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Faculty Profiles<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Department of English<\/a><\/strong>
Interdisciplinary Studies: American Studies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Current Course<\/strong> (Spring 2026)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 6166: “Rhetorical Theory”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Director of American Studies<\/a><\/strong> (July 2025 – present; Interim Dir, 2024-2025)<\/p>\r\n

Volunteer Debate Coach<\/strong><\/a> (Fall 2023 – present)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Research Resources<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Ethos of Motherhood: Nominating Amy Coney Barret and Kamala Harris<\/a><\/strong>–(From Aristotle & Plato to Barret & Harris yet very relevant contemporarily)
–article from Convergences<\/em>, vol. 4, no.1, 2024.
American Contradiction: A Lesson from Colin Kaepernick’s Ordeal<\/strong><\/a>
–excerpt from Video Games and American Culture: How Ideology Influences Virtual Worlds<\/em> (2020)
Technical Communication: A Cultural Studies Approach<\/a><\/strong>
–excerpts from Marconi’s Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology<\/em> (2012)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Technical Writing Job Ad Analysis<\/strong>
<\/a>A Collection of Research Topics for Analysis<\/a>
News about the COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>
History of Vaccines<\/a><\/strong>…goes back to 1000 CE in China<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Past Courses <\/strong>(recent–not all since 2006!)<\/p>\r\n

AMDM 1575-110 Engaging with American Democracy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL\/AMST 3050: Science Fiction and American Culture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4271\/5271-D01 & WGST 4050\/5050-002: New Media: Gender, Culture, Technology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4275\/WRDS 4011: “Rhetoric and [of] Technology”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4183\/5183 sec. 090: Editing with Digital Technologies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 2116-014: Introduction to Technical Communication<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL\/COMM\/WRDS: The Rhetoric of Fear<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

LBST 2213 sec. 110: Science, Technology, and Society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4183\/5183 sec. 090: Editing with Digital Technologies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 6008\/6062 & WGST 6050: New Media–Gender, Culture, Technology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4008\/4271\/5008\/5271: Video Games & American Culture<\/a><\/strong> (cross-listed with WGST 4050\/5050)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

LBST 2212 sec. 124, 125, 126, & 127: Literature & Culture–Science Fiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4410\/5410: Professional Internship<\/strong> (Contact Dr. Wickliff for more information)
Forms available on the English Department Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4182\/5182: Information Design & Digital Publishing<\/strong><\/a>
Creating a UNC Charlotte Personal Webpage<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 6008\/MALS 6000: The Rhetoric of Technology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ENGL 4750-091 & 5050-092: Video Games and Culture<\/strong>
Honors course<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faculty Profiles Department of EnglishInterdisciplinary Studies: American Studies Current Course (Spring 2026) ENGL 6166: “Rhetorical Theory” Director of American Studies (July 2025 – present; Interim Dir, 2024-2025) Volunteer Debate Coach (Fall 2023 – present) Research Resources The Ethos of Motherhood: Nominating Amy Coney Barret and Kamala Harris–(From Aristotle & Plato to Barret & Harris yet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":137,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12435,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/12435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}