About

William Schraufnagel has spent the last eight years teaching writing and speech at public universities, a proud member of the Rhetoric Society of America since 2008.

Education

MA Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State, 2008
BA English, Yale, 2003

Experience

Graduate Assistant Director, Center for Writing and Communication, Memphis, 2015-
Consultant, Center for Writing and Communication, Memphis, Spring 2015
President, Arnold-Ebbitt Interdisciplinary Rhetoricians (AEIR), graduate student chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America, Penn State, October 2010 – April 2011
Vice-President, AEIR, Penn State, October 2009 – September 2010
Research Assistant, Jack Selzer, Penn State, Spring 2010
Teaching Mentor for incoming MA students, Penn State, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
Syllabus Editor for Composition Program, Penn State, Spring 2009 – Spring 2010
Writing Tutor, San Diego State, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

Honors and Awards

Wilma R. Ebbitt Award for study in Rhetoric and Composition, Penn State, 2008
T. Whitney Blake Prize for Excellence in English, Yale, 2003
Henry David Thoreau Fellowship for Studies in the Environment, Yale, 2001

Research Interests

Kenneth Burke, Ancient Rhetoric, German Idealism

Publications

"Past and Present in the Songs of Scott H. Biram." LORE 6.2, May 2008

Teaching

Comm 2381: Oral Communication, thirteen sections, Fall 2012 – Spring 2015