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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 also holds
a faculty position in distance education
with the World Campus and 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. This
summer he will be a faculty research
fellow in
Education Technology
Services.
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. Long-term projects:
Institutional Dimensions of Academic Computing
(a scholarly book on the ways university
structures mediate online literacy practices);
Rhetorics and Technologies (an edited volume
on new directions in writing and communication);
and Reading the Digital Future (an educational
study of
e-book devices sponsored by
Sony Electronics).
Selber teaches courses in technical communication
and computers and composition. His courses
for the current academic year include English
584 and English 602. English 584 is a rhetoric
seminar that situates digital technologies
in historical, critical, and contextual terms.
English 602 is a teaching practicum that
focuses on the technical communication service
course, including using computers in the
classroom. Students can access class
websites through ANGEL,
a course management system used at Penn State.
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. Our twin
boys keep things
fun and interesting. 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.
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