Kristin Arola
Associate Professor | Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES
Kristin Arola’s research and teaching focuses on composing as culturing.
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Biography
In addition to the Karen L. Gillmor, Ph.D Endowed Professorship in Professional Writing, Kristin Arola is an Associate Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures as well as Interim Chair of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program at MSU.
Arola’s research and teaching focuses on composing as culturing. Specifically, she explores the act of writing/designing/making and the relations that bring forth these texts. By looking to the relations between land, histories, and cultures, she considers how the words, designs, and images we compose evoke the past while opening up possible futures. To do this work, she brings together composition theory, making culture, digital rhetoric, and cultural rhetoric.
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Writing and Editing
Education/Learning
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American Indian Studies
Multimodal Composition
Cultural Rhetorics
Education (2)
Michigan Technological University: Ph.D. 2006
University of Michigan: B.A. 1998
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- American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program : Affiliate Faculty
- Digital Humanities Program : Affiliate Faculty
- Multimodal Working Group : Member
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Inaugural endowed professor teaches how to connect writing with culture
MSU Today online
2022-12-09
As the inaugural Karen L. Gillmor Ph.D. Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing at Michigan State University, Kristin Arola, an innovative scholar and researcher, is not only teaching students persuasive and effective writing skills, she also is showing them how to connect and make sense of their culture through their writing.
