Simone Sessolo

I like the interactions between computers and old media. Like, can writing be the same if we put pen on paper or if we press buttons on a keyboard? And with writing I mean the process of it: the thinking, composing, revising of it. I like to think about writing, and how it shapes our thoughts. An epistemology, so to speak. But basically, I am a teacher who thrives seeing other people experience the overwhelming adventure of writing. Anything. Anywhere. In any medium. On any occasion.

Fields of Study/Research Interests
Rhetoric and Composition; Multimodality and Digital Media; Cultural Studies; Writing Center Pedagogy

Recent Awards and Grants

Academic Innovation Fund, June 2020

Digital Studies Teaching Award, May 2020

Rackham Dean's Strategic Initiaties Fund, April 2020

CRLT Instructional Development Fund, March 2020

Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Interdisciplinary Academic Affaris Funding for Research on Teaching and Learning, August 2019

Academic Innovantion Fund, April 2019

Select Publications

"Writing the Selfie." Prompt 2.2 (2018)

"The Rhetoric of Memes." Syllabus 5.1 (2016)

"An Epic of Riots: The Multitude as hero in Handsworth Songs." The Journal of Popular Culture 47.4 (2014): 742-59.

Affiliations

NCTE

MLA