Ashley Patriarca

Ashley Patriarca
  • Associate Professor
  • First Year Writing Director
  • Department: English
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: APatriarca@wcupa.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • M.A., The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.A., The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Interests

International Business WritingCrisis CommunicationOrganizational Use of Social MediaRisk CommunicationGrant WritingUsabilityVisual Rhetoric

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

List of Publications

  • Applied Rhetoric as Disciplinary Umbrella: Community, Connections, and Identity. With Jennifer R. Veltsos, Matthew R. Sharp, Jacob D. Rawlins, & Rebecca Pope-Ruark. In Melonçon, L., & Schreiber, J., eds., Assembling Critical Components: A Framework for Sustaining Technical and Professional Communication (2022). WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/assembling/chapter7.pdf “It Felt Like Something the World Needed to See”: Organizational Social Media and the Collective Memory. In K. M. Getchell and P. J. Lentz, Rhetorical Theory and Praxis in the Business Communication Classroom (2017). New York: Routledge. “Evolving Concepts of Risk: Influences on Safety Communication in a High-Hazard, Intercultural Industry.” connexions: international professional communication journal, 5.2 (2017): https://connexionsj.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/2017_resa_patriarca.pdf "Beyond Compliance: Participatory Translation of Safety Communication for Latino Construction Workers." With Carlos Evia. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 26.3 (2012): 340-367.

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