Morgan Banville

Morgan Banville
PhD Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bate 2147
252-328-6399
banvillem19@students.ecu.edu

About

Morgan Banville is a native of Dartmouth, MA, and is a 2018 and 2019 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In 2018, she graduated as a Massachusetts Commonwealth Scholar and summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Criticism, and Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication. She immediately pursued her Master of Arts in Teaching, graduating in 2019 with her license to teach secondary education (grades 5-12).

As a PhD student, her research interests include the intersection of technical communication and surveillance studies, often informed by feminist methodologies. She is currently the Graduate Co-Editor of The Peer Review journal, and recently published in the proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC ’20).

Education

  • B.A. in English Literature and Criticism, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • B.A. in Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • M.A. in Teaching – Initial Licensure (Secondary Education), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • Ph.D. (in progress), Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication, East Carolina University

Research Interests

  • Privacy/Surveillance
  • Technical Communication
  • Feminist Rhetoric
  • Writing Studies
  • Writing Center Studies and Pedagogy

Courses Taught

  • ENGL 1100: Foundations of College Writing
  • ENGL 2201: Writing About the Disciplines
  • ENGL 3820: Scientific Writing

Selected Publications and Presentations