faculty
Stanley Harrison
Professor
English & Communication
Contact
508-910-6467
508-999-9235
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Liberal Arts 307
Education
| 1999 | University of Rhode Island | B.A. in English |
| 1988 | University of Kentucky | M.A. in English |
| 1985 | SUNY Cortland | Ph.D in English |
Teaching
- Internet Communication and Culture
- Posthuman Rhetorics
- Teaching English: Classroom Methods
- Composition Theory
- Copywriting
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
The study and contemporary application of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory. Students will apply rhetorical theory in ongoing analyses of a wide range of communication media (written, spoken, visual) and in their own writing.
Explores copywriting theories, principles, and techniques. Students will learn to compose within a variety of copywriting genres, such as space advertising, brochures, sales letters, radio scripts, and interactive advertising.
This course explores the analytical and creative possibilities of language. Through both a theoretical discussion and practical application, we will examine how basic elements of writing, such as diction - including figurative language - syntax, structure, and rhetorical style, express and modulate meaning in a variety of writing forms. Students will analyze, create, and critique imaginative pieces, including advertising copy, written speeches, song lyrics, technical articles, short fiction poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction.
First semester. Graded CR/NC (upon approval of completed thesis or project).
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
The Communication and Literacy Skills test consists of two subtests: reading and writing. The reading subtest contains multiple-choice items and word meaning (vocabulary) items. The writing subtest contains four sections: written summary, written composition, grammar and usage, and written mechanics. Areas covered include the comprehension and analysis of readings; development of ideas in essay form on specific topics; outlining and summarizing; interpretation of tables and graphs; and mastery of vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. No textbooks are required but handouts and booklet will be provided.
Register for this course.
The Communication and Literacy Skills test consists of two subtests: reading and writing. The reading subtest contains multiple-choice items and word meaning (vocabulary) items. The writing subtest contains four sections: written summary, written composition, grammar and usage, and written mechanics. Areas covered include the comprehension and analysis of readings; development of ideas in essay form on specific topics; outlining and summarizing; interpretation of tables and graphs; and mastery of vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. No textbooks are required but handouts and booklet will be provided.
Register for this course.
Research
Research interests
- Absolute social space
- Allegory and allegoresis
- Factory of the dead social
- Factory of third nature
- Internetworked production capitals
Select publications
- Stan Harrison (2012).
Combined Development, Not Digital Divide
JAC, 32, 83-144. - Stanley Harrison (2008).
Our Cyberbodies, Ourselves: Conceptual Grounds for Teaching Commodities to Write
Plugged In: Technology, Rhetoric and Culture in a Posthuman Age, 41-57. - Stanley Harrison (2007).
Unconscious Writing in the Factory of the Social: A Class Theory of Negative, Allegorical Rhetoric
JAC, 27, 63-103.