Bryan Trabold, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of English









Phone: 617-573-8275
Fax: 617-305-1744
Email: btrabold@suffolk.edu 
Office: Fenton Building, Rm. 329

Education

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • BA, George Washington University

Research Interests

  • Rhetorical theory
  • Rhetoric and history of the South African and international antiapartheid movement
  • Composition theory
  • Literacy studies

Employment History

Transylvania University (2001-2006)
Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric
Associate Director of Writing Center

University of Wisconsin (1995-2000)
Co-Assistant Director of first-year writing program
Instructor, first-year writing course
Teaching Assistant, introduction to literature course
Tutor, Writing Center

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter’s Office (1991-1993)

VISTA Volunteer (1989-1990)

Publications

"Hiding Our Snickers: Weekly Mail Journalists’ Indirect Resistance" in Apartheid South Africa. College English 68.4 (March, 2006): 382-406.

"Walking the Cliff’s Edge: The New Nation’s Use of Allusions and Subversive Enthymemes" in Apartheid South Africa. College Composition and Communication (Forthcoming)

Courses Taught

ENG 100/101/102 - First-year Composition
ENG 201 - Intermediate Writing
ENG 215 - American Literature