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Dr. Maureen Johnson

Associate Professor & Writing Program Administrator, Department of Literature & Languages, Rosa Deal School of Arts
Dr. Maureen Johnson
Buckman Hall 347
Mailbox #77
(901) 321-3453

Biography

Dr. Maureen Johnson is an Associate Professor of Literature and Languages and the Writing Program Administrator. Her scholarship focuses on embodied rhetorics, particularly the ways in which bodies are depicted in media. She also enjoys helping students discover their writing superpowers and guiding them toward creating effective texts in a variety of media. Dr. Johnson is originally from West Virginia and loves talking about her home state.

Education

  • Texas Woman's University, PhD in Rhetoric
  • Texas Woman's University, Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies
  • Marshall University, MA in English
  • Marshall University, BA in journalism

Courses Taught

Publications and Research Focus

  • Johnson, Maureen. “The Dilemma of Embodied Insecurity: A Subtle Feminist Approach for Embracing Moments of Good and Bad Advocacy,” Peitho, Volume 26, Number 4, Summer 2024. DOI: 10.37514/PEI-J.2024.26.4.06

  • Johnson, Maureen. “Jane Austen’s Persuasion: Finding Companionate Marriage through Sickness and Health,” Humanities, volume 12, Number 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/h12050114.

  • Johnson, Maureen. “A scholar anew: How cancer taught me to rekindle my embodiment research.” Our Body of Work: Embodied Administration and Teaching, Utah State UP, 2022.

  • Johnson, Maureen, Daisy Levy, Katie Manthey, and Maria Novotny. “Embodiment: Embodying Feminist Rhetorics.” Peitho 18.1 (2015): 39-44. 28 October 2016. https://cfshrc.org/article/embodiment-embodying-feminist-rhetorics/

  • “Ethos embodied: Rhetoric, Thirdspace, and the Resistance Against the Norm/Other Binary,” 2023 Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Atlanta, GA, September-October 2023

  • “‘A Story That Demands to be Told’: Teaching Embodiment Through Memoirs,” 2023 CCCC Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, February 2023.

  • “Equity, Inclusivity, and the Future of Rhetorical Publications: A Roundtable Discussion,” 2022 Rhetoric Society of America Conference in Baltimore, MD. Collaborative panel with Dr. Erika Johnson and Dr. Tawny LeBouef Tullia.

Office Hours

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm— Mondays and Wednesdays

10:00 am – 11:30 am— Tuesdays and Thursdays (online)