Department of Rhetoric and Language Faculty
Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
Mark Meritt, Professor of Rhetoric and Language, holds a BA in English from Cornell University, an MA in English from the UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD…
Lynn C. Perkins has taught public speaking, composition, and English as a Second Language in higher education since 1990. Midway through her USF…
Virginia Ramos is a Spanish and American poet, and scholar. She earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and is the former…
Angelika Rappe has a BA in Liberal Arts and an MA in English with a concentration in TESOL from San Francisco State University. She has experience…
Rick has over 30 years of experience as an educator in academic and professional contexts. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of…
Michael Rozendal's interest in communities of writers has fuelled his recent first year seminars "Writing San Francisco: Bohemia, Counterculture,…
David Ryan serves as the Academic Director and Faculty Chair for the Professional Communication and Certificate in Professional Communication…
Jill Schepmann earned an MFA in creative writing from Vanderbilt University and a BA in English and psychology from the University of Kansas. In…
Ellen Thompson has been teaching lower division writing courses at USF—RHET 99, 110, and 120—since 2000. She has also taught upper-division and…