Arola, Kristin
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Kristin Arola is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Composition and Technology and the Director of the Digital Technology and Culture Program at Washington State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University in 2006 and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on multimedia authoring, rhetoric, composition, design, and technology studies[1].
Selected Publications
Anthologies
Villanueva, Victor and Kristin L. Arola.CrossTalk in Comp Theory. 3rd Edition.Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2011.
Edited Volumes
Arola, Kristin L. and Anne Frances Wysocki, Eds.Composing (Media) =Composing (Embodiment).Logan,UT: Utah State University Press, 2012.
Textbooks
Arola, Kristin L., Jennifer Sheppard, and Cheryl E. Ball.Designer/Writer:MakingMultimodal Projects.Boston:Bedford/St. Martinʼs Press, 2013.
Ball, Cheryl E. and Kristin L. Arola.Visualizing Composition 2.0 (2nd. revised edition of ix: Visual Exercises.)Boston:Bedford/St. Martinʼs, 2010.
Ball, Cheryl E. and Kristin L. Arola.ix tech comm: Visual Exercises for TechnicalCommunicators.Boston:Bedford-St. Martinʼs, 2005.
Ball, Cheryl E. and Kristin L. Arola.ix: Visual Exercises.Boston: Bedford/St.Martinʼs, 2004.
Peer Reviewed Articles/Webtexts
Arola, Kristin L. "Family Christmas Cards, Rhetoric, and Infertility: A Season of Silence." Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion. 6.1 (April 2011). http://harlotofthearts.org/
Arola, Kristin L. "Listening to See: A Feminist Approach to Design Literacy." The Journal of Literacy and Technology. 12.1 (March 2011): 65-105.
Arola, Kristin L.. "The Design of Web 2.0: The Rise of the Template, The Fall of Design." Computers and Composition. 27.1 (March 2010). 4-14.
Arola, Kristin L. and Cheryl E. Ball. "A Conversation: From ‘They Call Me Doctor?' to Tenure." Computers and Composition Online. Spring 2007. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/prodev.htm.[2].
