Dr. Amy Propen

Education

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2007
Master of Technical and Professional Writing (M.T.P.W), Northeastern University, 2001
B.A., Clark University, 1996 

Teaching and Research Interests

Technical communication theory and methods
Technical communication and rhetoric as advocacy work
Cultural studies of science and technology
Environmental rhetorics
Visual and material rhetorics
Classical and contemporary rhetorical theory
Human geography
Critical cartographies and critical GIS

Selected Publications

Propen, Amy D. Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics: The Map, the Mill, and the GPS. Anderson: Parlor Press, 2012. Print.

Schuster, Mary Lay and Amy D. Propen. Victim Advocacy in the Courtroom: Persuasive Practices in Domestic Violence and Child Protection Cases. Boston: Northeastern UP, 2011. Print.

Propen, Amy D. and Mary Lay Schuster. “Understanding Genre through the Lens of Advocacy: The Rhetorical Work of the Victim Impact Statement.” Written Communication. 27.1 (2010): 3-25. Winner of 2010 John R. Hayes Award for Excellence in Writing Research.

Propen, Amy D. “Cartographic Representation and the Construction of Lived Worlds: Understanding Cartographic Practice as Embodied Knowledge.” Rethinking Maps: New Frontiers in Cartographic Theory. Ed. Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin, and Chris Perkins. New York: Routledge, 2009. 113-130.

Propen, Amy and Mary Lay Schuster. “Making Academic Work Advocacy Work: 

Technologies of Power in the Public Arena.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Special Issue: Business and Technical Communication in the Public Sphere. 22.3 (2008): 299-329. Nominated for 2008 NCTE Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical or Scientific Communication.

Propen, Amy. “Visual Communication and the Map: How Maps as Visual Objects Convey Meaning in Specific Contexts.” Technical Communication Quarterly. 16.2 (2007): 233-254.

Web-presence

https://amypropen.com