{"id":220,"date":"2023-02-08T23:11:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T23:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/the-writing-program\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:51:15","slug":"faculty-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/the-writing-program\/faculty-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n \n \n Chris Belcher \n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Nik De Dominic\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Antonio Elefano \n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Alexis Landau\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Alexis Landau\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Mark Marino\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Michelle Meyers \n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Amy Meyerson\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Michelle Rosado\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Ellen Wayland-Smith\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n \n Can AI think \u2013 and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Whether AI can \u2018think\u2019 is a different question than whether it is \u2018intelligent’: ancient Greek concepts about intelligence can shed light on 21st-century tech they never knew.<\/p>\n

By Professor Ryan Leack
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\n \n \n \u2018Rhetoric\u2019 doesn\u2019t need to be such an ugly word \u2013 it has a lot to teach echo-chambered America\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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\n\u2018Rhetoric\u2019 has a bad rap \u2013 but some of the original rhetoricians\u2019 techniques can actually help foster productive conversations.<\/p>\n

By Professor Ryan Leack
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\n \n \n Steel men for stalemates: Trump, Plato and the Sophists\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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\nIf political discourse is steeped in rhetoric, how can we distinguish genuine sincerity from persuasive tactics?<\/p>\n

By Professor Ryan Leack
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\n \n \n Fixing the Broken Letter-of-Recommendation Process\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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\nWriters and applicants should collaborate to reduce the power differential, among other benefits, write Rebecca E. Burnett, Rebekah Fitzsimmons, Courtney A. Hoffman, and Patricia R. Taylor.<\/p>\n

By Professor Patricia R. Taylor
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\n \n \n Course teaches students that discussing ideas is better than arguing over them\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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USC Dornsife professor Jim Clements\u2019 \u201cWriting Across the Aisle\u201d class examines how dialogue \u2014 not debate \u2014 fosters growth and cooperation even among people with the most different of viewpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n How to Have a Classroom Experience That Matters \n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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After months of abandoning traditions and practices, thanks to Covid, we need to bring meaning back into our students\u2019 lives, and our own.<\/p>\n

By Professor Deborah M. Sims
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A Podcast about Language, Art, and Pedagogy<\/p>\n

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A USC Writing Program Podcast<\/p>\n

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