Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois


Amelia Herb

Graduate Student

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  • By appointment

Education

MA in English, University of Louisville, 2002 , BA in Music, minors--English and Psychology, Butler University, 2000

Courses

Rhetoric 100, 101, 102, 105, 233, 243, and Writing Center

Dissertation

Disciplinary Rhetoric: Explicating Rhetorical and Sociolinguistic Networks in the Archive and Library , Committee: Peter Mortensen, Kathryn LaBarre, Janet Dixon Keller, Gail Hawisher

Research Interests

History and theory of rhetoric and composition, disciplinarity, historiography, LIS theories (knowledge organization, domain analysis), history and ontology of LCSH, and sociolinguistic theories, especially relating to power, knowledge, and discourse

Selected Publications

Book Contributions

  • Herb, Amelia. "Afterward: Writing as a Transformative Force." Views from the Center: The CCCC Chairs' Addresses 1977-2005. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. 69-70.