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Center Graduate Students: Hannah Bellwoar
Hannah Bellwoar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Information
248 English Building | MC-718
217-244-5350
bellwoar@illinois.edu
Biographical Statement
I did my undergraduate work in English at Temple University, where I focused on African American lit and worked in the Writing Center. I took a couple of years off from school and worked for lawyers in Tampa, FL, where I stumbled into another one of my academic interests, professional writing.
My current research uses sociohistoric theory and qualitative case studies to explore the interfaces between what I am thinking of as official medical spaces (i.e. health literacy, doctor's office, medical records, medical advertisements, digital technologies) and unofficial medical spaces ( i.e. activist health rhetoric, personal writing, lived experience). I look at how these interfaces cross boundaries between the personal and the professional in society and culture.
Courses Taught
- ART 250: Writing With Video
- BTW 250: Principles of Business Communication
- BTW 275: Intro to Information Architecture
- RHET 105: Principles of Composition
Other Positions Held
- Assistant Director, Freshman Rhetoric
- Program Coordinator, Programs in Professional Writing
- Editorial Assistant, CCC
- Consultant and Webmaster, Writers' Workshop
- Executive Committee: English Graduate Students Association
Research Interests
Feminist science & technology studies, body studies, medical rhetoric, professional writing, sociohistoric theory, qualitative research.