K. J. Peters
Professor and Chair of English
Biography
K.J. Peters, Ph.D. is a professor of Rhetoric and Theory and the Chair of the English Department at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his Doctorate at the University of Nebraska, specializing in critical theory and interrogative rhetorics. He is the author of The ARGUMENT HANDBOOK and THE ARGUMENT TOOLBOX, published by Broadview Press. He has written on topics such as the thematics of Hemingway, the rhetoric of privacy, Levinasian phenomenology, and academic freedom.
Education
University of Nebraska
Ph.D.
English
1998
Wichita State University
M.A.
English
1988
Tabor College
B.A.
English
1985
Areas of Expertise
Rhetoric
Critical Theory
American Literature
Affiliations
- Jesuit Conference of Rhetoric and Composition
- Modern Language Association
- Rhetoric Society of America
- Writing Program Administrators of America