Tyler Branson , PHD

Tyler Branson researches issues in education policy, higher education administration, and writing programs. His book Policy Regimes: College Writing and Public Education Policy in the United States, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2022. His main focus is helping students bridge the divide between secondary and postsecondary learning, as well as working with teachers of all stripes.

Ph.D.: Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX, (Rhetoric and Composition)

M.A.: University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, (American Studies)

B.A.: University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, (English)

2023 - Associate Professor of English (tenured) and Dual Enrollment Coordinator, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2022 - Associate Professor of English (tenured) and Associate Director of Composition, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

2017 - Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of Composition, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

2015 - Lecturer, Writing Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Peer Reviewed Publications

(2019. ) Emerging Public Literacies: A Micro-Case Study of Public Writing Pedagogy .Composition Studies, , 47 (2 ) ,

(2017. ) Collaborative Ecologies of Emergent Assessment: Challenges and Benefits Linked to a Writing-Based Institutional Partnership .College Composition and Communication, , 69 (2 ) ,

Other Publications

(2021. ) Programmatic Approaches to Antiracist Writing Program Policy .WPA: Writing Program Administration, 44 (3 ) ,

(2016. ) The Role of Composition Programs in De-Normalizing Whiteness in the University .WPA: Writing Program Administration, 39 (2 ) ,

Published Books

(2022. ) Policy Regimes: College Writing and Public Education Policy in the United States .Southern Illinois University Press (Author)

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Book Chapter

(2022 ) Policy Regimes of Writing: Field Notes from a Concurrent Enrollment Classroom The Dual Enrollment Kaleidoscope: Reconfiguring Perceptions of First-Year Writing and Composition Studies .Utah State University Press (Author)

(2021 ) Making Software Visible in Rhetorical Approaches to Fake News Literacy in the Age of Misinformation .Parlor Press (Co-Author)

(2017 ) Freshman Composition is supposed to Teach ‘Academic Writing' Bad Ideas About Writing .West Virginia University Libraries (Author)

(2016 ) Assessing the Risks and Rewards of Problematic Partnerships: An Analysis of Three Composition MOOCs Funded by the Gates Foundation Writing and Composing in the Age of MOOCs .IGI Global (Author)

(2016 ) Going Public in the Humanities: Undoing Myths and Facing Challenges Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement .Cambridge University Press (Co-Author)

rhetoric and composition, education policy, writing assessment, writing pedagogy, dual enrollment, writing program administration