Dr. Andrea Lunsford, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English emerita and former Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, joined the Stanford faculty in 2000. Prior to this appointment, Andrea was Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University (1986-2000). She has also been Associate Professor and Director of Writing at the University of British Columbia (1977-86). Currently a member of the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English, Professor Andrea earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977).
Dr. Lunsford’s scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory, women and the history of rhetoric, current cultures of writing, intellectual property and composing, style, collaboration and collaborative writing, and technologies of writing. Andrea has written or co-authored many books, including Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; and Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, as well as numerous chapters and articles.