Rhetoric is a mode of altering reality, not by the direct application of energy to objects, but by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action.
~Lloyd Bitzer
Building Trust through Language
Elif Guler, Ph.D.
I am an Associate Professor of Professional Writing and Rhetoric. I also coordinate the Professional Writing Concentration/Minor at Longwood University, where I teach courses and conduct research in the following areas:
- business, technical, and professional writing
- cross-cultural, non-Western, global rhetorics
- discursive construction of identity
- foundations of argumentation and persuasion
- Turkic and Turkish rhetorical traditions
- women’s studies and feminist rhetoric
- application materials (resume, CV, cover letters, and alike for job, school, or other applications),
- writing strategies for various professionals,
- integrating career/professional development into academic writing instruction,
- integrating intercultural pedagogy into the college curriculum.
Contact:
Dr. Elif Guler
Department of English & Modern Languages
Longwood University
Farmville, VA 23909
E-mail: gulere[at]longwood[dot]edu
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Professional Writing Program Blog: https://blogs.longwood.edu/rhetoric/
Dr. Elif Guler
Department of English & Modern Languages
Longwood University
Farmville, VA 23909
E-mail: gulere[at]longwood[dot]edu
Academia: http://longwood.academia.edu/ElifGuler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elifguler
Professional Writing Program on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/professionalwritingatLongwood
Professional Writing Program Blog: https://blogs.longwood.edu/rhetoric/
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