quarter sequence of Science and Humanities, Art Appreciation, and First-year Writing. As a part of the inaugural faculty in the PhD program Rhetoric and Technical Communication, I designed and taught Composition Theory, Visual Rhetoric, and Composition and Cultural Studies. With Nancy Grimm and Ed Lotto, I served as co-editor of Writing Center Journal (1990-1994). My scholarship reflects what, by some, must seem a kaleidoscope of interests: Composition pedagogy; visual studies; and alternative rhetorics — all with a special attention to marginalized voices.