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Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing<\/strong>
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Dr. Ryan David Leack teaches writing and rhetoric in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Riverside, where he studied productive intersections between rhetorical listening, quantum mechanics, philosophy, composition, and poetry. His academic and poetic work have appeared in various journals, including Composition Forum and Chiron Review, and his instrumental music and scores have been featured in films available at or on Netflix, Amazon, Walmart, Target, and like services and retailers internationally, in addition to films and shows on CBS, CNN, HBO, Showtime, and other channels, and has been featured on radio stations in 50+ countries. He also Co-Hosts the USC Writing Program podcast Live Theory: Living Writing & Rhetoric.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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