Michael Young

Brittain Fellow

Member Of:
  • Writing and Communication Program
  • Naugle Communication Center
Office Location: Skiles 307
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM and by appointment
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Email Address: myoung336@gatech.edu

Overview

Personal Pronouns:
he/him

Michael Young is a writing teacher who studies the history of writing education. He received his PhD in 2024 from Penn State University, and he joins Georgia Tech as a Brittain fellow, teaching composition courses and consulting in the Naugle Writing and Communication Center. He has published work on rhetorical history in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and his current research project is about the history of mis/disinformation pedagogies in general education. In addition to first-year writing, he has taught classes in rhetoric, civics, religious history, technical writing, and science writing.

Education:
  • PhD in English, Penn State University
Areas of
Expertise:
  • History Of Rhetoric
  • Rhetorical Criticism
  • Writing Pedagogy

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Communication
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
Issues:
  • Education
  • History and Memory
  • Interpretation
  • Literary Theory

Courses

  • ENGL-1101: English Composition I: Rhetoric and Information Literacy

Publications