Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Computers and Writing, Digital Rhetoric and Writing, Multimodal Composition, Digital Critical Literacy, Privacy and Surveillance, Research Methods
Dr. Estee Beck is a scholar/teacher in the field of Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies with a specialization in Computers & Writing. She holds a Ph.D. from the Rhetoric and Writing program at Bowling Green State University. With a passion for digital written communication, Dr. Beck has contributed to her field through a body of work including a co-edited book collection, Privacy Matters: Conversations about Surveillance within and beyond the Classroom, solo or co-authored articles in Computers and Composition, Hybrid Pedagogy, Kairos, and Composition Studies and book chapters in Making Space: Writing Instruction, Infrastructure, and Multiliteracies, Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, Social Writing/Social Media, and Routledge Companion to Digital Writing & Rhetoric.
In research, Dr. Beck enjoys collaborating with graduate and undergraduate students on peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Beck was honored in 2018 by The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Liberal Arts for a teaching award for teaching excellence and innovations in teaching including using a FabLab in a writing, rhetoric, and multimodal composition class and teaching various software and methods for technical writing.
As an inclusive educator, Dr. Beck works with students to co-develop classroom policies that consider the myriad responsibilities and emergencies students face. Dr. Beck supports students with disabilities, LGBTQ+ students, and students with family care responsibilities through affirming educational support. In class, she varies her teaching so that students enjoy rich participatory learning (no one class meeting is the same). Dr. Beck uses “ungrading” in all classes. Students decide their course grade based on how well they learned the course learning outcomes. Overall, Dr. Beck believes in learning for learning’s sake, and she enjoys learning new things in her personal time.
