Faculty Profile : Cezar Ornatowski

Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies. Ph.D., English/American Literature and Rhetoric, University of California, San Diego, 1991. Research interests include rhetoric of science and technology, rhetoric and political transformation (esp. Central/Eastern Europe and South Africa), rhetoric and democracy. Publications include articles in Technical Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Journal for the Study of Religion, Relazioni Internazionali, and others, as well as chapters in anthologies and a co-edited collection (with Katherine Staples) Foundations for Teaching Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Program Design. ATTW Contemporary Studies in Technical Communication, vol.1. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 1997.

Senior Fulbright Research Scholar (Culture Study Unit, Institute for Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. January-August, 1999); member of the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program; External Program Evaluator for the program “Writing for Democracy and a Market Economy: A Partnership Between Syracuse University and Yerevan State Linguistic University” (three-year educational development and democratization project funded by a Freedom Support Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2003-2006); Advisory Council member, Artes Liberales Foundation, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland (an inter-university network connecting universities throughout Poland and Central/Eastern Europe); Fellow, Center for Rhetoric Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2001-present); Who’s Who in American Education; Who’s Who in America. Member of: American Association of University Professors; Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa; Association of Teachers of Technical Writing; California Faculty Association; Conference on College Composition and Communication; Fulbright Association; International Society for the History of Rhetoric; International Society for the Study of European Ideas (1994-2001); Modern Language Association of America (1980-2005); National Communication Association; National Council of Teachers of English; National Education Association; Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars; Polish Rhetoric Society; Rhetoric Society of America; Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (1997-2005); Society for Technical Communication, Senior Member.