Faculty/Staff Detail
David Franke
Website: Seven Valleys Writing Project
I direct the Professional Writing Program and the Seven Valleys Writing Project, two ways to make writing more accessible to teachers and students as a way to learn in any area, from science to myth. I study rhetoric (our intentional and strategic uses of writing). I also study the historical development of writing and how people and groups develop and sustain a writing practice.
Education
Ph.D. Composition and Rhetoric from Syracuse University 1999 — Dissertation studies a teaching community and how it developed a language for inquiry.
MA Poetry from Syracuse University
Teaching
Creative Nonfiction
Rhetoric
The Evolution of Writing
Technical Writing
Senior Seminar
Introduction to Professional Writing
Publications
Blueline, Midwest Gothic, Newfound, Writing on the Edge
Service
Annual Regional Writing Matters Conference (teachers teaching teachers)
Professional Writing Program
English Personnel Committee
Teaching Awards Committee
Grants
Seven Valleys Writing Project since 2008
Awards
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013
SUNY Cortland Awards for Excellence 2013 & 2008