Matthew Dowell
Assistant Director of Composition
Humanities 319F
(502) 852-5919

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I’m a 3rd year PhD student who was born and raised in Louisville. I received my B.A. from the University of Dayton in 2004 and my M.A. from UofL in 2007. My interest in writing and writing pedagogy developed from my college newspaper and writing center work. At UofL I have taught English 101, 102, and Business Writing. In the fall semester I will take my comprehensive exams. My Research Area addresses the relationship between commenting practices and institutional ideologies, while my Literature Area investigates the role paratexts play in non-dominant discourse literature. My general research interests include first-year composition, writing studies and writing program administration. Outside of these general categories, I’m also interested in the rhetoric of United States slave resistance/revolt and speech act theory relating specifically to apology.