Rebecca Dickson, Ph.D.
- Associate Teaching Professor
Address
ENVD 1B76
Degree(s)
- Doctorate in English Literature, 19th-Century American Literature, University of Colorado Boulder
Areas of Expertise
- Public Rhetorics, Civics, and Advocacy
- Technical, Professional, and Community Writing
- Science Writing and Environmental Rhetorics
Bio
Rebecca Dickson, PhD, teaches for the Program for Writing and Rhetoric. An activist and scholar, she has long been dedicated to addressing environmental concerns, thus she launched the Program for Writing and Rhetoric’s first sustainability initiative in 1998. Since then she has taught courses on the Rhetorics of Sustainability, Environmental Writing, and other sustainability-related classes. She also teaches science-writing courses for STEM majors (WRTG 3030). She has published on the Second World War, Jane Austen, and environmental concerns.
Course(s) Regularly Taught
- WRTG 1100: Extended First-year Writing and Rhetoric
- WRTG 1150 First-year Writing and Rhetoric
- WRTG 3020 Topics in Writing: Environmental Writing
- WRTG 3030 Writing on Science and Society