Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees

PhD in English
Concentration in Rhetoric, Composition, and Linguistics
Arizona State University , 2006

Master of Arts in English
Concentration in writing theory and pedagogy
DePaul University, 2001
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
University of Arizona, 1998


Teaching Interests

  • writing theory and pedagogy
  • service and experiential learning
  • rhetorics of identity
  • disciplinarity
Courses Taught

  • (On leave: January-December, 2013)
  • RHET-1105 (3) Academic Writing: Humanities (002)
  • RHET-2137 (3) Contemporary Communication Theories
  • RHET-3151 (3) Critical Studies of Discourse (001)
  • RHET-3250 (3) Compositoin Studies (001)
  • RHET-3331 (3) Writing Partnerships Practicum (blog)
  • RHET-3420 (3) Rhetorics of Identity
Research Affiliations/Networks


Editor, Composition Studies, Prairie Metropolis Centre

Conference on College Composition and Communication National Council for Teachers of English Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing

Selected/Recent Publications

"'We're Not Ethnic, We're Irish!': Oral Histories and The Discursive Construction of Immigrant Identity." Discourse and Society 21.1 (2010): 5-25.
Ramage, John, Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Zachary Waggoner, and Micheal Callaway. Argument in Composition . West Lafayette , IN : Parlor Press, 2009.

"The Rhetoric of Race and the Racialization of Composition Studies." College Composition and Communication 61.2 (December 2009): W1-W17.

"Shifting Tradition: Writing Research in Canada ." American Review of Canadian Studies 39.2 (June 2009): 94-111.

Clary-Lemon, Jennifer, and Duane Roen. “Webs of Mentoring in Graduate School .” Stories of Mentoring: Theory and Praxis. Ed. Michelle Eble and Lynée Gaillet. Parlor Press: Lauer Series, 2008.
Vandenberg, Peter, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon. “Looking for Location Where it Can't Be Found: Possibilities for Graduate Pedagogies in Rhetoric and Composition.” The Locations of Composition. Ed. Christian Weisser and Christopher Keller. Carbondale : SUNY Press, 2007. 91-105.