Christopher S. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English (English Department)
412-397-6049 phone (M) Wheatley Center 228

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication, University of Minnesota, 2010
• Bachelor of Arts, Print Journalism, University of Southern California, 1990
• Bachelor of Arts, English Education, University of Southern California, 1990
• Master of Arts with Distinction, English Composition and Rhetorical Theory, California State University, Fresno, 2006

Area of Expertise/Research

• Special needs students and language arts education
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) and written language
  • Technology and special needs writing students
• Rhetoric of scientific and technical communication
  • Public policy discourses related to science and technology
  • Roles of science and technology in political campaigns and activism
• Rhetoric of creative writing
  • Influences of philosophical schools of thought on creative writing
  • Stage and screen as social activism