Brad Lucas, Ph.D.
b.e.lucas2@tcu.eduReed Hall 325
Program Affiliations
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin
Master of Arts in English, Texas State University
Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Courses
ENGL 80723: Seminar in Composition
ENGL 80703: Seminar in Rhetoric
ENGL 60723: Research Practices in Rhetoric and Composition
ENGL 60710: Teaching Practicum
ENGL 60703: Introduction to Composition Studies
ENGL 60113: Introduction to Graduate Studies and the Profession of English
ENGL 50973: Directed Study--Pedagogy
Undergraduate Courses
DCDA 40273: Digital Culture & Data Analytics Internship
WRIT 40273: Writing Internship
ENGL 40243: Professional Writing and Editing
WRIT 38063: Writing Major Seminar
WRIT 30273: Argument and Persuasion
WRIT 30223: Advanced Technical Writing
WRIT 20833: Introduction to Coding in the Humanities
ENGL 20803: Intermediate Composition: Writing Argument
WRIT 20313: Power and Protest
WRIT 20113: Technical and Professional Writing
ENGL 10803: Introductory Composition: Writing as Inquiry
ENGL 10503: Introduction to Nonfiction Genres
ENGL 10303: Approaches to Film
UNLF 10211: Introduction to University Life
Areas of Focus
Rhetoric and Composition
Technical and Professional Communication
Information Science and Design
Research Ethics and Methodologies
Social Movements and Protest Rhetorics
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“Armed Propaganda and the Ethics of Horrorism: Tactical Communiques from the Weather Underground.” Tactical Approaches to Technical Communication: Re-imagining Institutions, Transforming Society, edited by Hayley McCullough, Hilary A. Sarat-St. Peter, and Miles Kimball, SUNY Press, 2025. [in press] -
“The Twilight of the Methodology Course, or How I Learned to Tell the Tale and Leave It.” Mentorship/ Methodology: Reflections, Praxis, and Futures, edited by Leigh Gruwell and Charles Lesh, Utah State University Press, 2024. -
“Are We Overlooking (and Underselling) the Writing Capstone Course?” Composition Studies , vol. 48, no. 3, 2021, pp. 76-97 [with Timothy Ballingall] -
“Insurgent Circulation, Weaponized Media: Waging the Late Sixties War Within.” Rhet Ops: Rhetoric and Information Warfare, edited by Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019, pp. 90-104. -
“‘The Man’ and the Moon: Black Power, 1968, and Going After Cacciato.” Critical Insights: Tim O’Brien, edited by Robert C. Evans, Critical Insights Series, Salem Press, 2015, pp. 136-53. -
“They Could Be Our Students: The TCU Writing Major.” Undergraduate Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles, edited by Greg Giberson, Jim Nugent, and Lori Ostergaard, Utah State University Press, 2015, pp. 137-49. [with Ann George, Charlotte Hogg, Carrie Leverenz, and Joddy Murray] -
“Coordinating Citations and the Cartography of Knowledge: Finding True North in Five Scholarly Journals.” The Changing of Knowledge in Composition: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Lance Massey and Richard C. Gebhardt, Utah State University Press, 2011. [with Drew M. Loewe] -
“On Starting, Continuing, and Keeping the Conversation Going: The Archive Thrives on Interviews and Oral History.” Working in the Archives: Practical Research Methods for Rhetoric and Composition, edited by Alexis Ramsey, Wendy Sharer, Barbara L’Eplattenier, and Lisa Mastrangelo, Southern Illinois University Press, 2009. Reprinted in Documentary & Archival Research, edited by Jason Hughes and John Goodwin, SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series, SAGE Publications, 2014. [with Margaret M. Strain] -
Radicals, Rhetoric, and the War: The University of Nevada in the Wake of Kent State, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, AddRan College, Graduate Studies, 2021
- Graduate Faculty Member of the Year, Department of English, 2020
- Administrative Service Award, Department of English, 2019
- Graduate Faculty Member of the Year, Department of English, 2011
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English (2017–2020)
- Chair, Department of English (2009–2012)
- Chair, TCU Institutional Review Board (2009–2010)
- Editor, Composition Studies (2008-2010; Co-Editor 2005-2007)
- Associate Chair, Department of English (2008-2009)
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English (2006–2008)
- Founding Co-Director, New Media Writing Studio [now Center for Digital Expression] (2006-2008)
- Certified Professional Technical Communicator (Foundation Level), Society for Technical Communication.
- eFaculty Certified (15 week course), TCU Koehler Center for Instruction, Innovation, and Engagement.
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program, Stage 1 Training in Human Subjects Protection.
Last Updated: January 09, 2025