Dr. Margaret M. Strain is a Professor in the Department of English and former director of the Graduate Program. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in writing, the history of rhetoric, composition theory, theories of embodiment, and Irish drama. She became a faculty member of the Building Communities for Social Justice Living-Learning Community in 2004, has served as its Faculty Coordinator since 2008.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Co-Director of the Rhetoric and Composition Sound Archives, 2005 -

• Co-Editor of Interviews section of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 2004

• Book Prospectus Reviewer, Wadsworth/Cengage Press (May 2009)

• Book Prospectus Reviewer, Utah State University Press (2013)

• Book Prospectus Reviewer, Southern Illinois University Press (2013)

• Referee Reader, JAC: Rhetoric, Writing, Culture, Politics

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Consortium of Master of Arts in Writing Studies, 2010-

• International Association for Studies in Irish Literature, 2004-

• Modern Language Association, 1992-

• National Council of the Teachers of English, 1992-

• Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, 1997-2002