WIDE's Co-Directors
For information about the WIDE Research Center, contact the Center Co-Directors:
Jeff Grabill, PhD
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
Center Administration and Management
Associate Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American
Cultures
517/353-9164
Fax 517/353-9162
grabill@msu.edu
Technical and professional writing, computers and writing, rhetorical and literacy theory
William Hart-Davidson, PhD
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
Research Development; Technology
Assistant Professor
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
517/353-9184
Fax 517/353-9162
hartdav2@msu.edu
Technical communication, human-computer interaction, information design and usability, user-centered design, rhetorical and social theory
James E. Porter, PhD
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
Administration and Policy; Program Relations; Intellectual Property
Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
Special Adviser on Writing, College of Arts & Letters
517/432-2583
Fax 517/353-9162
porterj8@msu.edu
Rhetoric theory, technical and professional communication, digital rhetoric, teaching in digital environments