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Christopher McCracken

Pronouns: He/Him/His
Assistant Professor
English University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Christopher McCracken's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only
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Christopher McCracken Pronouns: He/Him/His

Assistant Professor

English

Specialty area(s)

Rhetoric of Science; Writing in the Disciplines; Genre Studies; Professional & Technical Writing

Current courses at UWL

ENG 309-Writing in the Sciences; ENG 452-Practicum in Professional & Technical Writing; ENG 307-Writing for Management, Public Relations, and the Professions

Education

Ph.D., Kent State University (2015)
Dissertation: "Mess Management in Microbial Ecology: Rhetorical Processes of Disciplinary Integration"

M.A., Sam Houston State University (2011)

B.A., Sam Houston State University (2009)

Career

Teaching history

ENG 110-College Writing I; ENG 307-Writing for Management, PR, and the Professions; ENG 308-Technical Writing; ENG 309-Writing in the Sciences; ENG 311-Critical Theory; ENG 314-Grant Writing; ENG 335-Intro to Professional & Technical Writing; ENG 497-Rhetoric, Publics, and Sciences

Kudos

presented

Bryan Kopp, Christopher McCracken, Lindsay Steiner and Louise Zamparutti, all English, presented "Teaching rhetorical complexity through an AI-mediated case study in technical writing" at CATL Conference on Teaching & Learning on Aug. 27 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: Aug. 29

directed

Bryan Kopp, Tesia Marshik and Christopher McCracken, all CATL, directed "AI Summit" on Friday, May 17 in La Crosse, WI. In partnership with the CATL AI Community of Practice, this was a successful event that facilitated conversations and shared useful information to start a campus-wide conversation about AI usage across campus.

Submitted on: May 17

presented

Bryan Kopp, Christopher McCracken, Lindsay Steiner and Louise Zamparutti, all English, presented "Rhetorical prompt engineering in an era of AI expedience" at Teaching Technical Communication and Artificial Intelligence Symposium on March 20 online.

Submitted on: Mar. 21

published

Bryan Kopp, Christopher McCracken, Lindsay Steiner and Louise Zamparutti, all English, co-authored the article "Rhetorical prompt engineering" in TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments in Teaching with Text Generation Technologies published on Jan. 9 by The WAC Clearinghouse.

Submitted on: Jan. 31

presented

Ryan Friesen, Christopher McCracken and Olivia Stoltman, all English, presented "Using Mock Interviews and Eagle Advantage to Promote Career Readiness" at English Department William J. and Yvonne M. Hyde Colloquium Series on Friday, Dec. 8 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: Dec. 8, 2023

Memberships & affiliations

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