Aaron Toscano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor English
Education
- Ph.D. University of Louisville, 2006
- M.S. Towson University, 2000
- B.A. Virginia Tech, 1998
Areas of Interest
- Technical & Professional Communication
- Science, Technology, and Society Studies
- Rhetoric/Composition
- Popular Culture Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies
- An article in progress on incorporating I, Robot into professional communication classes to foster critical analysis of technology and the economic forces behind technologies.
- An article in progress on how a video gamer's literacy practices offer a critical re-reading of a few popular culture narratives, emphasizing the gamer's socially constructed beliefs through “new media.”
- An article in progress on the rhetorical construction of Guglielmo Marconi's wireless, an early 20th-century technology.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Chapter:
Aaron A. Toscano and John Branscum. “Experimenting with Multimodality.” Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Ed. Cynthia Selfe. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007.
Presentations:
“Backlash! What Two of Nicole Kidman's Early US Films Say about the Role of Women in Popular Culture.” Popular Culture Association in the South/American Culture Association in the South Conference. Jacksonville, Florida, September 2007.
“Nine or Ten Reasons Asimov's I, Robot May Revitalize Technical Communication Pedagogy.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Barbourville, Kentucky, March 2007.
“Coalition of the Unwilling: Privileging False Communities in the Professional Writing Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.
“Video Games and Cultural Reinscriptions: What One Gamer Reveals about Catharsis, Literacy, and Ideology.” Popular Culture Association in the South/American Culture Association in the South Conference. Jacksonville, Florida, October 2005.
“Systemic Inspiration: Futurist Literature and Marconi's Wireless.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. Highland Heights, Kentucky, April 2005.
“Reading Postmodern and Modernist Architecture: A Video Essay.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, Kentucky, October 2004.
“Anecdotes and Office Space: One Instructor's Incorporation of Personal Workplace History into the Professional Writing Class.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.
“D. H. Lawrence's Views on (or Hopes for) Human Development: Exploring the Futurist Influence in Women in Love.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, February 2004.
“Mistaking Capitalist Allegory as Italian-American Stereotypes: A Critique of The Godfather's Representation of the American Utopian Fantasy.” Hawaii International Conference on Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2004.
Courses Taught
- ENGL 2116: Introduction to Technical Communication
- ENGL 3050/WMST 3050: Video Games and Film: Gender, Culture, Ideology
- ENGL 4180/5180: Theory of Technical Communication
- ENGL 4181/5181: Writing User Documents
- ENGL 5400: English Composition Practicum
Professional Appointments
Faculty appointments:
UNC Charlotte since 2006
Adjunct Professor of Women's and Gender Studies since 2007
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