Dr. Toscano’s Homepage

Faculty Profiles

Department of English
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences–Digital Humanities
CLAS Connections

Research Resources

American Contradiction: A Lesson from Colin Kaepernick’s Ordeal
–excerpt from Video Games and American Culture: How Ideology Influences Virtual Worlds (2020)
Technical Communication: A Cultural Studies Approach
–excerpts from Marconi’s Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology (2012)

Technical Writing Job Ad Analysis
A Collection of Research Topics for Analysis
News for anti-vaxxers and COVID-19 vaccine
History of Vaccines…goes back to 1000 CE in China

Current Courses (Fall 2023)

ENGL/AMST 3050: Science Fiction and American Culture

ENGL 4183/5183 sec. 090: Editing with Digital Technologies

Past Courses (recent–not all since 2006!)

ENGL 2116-014: Introduction to Technical Communication

ENGL/COMM/WRDS: The Rhetoric of Fear

LBST 2213 sec. 110: Science, Technology, and Society

ENGL 4183/5183 sec. 090: Editing with Digital Technologies

ENGL 6008/6062 & WGST 6050: New Media–Gender, Culture, Technology

ENGL 4008/4271/5008/5271: Video Games & American Culture (cross-listed with WGST 4050/5050)

ENGL 6166: Rhetorical Theory

ENGL 3051-D81: Topics in English–Science Fiction in American Culture (W)

ENGL 4275: Rhetoric of Technology

LBST 2212 sec. 124, 125, 126, & 127: Literature & Culture–Science Fiction

ENGL 4410/5410: Professional Internship (Contact Dr. Wickliff for more information)
Forms available on the English Department Website

ENGL 4182/5182: Information Design & Digital Publishing
Creating a UNC Charlotte Personal Webpage

ENGL 6008/MALS 6000: The Rhetoric of Technology

ENGL 4750-091 & 5050-092: Video Games and Culture
Honors course