Professor Laurence José

PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Michigan Tech University
M.A. and a Diploma of Advanced Studies with an emphasis in linguistics from the University Marc Bloch (France)
301 LOH | 331-3418 | [email protected] |

Laurence José teaches courses in professional writing, document design, writing in the global context, and digital studies. She coordinates the Writing Department's Advisory Board and is the faculty advisor for the Organization for Professional Writers (OPW). She also serves as the director of the Digital Studies minor.

Her publications include contributions to various edited collections, including Sharing Our Intellectual Traces: Narrative Reflections from Administrators of Professional, Technical, and Scientific Communication Programs (Baywood), Academy-Industry Relationships and Partnerships (Baywood), Technical Writing Spaces (Parlor Press), and Public Relations and the Rise of AI (Routledge). Her work has also appeared in French and international journals, among which Langages, SCOLIA, the Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris as well as in The Nordic Journal of English Studies.

In 2017, she received the Annual Faculty Service Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a Pew Teaching Excellence Award from the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center.