Jennifer Sheppard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Graduate and Adv. Certificate in Teaching Writing Adviser
College of Arts and Letters
Rhetoric and Writing Studies
SDSU
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: 619-594-2696
Building/Location
Storm Hall West - 103
Bio
Jennifer Sheppard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University in 2003. Her research and teaching focuses on the intersection of theory and practice in digital writing, multimodal communication, visual rhetoric, and technical/professional communication. Her work has appeared in Computers and Composition, the Journal of Literacy and Technology, Hybrid Pedagogy, and several edited collections, including "Designing Texts: Teaching Visual Communication" and "RAW: Reading and Writing New Media." She is also co-author, with Cheryl Ball and Kristin Arola, of "Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects," (2nd ed.) published by Bedford/St. Martin’s in 2018. She is a recipient of a 2018-19 Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Arts & Letters.