Glen Southergill - The Writing Program

Glen SouthergillProfessor
Engineering Hall Room 211
Phone: (406) 496-4777
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About

Glen Southergill is a Professor in the Writing Program of the College of Letters, Sciences, and Professional Studies at Montana Tech interested in histories and theories of rhetoric.

Non-Academic Research Interests

Theology

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Montana University System Teaching Scholar (2020-2021)
  • Rose and Anna Busch Award Nominee, Montana Tech of the University of Montana (2014)
  • Faculty Impact Recognition by Digger Athletics, Montana Tech of the University of Montana (2014)
  • Faculty Development Grant, Montana Tech of the University of Montana (2014)
  • Travel Grant, Clemson University College of Arts, Architecture, and Humanities (2013)
  • Personal Enrichment Grant, Clemson University Graduate School (2013)
  • Positive Teaching Impact Recognition, Clemson Residential Life (2010-2012)

Career in Brief

  • Professor of Writing (2023-Present)
  • Associate Professor of Writing (2019-2023)
  • Associate Professor of Professional and Technical Communication (2018-2019)
  • Assistant Professor of Professional and Technical Communication (2014-2018)
  • Assistant Director, University Writing Center and Fellows Program, Clemson University (2012-2014)
  • Graduate Instructor of Record, College of Arts/Architecture/Humanities, Clemson University (2009-2012)

Courses Taught

  • Communications 140: Introduction to Visual Rhetoric
  • Communications 234: Mass Media
  • Communications 338: Usability Testing
  • Professional & Technical Communication 244: Professional Communication Consulting
  • Professional & Technical Communication 2506: Web page Design
  • Professional & Technical Communication 330: Introduction to Game Design
  • Professional & Technical Communication 4996: Senior Thesis/Project
  • Technical Communication 5426: Technology, Communication and Culture*
  • Technical Communication 5416W: Rhetorical Theories & Professional Communication
  • Writing 100: Composing Mindfully: Writing Fundamentals
  • Writing 121: Introduction to Technical Writing
  • Writing 201: College Writing II
  • Writing 321: Advanced Technical Writing
  • Writing 322: Advanced Business Writing*
  • Writing 350: Advanced Technical Editing

Selected Publications

"(Re)Coding Environmental Activism: An Examination of Hike Montana.” Mediating
Nature: The Role of Technology in Ecological Literacy. Eds. Sid Dobrin and Sean Morey. Routledge (2019).

“To Publish, to Avatar.” Textshop Experiments. 4 (Winter 2018).

“Five Footnotes to ‘Lec(ri)ture’ (Pages 18-25).” Textshop Experiments (ISSN: 2377-9039) 1 (Summer 2016). Web.

“On The Making of A Butte Nugget of History: Instructor Reflection and Materials.” The Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects [Accepted for Publication]. Web.

"A Review of Walter Benjamin: Images, the Creaturely, and the Holy." Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture (2016).

"Game Over: A Response to Facechange." The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects. (2014) http://jump.dwrl.utexas.edu.

"W.6 Sound Teaching: Bringing Music and Audio into the Composition Classroom [A Conference on College Composition and Communication Workshop Review]." Kairoswiki - Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 16.1 (Fall 2011).

Personal Interests

Happily married father of two young daughters, soon-to-be avid hiker/snow shoe-er/boater, almost all things film (especially science or historical fictions), and certified BBQ judge (in the state of South Carolina). Also enjoys the Boston Red Sox, Gardening, and Golfing.