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Marie Moeller

Pronouns: She/They
College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities - Associate Dean
Dean's Office-CASSH University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Marie Moeller Pronouns: She/They

College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities - Associate Dean

Dean's Office-CASSH

Specialty area(s)

Higher Ed Theory/Practice; Professional & Technical Writing; Medical/Scientific Rhetorics & Writing; Feminist Rhetorics; Disability Studies; Grant Writing

Brief biography

Dr. Moeller has been in administrative work since 2015; she is the Interim Dean in CASSH/VPA. As a scholar, Dr. Moeller is invested in analyzing connections in technical communication, social justice advocacy, NPOs, medical rhetorics, and identity construction. 

Career

Teaching history

FYS 100: First Year Seminar
ENG 110: College Writing I
ENG 307: Writing for Management, PR, and the Professions
ENG 308: Technical Writing
ENG 314: Grant Writing
ENG 333: Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing
ENG 335: Introduction to Professional Writing
ENG 450: Practicum
ENG 452: Practicum in Professional Writing
ENG 497: Senior Seminar (Feminist Rhetorics; Body Rhetorics)

Research and publishing

Steiner, L. & Moeller, M. (2022). Reflections on supporting faculty and avoiding burnout. Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal. R. Pope-Ruark. Johns Hopkins Press, 36-38.

Knoblauch, A. & Moeller, M. (Eds). (2022). Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Rhetoric in Theory and Practice. Utah State University Press.

Frost, E., Gonzales, L., Moeller, M., Patterson, G., Shelton, C. (2021). Reimagining the boundaries of health and medical discourse in technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly. 30:3.

Steiner, L., McCracken, C., & Moeller, M. (2020). The minor is major: An adhocratic, relationship-based view of TPC curriculum and curriculum revision. Programmatic Perspectives. 11:2.

Moeller, M. (2018). Advocacy engagement, medical rhetoric and expediency: Teaching technical communication in the age of altruism. Key Theoretical Frameworks: Teaching Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. A.M. Haas and M.F. Eble. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.

Moeller, M. and Frost, E. (2016). Food fights: Cookbook rhetorics, monolithic constructions of womanhood, and field narratives in technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly. 25.1, 1-11.

Moeller, M. (2015). The "obese" body as interface: Fat studies, medical data, and infographics. SIGDOC Proceedings. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2775441.2775469

Moeller, M., Thoune, D., and Kopp, B. (2015). What? We’re a writing emphasis?: The rhetoric and writing emphasis at The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Writing Majors: 18 Program Profiles. Eds. G. Giberson, L. Ostergaard, and J. Nugent. Logan, UT: Utah State UP.

Moeller, M. and Jung, J. (2014). Sites of normalcy: Understanding online education as prosthetic technology. Disability Studies Quarterly. 34.4.

Moeller, M. (2014). Pushing boundaries of normalcy: Employing critical disability studies in analyzing medical advocacy websites. Communication Design Quarterly. 2.4, 52-80.

Moeller, M, Jenkins, T., Heller, J.R., and Mechenbier, M.X. (2011). Forum on organizing. College English. 73.4, 450-465. Online.

Kudos

served

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, served as a facilitator for a national Chairs training for CCAS (Council for Colleges of Arts and Sciences). Bringing together chairs from across the nation for a three-day event (March 17-20), Moeller served as one of five facilitators for this event.

Submitted on: Mar. 26

elected

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, was elected board member for the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences.

Submitted on: Nov. 3, 2023

presented

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, and Robert Allen, College of Science & Health, presented "Managing the Variety of Associate/Assistant Dean Roles in the Office of the Dean" at the annual CCAS (Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences) conference on Nov. 2 in San Diego, CA.

Submitted on: Nov. 3, 2023

served

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, served as a facilitator for the Council of College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) national department chairs training. The training was held in San Diego, California, Aug. 13-15.

Submitted on: Aug. 14, 2023

published

A. Abby Knoblauch, Kansas State University and Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, co-authored the book "Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Rhetorics in Theory and Practice" published on June 1 by Utah State University Press.

Submitted on: June 14, 2022

presented

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, presented "What’s Delaware Got to Do With It?: Big Data, Workload Equity, and Embodiment" at Computers and Writing on May 21 in Greenville, NC.

Submitted on: June 7, 2022

presented

Marie Moeller, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, presented "Bodies of Knowledge: The Body On/Is/As Text" at Rhetoric Society of America on May 28 in Baltimore, MD.

Submitted on: June 7, 2022

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