Fitchburg State College Faculty

Robert Carr

Communications Media

Office Information:
Conlon Industrial Arts Building, Room 209

Phone: 978-665-3509
Email: rcarr@fsc.edu

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday
3:15-4:15

Courses Taught:

• Human Communication
• Systems and Theories of Communication
• Writing for Advertising
• Document Design
• Public Relations
• Aesthetics
• Communication Law & Ethics
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Communication
• Applied Rhetoric
• Writing for the Professional Artist
• Technical Documentation

Education:

• BGS, English Literature and History University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1990
• BS, English Language and Literature, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1993
• Secondary Certification, English Language and Literature, History, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1994
• M.A. Written Communication, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 1997
• Ph.D. Rhetoric & Composition, Wayne State University, Detroit MI 2002

Research Interests:

Marketing Communication
Communication Theory
Professional Writing
Creative Nonfiction
Writing Across the Curriculum
Rhetoric

Current Projects:

Dr. Carr is studying the discourse between human, technolgy and the environment with an eye to better understanding technologlical determinism and its long-term implications. His inductive approach to theorizing from critical readings of communication practices translates into the cross-pollination of theory and production in his courses, which span communication theory, technical communication and professional writing.

Representative Publications:

Communal 'Intelligence' and the Disarming of Dangerous Information. Book Chapter, Freedom of Information in a Post 9-11 World. New York: Baywood, 2006.
Review of Robert R. Johnson's "User-Centered Technology: A Rhetorical Theory for Computer and Other Mundane Artifacts". "Post/Urban Textualtites," April 1999
"Strategic Planning, Legal Praxis and Rhetorical Theory: A Mutually Expanding Symbiotic Relationship" Michigan College English Association Annual Journal, 1998.
"Conflict and Synergy in Collaborative Scriptwriting" Michigan College English Association Annual Journal, 1997: 23-24
"Writing to Your Audience", and "The Thesis Statement." From One Writer to Another, by Charles Avinger. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995.

Professional Affiliations:

National Communication Association
Rhetoric Society of America