Joe Serio
Contact Information
Biography
Joe is an avid concertgoer whose hobbies include underground music collecting (since circa 1980), homebrewing (since 1990), foraging (since 2016), and disc golf (since 2022). Having returned to college after 20 + years in sales and business, he enjoys using his experience as a non-traditional and neuro-divergent student to mentor others in similar circumstances.
Education
- B.A., English – Professional Writing, University of New Mexico, 2010
- M.A., English – Rhetoric and Writing, University of New Mexico, 2014
- Ph.D., English – Rhetoric and Composition, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 2022
Teaching and Research Interests
Joe’s academic interests overlap the disciplinary triad of Rhetoric and Composition, Technical Communication, and Media Studies. These interests include:
- Teaching
- Academic and personal writing
- Research Methods
- Rhetoric (classic, modern, rhetoric of humor)
- Business/Technical Writing
- Literacy Studies
- Multimodal Composition
- Research
- Play Pedagogies
- Community Rhetoric
- Genre Theory
- Tactical Technical Communication
- Activity Theory
- Identity and Language
Published Research
“Who Is the Man with No Name? Names and Namelessness in Western Fiction.” Pop Culture Review (UNLV) v. 24 # 2 Summer 2013
“The Shortest Distance: Using Play to Build Comfort in the Writing Classroom.” College Composition and Communication v. 75 # 2 Dec. 2023