Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Hawk, Byron K.
Professor
Byron Hawk is an Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. His research interests are histories and theories of composition, rhetorical theory and technology, and rhetorics of popular music. He is the author of A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007), which won JAC's W. Ross Winterowd Award in 2007 and received honorable mention for MLA's Mina Shaughnessy Prize in 2008.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- English
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- None
- Interest Keywords
- Rhetoric, Digital Ecologies, Technical Communication and Posthumanism, Digital Writing, Design, and Publication
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
- Personal Focus Areas
- Histories and Historiographies of Rhetoric and Composition, Complexity Theory and Rhetorical Invention, Rhetorical Approaches to Popular Music
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, Texas | PhD | Rhetoric/Composition and Critical Theory |
| 1995 | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, Texas | MA | Philosophy and Anthropology |
| 1990 | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, Texas | BA | Interdisciplinary Studies (Philosophy, Music, and Art History) |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 - 2000 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Texas at Arlington, | |
| 2000 - 2001 | Assistant Professor, Writing Program, James Madison University | |
| 2001 - 2007 | Assistant Professor, English Department, George Mason University | |
| 2007 - 2010 | Associate Professor, English Department, George Mason University | |
| 2010 | Associate Professor, English Department, University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award | A Counter-History of Composition received honorable mention for MLA's Mina Shaughnessy Prize for outstanding research publication in the field of teaching English language | ||
| Award | A Counter-History of Composition won JAC's W. Ross Winterowd Award for the best book published on composition theory |
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