KENDALL JOY GERDES portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric Studies

Current Courses

Fall 2024

  • WRTG 3875-001
    Histories & Theories
  • WRTG 7740-001
    Rhetoric I

Spring 2024

Professional Organizations

  • Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. 10/01/2017 - present. Position : Member.
  • National Council of Teachers of English. 03/2009 - present. Position : Member.

Courses I Teach

  • WRTG 2010 - Intermediate Writing
    This course examines how writing can be used to negotiate, broker, and intervene in issues of public significance, as well as writing in undergraduate academic contexts.
  • WRTG 3875 - Histories & Theories of Rhetoric
    This course examines the speech and writing of ancient sophists, as well as their influence on contemporary rhetorical theory. Participants will consider the relationships between rhetoric, truth, goodness, democracy, and demagoguery.