Stuart Selber is an associate professor of English and Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and an affiliate associate professor of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State, where he directs a large-scale composition program. The recipient of several publication awards, Selber is a past president of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication and a past president of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.

His research focuses on computer literacies, rhetorics of the Internet, and the social and pedagogical dimensions of academic computing. He combines qualitative methods with social theories in order to investigate the applications and implications of computers for writing and communication purposes. He is especially interested in the role of human values in technological development.

Selber teaches courses in technical communication and computers and composition. His courses for the current academic year include English 597 and English 202C. English 597 is a rhetoric seminar that situates digital technologies in historical, critical, and contextual terms. English 202C is a technical communication service course for science and engineering students. Students can access class Web sites through ANGEL. Selber also oversees English graduate students working toward a Teaching with Technology certificate.

On a personal note, I live in State College, PA with my wife, Kate Latterell, who is an associate professor of English at Penn State Altoona. Despite the fact that work always has me in front of a computer, I try to stay fit and maintain an outdoors lifestyle. In college I ran cross country and track for the University of Delaware. After that I started doing triathlons. In my best effort to date I completed a half-ironman race (1 mile swim, 55 mile bike, 12.4 mile run) in just over 5 hours. I still fantasize about running a respectable marathon and becoming a competent Nordic skate-skier. It's good to have non-academic goals.