Associate Professor
Logan Bearden, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. He teaches undergraduate composition courses and graduate courses in the M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program. He received his Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from Florida State University in 2016.
Dr. Bearden studies multimodal composition, programmatic/curricular structures, and writing program administration. He has presented at regional, national, and international conferences, and his research has appeared in WPA: Writing Program Administration, the Journal of College Literacy and Learning, and various edited collections. With his colleagues, Rachel Gramer and Derek Mueller, he co-edited Radiant Figures: Visual Rhetorics in Everyday Administrative Contexts. His book, Making Progress: Programmatic and Administrative Approaches for Multimodal Curricular Transformation, is available from Utah State University Press.
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About Logan Bearden
Logan Bearden, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. He teaches undergraduate composition courses and graduate courses in the M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program. He received his Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition) from Florida State University in 2016.
Dr. Bearden studies multimodal composition, programmatic/curricular structures, and writing program administration. He has presented at regional, national, and international conferences, and his research has appeared in WPA: Writing Program Administration, the Journal of College Literacy and Learning, and various edited collections. With his colleagues, Rachel Gramer and Derek Mueller, he co-edited Radiant Figures: Visual Rhetorics in Everyday Administrative Contexts. His book, Making Progress: Programmatic and Administrative Approaches for Multimodal Curricular Transformation, is available from Utah State University Press.
| 2023 - Present | Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences | |
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| 2021 - Present | Associate Professor of Written Communication, Eastern Michigan University | |
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| 2019 - Present | Director, First-Year Writing Program, Eastern Michigan University ‐ Department of English Language and Literature | |
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| 2016 - 2021 | Assistant Professor of Written Communication, Eastern Michigan University ‐ Department of English Language and Literature | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Fall 2019-Winter 2020 Faculty Research Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University, Summer 2019 Summer Research and Creativity Award, Eastern Michigan University, Fall 2017 Faculty Research Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University, Summer 2017 Summer Research and Creativity Award, Eastern Michigan University, April 2015 Program for Instructional Excellence Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipient, Florida State University, March 2014 Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition recipient, Florida State University, September 2012 Gates Fellowship, and March 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition nominee, Florida State University
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - Present | First-Year Writing Committee, Eastern Michigan University, Director | 2018 - Present | Michigan Writing Program Administrators Regional Affiliate, Webmaster | 2018 - 2021 | Curriculum Committee, Department of English Language and Literature, EMU, Committee Member | 2018 - 2021 | Graduate Committee, Department of English Language and Literature EMU, Committee member | 2018 - 2018 | Writing to General Education, Liaison | 2015 - 2016 | Council of Writing Program Administrators Graduate Organization Executive Comm., Member | 2011 - 2016 | First Year Composition Committee, Florida State University, Member | 2011 - 2013 | Graduate English Advocacy Resource, Florida State University, Member |
Honors and Awards
- Fall 2019-Winter 2020 Faculty Research Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University
- Summer 2019 Summer Research and Creativity Award, Eastern Michigan University
- Fall 2017 Faculty Research Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University
- Summer 2017 Summer Research and Creativity Award, Eastern Michigan University
- April 2015 Program for Instructional Excellence Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipient, Florida State University
- March 2014 Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition recipient, Florida State University
- September 2012 Gates Fellowship
- March 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition nominee, Florida State University
Courses
- WRTG 121: Researching the Public Experience
- WRTG 225: Writing in a Changing World
- WRTG 328: Writing, Style, and Technology
- WRTG 354: Digital Writing
- WRTG 417: Rhetorical Theory for Writers
- WRTG 621: Research Methods in Professional Writing
- WRTG 518: Rhetoric and the Written Word
- WRTG 500: Introduction to Graduate Studies in English
- WRTG 596: Teaching English in College
| 2016 | Ph.D. English, Florida State University ‐ Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition | |
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| 2012 | M.A., English, Florida State University ‐ Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition | |
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| 2010 | B.A., English Literature, Minor in History, Florida State University | |
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