Biography

B.A. King's College (PA)
M.A. Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Purdue University

Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth received a Ph.D. in English with a focus on Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. She currently teaches Sophomore Engineering Clinic I, Introduction to Writing Arts, and Introduction to Technical Writing.  Her previous teaching experiences include technical writing, business writing, and global engineering. She also has professional work experience in technical editing.

Dr. Fillenwarth’s research focuses on writing pedagogy across a range of contexts, including second language writing and writing in the disciplines, in order to improve practices in the teaching of writing. Her recent work examines the rhetorical strategies engineers employ to convey their expertise in résumés. 

Courses

Introduction to Technical Writing, Writing for the Workplace, Writing for Nonprofits, Editing for Publication, Sophomore Engineering Clinic

Research Intersts

Technical and Professional Writing, Writing Program Administration, Histories of Rhetoric, Feminist Rhetoric, Pedagogy

Publications

Bay, Jennifer, Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth, and Christine Masters-Wheeler. “Remote TPC Internships: Infrastructures for Success.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, vol. 52., no. 4, 2021, pp. 368-410. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00472816211041315?journalCode=jtwa

Berdanier, Catherine, Mary McCall, and Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth. “Characterizing Disciplinarity and Conventions in Engineering Résumé Profiles." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 64, no. 4, 2021, pp. 390-406. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9586065

Fillenwarth, Gracemarie Mike. “Contexts and Communities: Valuing Collectivity in Feminist Rhetorical Inquiry.” Ethics and Representation in Feminist Rhetorical Inquiry, edited by Amy Dayton and Jennie L. Vaughn. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946731/

Masters, Christine and Gracemarie Mike Fillenwarth. “Program as Product: UX and Writing Program Design in Technical and Professional Communication.” User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice, edited by Kate Crane and Kelli Cargile Cook. In press with Foundations & Innovations in Technical and Professional Communication Series at WAC Clearinghouse. Anticipated publication Fall 2021.

Fillenwarth, Gracemarie Mike. “Revisioning Americanization through Administrative Historiography.” Rhetoric Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2021, pp. 443-456.