Rhetoric Faculty

  • Matthew Bost

    Matthew Bost

    Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse

    bostmw@whitman.edu
    Olin 148
    509-522-4433
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    M.A. and Ph.D., Communication Studies, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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  • Ellen Defossez

    Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse

    defossez@whitman.edu
    Olin 147
    509-526-4742
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  • Lydia McDermott

    Lydia McDermott

    Department Chair and Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Writing and Public Discourse, and Director of the Center for Writing and Speaking

    mcdermlm@whitman.edu
    Olin 185

    Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Ohio University
    M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry, Ohio University

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  • Kaitlyn G. Patia

    Kaitlyn G. Patia

    Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Writing, and Public Discourse

    patiakg@whitman.edu
    Olin 146
    509-524-2087
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    Ph.D., Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State 
    M.A., Communication Studies, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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  • Victor Villanueva

    Victor Villanueva

    Edward F. Arnold Visiting Professor of Composition and Rhetoric

    villanv@whitman.edu
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Writing Faculty