

Assistant Professor
Chair, Writing Across the Curriculum Committee
Suffolk University
English Department
41 Temple Street
Boston, MA 02114
Office: Fenton 329
Telephone: 617-573-8275
Email: btrabold@suffolk.edu
Degrees
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003 English with specialization in rhetoric and composition
MA University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995 English
BA George Washington University, 1989 English literature, Political science
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)
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)
Courses Taught
ENG 100,101,102: First-year Composition
Eng 201: Intermediate Writing
Eng 215: American Literature