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Bryan Kopp

Associate Professor
English
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Bryan Kopp

Associate Professor

English

Specialty area(s)

Rhetoric & writing studies; professional & technical communication; writing pedagogy; science of learning; teaching & learning with artificial intelligence (AI)

Brief biography

Associate Chair, English Department
General Education Coordinator, UW-La Crosse
Teaching & Learning Specialist, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning

Current courses at UWL

ENG 335: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing

Education

Ph.D. in English/Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University, August 2000
M.A. in English, Drake University, May 1993
B.A. in English (Philosophy minor), University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, May 1991

Career

Teaching history

ENG 497: Seminar in Rhetoric & Writing Studies
(Topics: "Writing with/against AI," "Genre & Culture," "Visual Rhetoric," "Rhetorics of Reality")
ENG 450: English Internship
ENG 413: Capstone Research Project (formerly "Writing Portfolio")
ENG 403: Individual Projects
ENG 375: Writing Research
ENG 342: The Essay
ENG 335: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
ENG 334: Language Studies for Secondary Teachers
ENG 333: Introduction to Rhetoric & Writing Studies
ENG 327: Publishing in the Digital Age
ENG 314: Grant Writing
ENG 313: Writing, Genre, and Style (formerly "Prose Style and Editing")
ENG 311 (formerly 355/422): Critical Theory
ENG 307: Workplace Writing (formerly "Writing for Management, Public Relations and the Professions")
ENG 306: Writing in Education (formerly "Writing for Teachers")
ENG 304: Writing in the Arts & Humanities
ENG 303: Advanced Composition
ENG 301: Foundations for Literary Studies
ENG 200: Literature and the Human Experience
ENG 110: College Writing
ENG 050: Fundamentals of Composition

Kudos

published

Bryan Kopp and Christopher McCracken, both English; and Tesia Marshik and Morgan O'Marrah, both Psychology; co-authored the article "Student and Instructor Perceptions and Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education " in Teaching of Psychology, published on Monday, Nov. 25 by Sage.

Submitted on: Nov. 25, 2024

presented

Bryan Kopp, Christopher McCracken, Lindsay Steiner and Louise Zamparutti, all English, presented "Teaching rhetorical complexity through an AI-mediated case study in technical writing" at CATL Conference on Teaching & Learning on Aug. 27 in La Crosse, WI.

Submitted on: Aug. 29, 2024

directed

Bryan Kopp, Tesia Marshik and Christopher McCracken, all CATL, directed "AI Summit" on Friday, May 17 in La Crosse, WI. In partnership with the CATL AI Community of Practice, this was a successful event that facilitated conversations and shared useful information to start a campus-wide conversation about AI usage across campus.

Submitted on: May 17, 2024

presented

Bryan Kopp, English, presented "Engaging Students in Dialogue about Generative AI and Social Inequity in the Writing Classroom" at OPID 2024 Spring Conference for Wisconsin Educators on April 18 in Madison, WI.

Submitted on: April 19, 2024

presented

Bryan Kopp, Christopher McCracken, Lindsay Steiner and Louise Zamparutti, all English, presented "Rhetorical prompt engineering in an era of AI expedience" at Teaching Technical Communication and Artificial Intelligence Symposium on March 20 online.

Submitted on: Mar. 21, 2024