John Duffy
Associate Professor
Specialty
Literacy, rhetoric
Degrees
B.A., Boston College; M.A., University College, Dublin; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Profile
John Duffy's area of expertise is the historical development of literacy and rhetoric in cross-cultural contexts. He is co-editor of Towards a Rhetoric of Everyday Life and has written a book, Writing from These Roots, documenting the literacy development of Hmong refugees from Laos. Duffy teaches courses on literacy, rhetoric, and literature, and he is the Francis O'Malley Director of the University Writing Program. He has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.
Recent Publications
Writing from These Roots: The Historical Development of Literacy in a Hmong- American Community. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. View Cover (pdf)
“Recalling the Letter: The Uses of Oral Testimony in Historical Studies of Literacy.” Written Communication 24, no. 1 (2007): 84-107.
"'Primitives' and Pencils: The Social Construction of Preliteracy." International Journal of Learning (http://johnduffy.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.422), 2005.
"Letters from The Fair City: A Rhetorical Conception of Literacy." College Composition and Communication 56, no. 2 (December 2004): 223-50.
Nystrand, Martin and John Duffy, eds. Towards a Rhetoric of Everyday Life: New Directions in Research on Writing, Text, and Discourse. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
Contact Information
331 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-7265
jduffy@nd.edu