Helen Foster
Welcome; I’m glad you’re here. My Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, with a secondary concentration in cultural studies, was earned at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. My primary research focuses on composition history and theory and disciplinarity, using the methodology of institutional critique. In addition to various journal articles in this area, I have also published a book, Networked Process: Dissolving Boundaries of Process and Post-Process, and I’m currently co-authoring an upcoming composition textbook, Explorations: A Guided Inquiry into Writing. I serve at the national level on the executive committees for the Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition as well as the newly formed Consortium of Undergraduate Programs in Rhetoric and Writing. My current research interest is trained on the area of undergraduate majors in rhetoric and writing studies, and I am currently working with others to build a national infrastructure for this emerging field. Last, my sustained interest in postmodern issues and rhetoric and writing studies is now morphing into a focus on globalization, particularly with an eye to rhetorical interventions that support sustainability and peace. I’m faculty advisor to Frontera Retorica and I’m into social networking; you can find me on Facebook and living in Yoville.
UTEP Faculty Profile: http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=70104&ID=hfoster
Contact Information
Email: hfoster@utep.edu
Phone: 915-747-6623
Hudspeth Hall 115
Personal Information
Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor