Janine Solberg

Janine Solberg holds a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in writing studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests span the field of writing studies, though she is particularly interested in studying intersections of gender, technology, and literate activity, as well as technical communication, digital humanities, accessibility, and information design. She is currently working on a historical monograph provisionally titled "From Pretty Typewriters to Business Girls: Literacy, Gender, and Technology in Early 20th Century Career Advice Literature for Women Office Workers." She has published in Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Literacy in Composition Studies (LiCS), and Kairos.

Prof. Solberg co-directs the department's Professional Writing and Technical Communication Program (PWTC). She teaches courses in the PWTC program, the Composition and Rhetoric graduate specialization, the Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies (WRLS) undergraduate concentration, and the IT Minor.