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Jessica L. Reyman

Associate Professor

Rhetoric and Professional Writing

Office: RH 333
Phone: 753-6644
Email: jreyman@niu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D. University of Minnesota; 2006

M.A. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; 2001

B.A. Millikin University; 1998


Professional Interests


Technical communication

Digital rhetoric

Law and ethics

Authorship and intellectual property

Composition pedagogy

STC-NIU Chapter: http://stc-niu.wikidot.com/
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Selected Publications

  • "User Data on the Social Web: Authorship, Agency, and Appropriation" College English 75.5 (May 2013) 513-522
  • Guest Editor, special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly on "Technical Communication and the Law." 20(1): 2011. Co-edited with Mary Lay Schuster.
  • The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property: Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture. Routledge, 2010.
  • "Property, Theft, Piracy: Rhetoric and Regulation in MGM Studios v. Grokster." Book Chapter for Composition and Copyright. Ed. Steve Westbrook. SUNY Press, 2009. 9-30.
  • "Rethinking Plagiarism for Technical Communication." Technical Communication. 55(1): 2008. 61-67.
  • "Copyright, Distance Education, and the TEACH Act: Implications for Teaching Writing." College Composition and Communication. 58(1): 2006. 30-45.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2013ENGL 308.1 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / RH202
Fall 2013ENGL 308.2 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH202
Fall 2013ENGL 625.1 (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH301
Spring 2013ENGL 631.1 (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH202
Spring 2013ENGL 308.1 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH 202
Summer 2011ENGL 424.CE1 (details)
S / 9:00-4:00 / Naperville-NIU
Fall 2011ENGL 308.0001 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 403.0001 (details)
TTH / 9:30 - 10:45 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 626.0001 (details)
W / 6:00-8:40 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 627.0001 (details)
TTH / 9:30-10:45 / RH 202
Spring 2012ENGL 308.1 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH202
Spring 2012ENGL 630.1 (details)
TH / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH202