Brian J. Gogan
Department of English, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
t: 414.217.5877
e: Brian.Gogan@vt.edu
w: briangogan.com
Education
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Ph. D. English, Rhetoric and Writing, 2011
Dissertation: “A Case for Rhetorical Method: Criticism, Theory, and the Exchange of Jean Baudrillard.”
Advisor: Bernice Hausman
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
M.A. English, British and American Literature, 2007
Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
B.A. English, Summa Cum Laude, 2004
Minor Professional Education
Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
Student Teaching Practicum, 2004
Academic
Employment
(Overview)
Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, 2009–Present
Research Assistant, Dr. Bernice Hausman, Virginia Tech, Summer 2010
Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Virginia Tech, 2009
Blue Ridge Writing Project Fellow, Virginia Tech, 2009
Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Virginia Tech, 2007–8
Teaching Assistant, Marquette University, 2005–7
Interim Language Arts Teacher, Hamilton High School, Sussex, WI, 2005
Student Teacher, Hamilton School District, Sussex, WI, 2004
Publications
Articles
“Research Centers as Change Agents: Reshaping Work in Rhetoric and Writing.” First Author.
With Kelly Belanger, Ashley Patriarca, and Megan O’Neill. College Composition and
Communication. 62.2 (2010): 336–63. Print.
Chapters
“Revising Ownership in the Critical Classroom: Writing, Rhetoric, and the Wager of
Reciprocity.” Who Speaks for Writing: Stewardship for Writing Studies in the 21st
Century Ed. Jennifer Rich and Ethna Lay. New York: Peter Lang, Forthcoming.
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Publications
cont’d
“Laughing Whiteness: Pixies, Parody, and Perspectives.” The Comedy of Dave Chappelle:
Critical Essays. Ed. Kevin Wisniewski. Jefferson, NC: MacFarland & Co., 2009. 72–85. Print.
Work In Progress
“Exchange in On the Exchange: A Baudrillardian Perspective on Isocrates’s Antidosis.” Rhetoric Review.
(Revise and Resubmit)
Conference
Activities
Paper Presentations
“Writing, Disciplinarity, and Meta-Awareness: An Empirical Investigation,” Writing
Research Across Borders II. 4th International Conference on Writing Research,
Fairfax, Virginia, February 2011. With Kerry Dirk.
“Registering Textbook Visuals: Business Communication, Baudrillard, and Implicitness.”
Association for Business Communication Panel. 2011 Modern Language Association
Convention, Los Angeles, California, January 2011.
“The Business Letter as Simulacrum: A Synergy of Communication Theory and Business
Communication Pedagogy,” Creating Synergy in the Windy City. Association for
Business Communication 75th Annual International Convention, Chicago, Illinois,
October 2010.
“Global Ethos and Intellectual Work: Rhetoric and Composition, Jean Baudrillard, and
Paulo Freire.” Working English in Rhetoric and Composition: Global-Local Contexts,
Commitments, Consequences. 2010 Watson Conference, Louisville, Kentucky,
October 2010.
“Baudrillard’s Rhetoric of Liberation and the 2009 ‘Serfs Liberation Day’ Holiday.”
Rhetoric: Concord and Controversy. Rhetoric Society of America 14th Biennial
Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2010.
“Crisis, Risk, and Business-Community Communication,” Exploration and Discovery:
A Historical Perspective and New Directions in Business Communication. Association
for Business Communication 74th Annual International Convention, Portsmouth,
Virginia, November 2009.
“Linkages, Lineages, and Designations: Leadership of Feminist Research Organizations,”
Enabling Complexities: Communities/Writing/Rhetoric. 7th Biennial Feminism(s) and
Rhetoric(s) Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
October 2009.
“Theorizing Displacement: Recentering/Decentering Our Rhetoric and Writing Research
Center,” Making Waves. Conference on College Composition and Communication,
San Francisco, California, March 2009.
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Conference
Activities
cont’d
“Reciprocal Action: Revising Ownership in the Composition Classroom,” Who Owns
Writing? Revisited. A Conference on the Future of Rhetoric and Composition, Hofstra
University, Hempstead, New York, October 2008.
“Mailing Letters to Editors: An (Un)Realistic Venture into the Public Sphere?” Writing
Realities, Changing Realities. Conference on College Composition and Communication,
New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2008.
“Composing Complicity: Rhetoric and Revolt in Joyce Carol Oates’s You Must Remember
This,” Women and Creativity 9, 13th Annual Marquette University Women’s Studies
Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 2007.
Poster Presentations
“Writing, Disciplinarity, and Meta-Awareness: An Empirical Investigation,” Conference on Higher
Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 2011. With Kerry Dirk.
“Writing Transfer and the Public Sphere: Students, Genres, and Rhetoric,” Conference
on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 2010.
“Infectious Disease and Mother’s Milk: How to Save Babies with Cultural Studies.” 4th
Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 2009.
With Bernice Hausman and Jin Yu.
---. Dean’s Forum on Infectious Diseases, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 2008.
“The National Writing Project at Virginia Tech: The Summer 2009 Institute.” Higher Education
Pedagogy @ VT, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 2009. With Kelly Belanger,
Megan O’Neill, Aileen Murphy, and Ashley Patriarca.
“Loose Ends: The Lack of Conclusions Regarding Perorations,” Those Who Can, Teach!,
Twelfth Annual Marquette University/ University Wisconsin-Milwaukee First-Year
Graduate Student Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 2005.
Digital Presentations
“Research Publics and Informing Policies through the Research Center.” Seminar Leader. NCTE.
National Council of Teachers of English. Web. February 2011. With Kelly Belanger,
Ashley Patriarca, and Megan O’Neill.
Academic
Employment
(Research)
Research Assistant, Dr. Bernice Hausman, Virginia Tech, Summer 2010
Copy-Editor, Breastfeeding and Feminism: Informing Public Health Approaches:
Edited twenty-three typescript chapters in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style
and communicated with international authors from a variety of disciplines.
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Academic
Employment
(Research)
cont’d
Assistant Director, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Virginia Tech, 2009
Co-Author, National Writing Project Grant Continued Funding Application, U.S. Department
of Education: Drafted initial application, secured continued funding, conducted preliminary
research, and established relationship with the 2010 designated school district
($46,000 award).
Author, “Diversity Proposal for the Blue Ridge Writing Project”: Designed and administered
an IRB-approved survey to 2009 ISI participants, analyzed the results, and proposed three
diversity initiatives to the BRWP Co-Directors and the Graduate School Dean.
Co-Author, Michigan People, Michigan Places; Our Stories, Our Lives Grant, Michigan Humanities
Council: Established cross-institutional partnerships, drafted initial grant, developed final budget
($15,000 award).
Manuscript Reviewer, “Reformist Possibilities? Exploring Writing Program Cross-Campus
Partnerships.” Kelly Belanger, Diana George, Marie Paretti, and Lisa McNair.
Grant Reviewer, Institute for Society, Culture, and the Environment Grant, Virginia Tech
($20,000 award).
Manuscript Reviewer, Invisible Seasons: Thoroughly read multiple chapter drafts and
provided feedback to author Kelly Belanger.
Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Virginia Tech, 2007–8
Co-Author, Public Programs Planning Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities:
Conducted archival research, transcribed interviews, and drafted major sections of the grant.
Grant Reviewer, National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety.
Co-Author, National Writing Project Grant, U.S. Department of Education:
Conducted preliminary research and substantially revised grant draft
($30,000 award).
Co-Author, Institute for Society, Culture, and the Environment Grant, Virginia Tech
($17,500 award).
Organizer, Golub film screening and “Focusing on Art and Film: Documenting an
American Artist” plenary panel.
Manuscript Reviewer, Viral Mothers: Thoroughly read multiple chapter drafts
and provided feedback to author Bernice Hausman.
Discussant, Black Diamonds Panel Discussion: Brought a rhetorical perspective to an
interdisciplinary discussion of the documentary film (Black Diamonds), which chronicles the
impact of the mountain-top removal mining practice on Appalachia.
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Academic
Employment
(Teaching)
Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, 2009–Present
Instructor of record for:
Introduction to College Composition | 2 Sections
Writing from Research | 2 Sections
Business Writing
Technical Writing
Teaching Mentor, Virginia Tech, 2009
Guided 1 MA and 1 PhD student as they developed syllabi, lesson plans, classroom
ethos, and assessment tools. Blue Ridge Writing Project Fellow, Virginia Tech, 2009
Teaching Demonstration: “Aphorisms, Rhetoric, and Genre.”
Writing Center Tutor, Virginia Tech, 2007–8
Consulted with undergraduate and graduate students to achieve their writing goals.
Assisted ESL students in improving their use of the English language.
Teaching Assistant, Marquette University, 2005–7
Instructor of record for:
Academic Literacy | 4 Sections
Public Sphere Literacy | 2 Sections
Interim Language Arts Teacher, Hamilton High School, Sussex, WI, 2005
Responsible for the preparation, instruction, and assessment of:
Grade 9 World Cultures: Nectar in a Sieve Unit | 2 Sections
Grades 11 & 12 Contemporary Communication Arts: Prize Fighting Unit
Student Teacher, Hamilton School District, Sussex, WI, 2004
Team-taught:
Integrated World Cultures: World Literature & The Joy Luck Club | 2 Sections
Contemporary Communication Arts: 2004 Presidential Election
Courses Taught
Technical Writing, Virginia Tech, 2011
Business Writing, Virginia Tech, 2010
Introduction to College Composition, Virginia Tech, 2010
Writing from Research, Virginia Tech, 2010 | 2 Sections
Introduction to College Composition, Virginia Tech, 2009
Public Sphere Literacy, Marquette University, 2007
Academic Literacy, Marquette University, 2006 | 2 Sections
Public Sphere Literacy, Marquette University, 2006
Academic Literacy, Marquette University, 2005 | 2 Sections
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Guest Lectures
Theories of Written Communication, “Jean Baudrillard,” Virginia Tech, 2009.
Introduction to Critical Theory, “Baudrillard and Jameson,” Virginia Tech, 2009.
Professional
Activities
Ph.D. Committee, Virginia Tech, 2009–10
Elected, Student Representative.
Undergraduate Conference Preparation Workshop, Virginia Tech, 2009
Invited Speaker, Presented short paper and advised students on effective conference presentations.
GLC Speaker Series, Virginia Tech, 2008–9
Chair, Selected and publicized twelve speakers (graduate students and faculty) in conjunction
with the Graduate School.
Graduate Scholar Society, Virginia Tech, 2007–8
Co-Coordinator, Coordinated group organization, opening ceremony, and closing ceremony.
Position later funded through the Graduate School.
Participant, Met with Virginia Tech’s Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean
of the Graduate School, Karen P. DePauw, to discuss the expectations of an
educated society.
Critical Literacies Task Force, Marquette University, 2006–7
Created, News Literacy pilot unit for Director Virginia Chappell.
Reviewed, Marquette’s First-Year English reader, Critical Literacies.
Suggested, Unit readings to Editor and Director Krista Ratcliffe.
Association of English Graduate Students, Marquette University, 2005–7
Elected, Preparing Future Faculty Liaison, 2006–7.
Chair, Silent Auction Subcommittee, 2006 ($2,590 raised).
Elected, Treasurer, 2005–6.
Certificates
Citizen Scholar Certificate, Virginia Tech, 2009
for implementing a community-based, “theory into practice” project with FireKiller Technologies.
Preparing Future Faculty Certificate, Marquette University, 2007
for completing the graduate student professional development program.
Relevant
Coursework
Rhetoric and Writing
Rhetorical Dynamics of Public Advocacy Campaigns | Jim A. Kuypers
Modern Rhetoric | Paul Heilker
Rhetoric in Society | James Dubinsky
Rhetoric of Science and Technology | James H. Collier
Literacy and Power | Katrina M. Powell
Classical Rhetoric and the History of Written Communication | Kelly Pender
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Relevant
Coursework
cont’d
Field Methods of Research in Rhetoric and Writing | Kelly Belanger
Professional Writing Pedagogy | Eva Brumberger
Theories of Written Communication | Bernice Hausman
Rhetoric in Digital Environments | James H. Collier
Visual Rhetoric and Document Design | Diana George
Research Design in Rhetoric and Writing | Katrina M. Powell
Intercultural Communication | Eva Brumberger
Disciplinary Issues | Paul Heilker
U.S. (Literary) Whiteness | Krista Ratcliffe
Rhetorics of Women’s Multicultural Autobiographies | Krista Ratcliffe
Studies in Rhetorical Theory | Virginia A. Chappell
Literature
James Joyce: Dubliners through Finnegan’s Wake | Michael Patrick Gillespie
American Transcendentalism | Angela Sorby
Totalitarianism & the Cold War in American Literature | R. Clifton Spargo
Gender & Crime in Middle and Early Modern English Literature | M. C. Bodden
Gothic/Romantic Conversations | Diane Long Hoeveler
Introduction to Modern Critical Theory and Practice | Stephen Karian
War and Identity in Twentieth-Century British Literature | John Su
Practica
Teaching College Composition | Diana George and Katrina M. Powell
Collaborative Research Practicum | Kelly Belanger
First Year English Teaching Practicum | Krista Ratcliffe
Professional
Memberships
Modern Language Association, 2010
Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition, 2010
Rhetoric Society of America, 2009–Present
Association for Business Communication, 2009–Present
Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, 2004–8
College Composition and Communication, 2003–Present
National Council of Teachers of English, 2003–Present
Alpha Sigma Nu, 2001–Present
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Honors
John D. McCabe Award
for excellence in teaching (MA Level), Marquette University, 2007
Sweeney Achievement Award
for completing the English major with the highest distinction, Xavier University, 2004
Raymond F. McCoy Award
for outstanding performance in academic achievement, character, and teaching
potential, Xavier University, 2004
Karl P. Wentersdorf Shakespeare Award
for excellence in the study of Shakespeare, Xavier University, 2003
Top Team Scholar Award
Men’s Swim Team, Xavier University, 2001–4
Presidential Scholarship
Xavier University 2000–4
NCAA Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Role
2000–4
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References
Dr. Bernice Hausman
Professor of English
206 Shanks Hall (0112)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: bhausman@vt.edu
Phone: 540.231.5076
Dr. Paul Heilker
Co-Director of the Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing
Associate Professor of English
406 Shanks Hall (0112)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: Paul.Heilker@vt.edu
Phone: 540.231.8444
Dr. Kelly Belanger
Director of the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society
Associate Professor of English
340C Shanks Hall (0112)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: Kelly.Belanger@vt.edu
Phone: 540.231.8458
Dr. Krista Ratcliffe
Department Chair
Past Director of the First-Year English Program
Professor of English
335 Coughlin Hall
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Email: Krista.Ratcliffe@mu.edu
Phone: 414.288.7179
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