Contact
Dept: | English |
Email: | gsauer@iastate.edu |
Office: | 433 Ross 527 Farm House Ln. Ames IA 50011-1054 |
Office Hours: | M W 11-1 |
Website: | http://geoffsauer.com/ |
Dept: | English |
Email: | gsauer@iastate.edu |
Office: | 433 Ross 527 Farm House Ln. Ames IA 50011-1054 |
Office Hours: | M W 11-1 |
Website: | http://geoffsauer.com/ |
English 549: Multimedia and Interaction Design
English 542: Document Design and Editing
English 529: Content Management
English 504: Teaching Advanced Communication
English 411: Technology, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
English 335: Studies in Film
English 314: Technical Communication
English 313: Rhetorical Website Design
English 302: Business Communication
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
B.A., University of Notre Dame
My research focuses on the history of publishing, both from theoretical perspectives (using both cultural and rhetorical theory) and in pragmatics (typography, offset printing, online document management, new media). I am the director of both the ISU Studio for New Media and the electronic publishing project EServer.org.
I teach courses about new media in workplace and technical communication, including courses in web design, content management systems, nonlinear video editing, film theory, social media, and usability.
I am currently researching learning management systems as a form of material rhetoric, and investigating problems with contemporary theories of dialectical negotiation when applied to cloud and virtualized hosting platforms.
I love to hike, bicycle and play golf. I’m working now to re-learn playing tennis without embarrassment.