Susan Trollinger

Associate Professor; Director of Writing Programs
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: English

  • Location: HM 277
  • Phone: 937-229-3482
  • Email: Contact

Profile

Susan Trollinger did her undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin and obtained her MA and PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. All three degrees were in the areas of rhetoric and communication. Susan has published articles in the areas of classical rhetoric and rhetorical theory, feminist rhetoric, and the rhetoric of radical religious groups. She co-edited a collection of essays on Anabaptism in the context of postmodernity. Her book, Selling the Amish: the Tourism of Nostalgia, was released in April, 2012, by Johns Hopkins University Press.

The Faculty Perspective

I love teaching at the University of Dayton. This is so because I find the students here to be wonderful to engage. They are very earnest and hard working. I thoroughly enjoy seeing them improve as writers over the course of a semester or two. I also connect very deeply with the Marianist mission and identity of the university. As an Anabaptist I, like the Marianists, am committed to service and community as visible witnesses to the Kingdom of God.

Research Interests

  • Classical rhetoric
  • Visual rhetoric
  • Amish tourism
  • Women's and Gender Studies
  • American religion and politics

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