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Lei Zhang
Associate Professor
English
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Lei Zhang
Associate Professor
English
Specialty area(s)
Rhetorical and Discourse Analysis, Comparative Rhetoric, Journalism, New Media Studies,
Education
Ph.D. in Rhetoric. 2011. Texas Woman’s University.
Concentrations: 1) History and Theory of Rhetoric; 2) Composition Pedagogy; 3) Literary Theory
M.A. in Journalism. 2001. The University of North Texas.
Major: Journalism; Minor: Library Information Science.
B.A. in English Language and Literature. 1996. Sichuan University, China.
Major: English Language and Literature; Minor: Japanese.
Career
Teaching history
Courses taught:
Eng. 110 First-Year Composition
Eng. 200 Literature and Human Experience: American Multi-ethnic Literature
Eng. 318 Journalism and New Media Studies
Eng. 327 Publishing in the Digital Age
Eng. 333 Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing
Eng. 325 Multimedia Reporting and Editing
ENG. 327 Publishing in a Digital Age
Eng. 413 Capstone Research Projects
Eng. 497 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing
Professional history
2014-2019, Assistant Professor, UWL.
2019-Present, Associate Professor, UWL.
Research and publishing
Book:
Zhang, Lei and Carlton Clark. Ed. Affect, Emotion, and Rhetorical Persuasion in Mass Communication. London and New York: Routledge. 2019.
https://www.routledge.com/Affect-Emotion-and-Rhetorical-Persuasion-in-Mass-Communication/Zhang-Clark/p/book/9780815374398
Articles:
Clark, Carlton & Lei Zhang. “Grass Mud Horse: Luhmannian Systems Theory and Internet Censorship in China.” Kybernetes: The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences. 46.5 (May, 2017): DOI: 10.1108/K-02-2017-0056
“The Google-China Dispute: The Chinese National Narrative and Rhetorical Legitimation of the Chinese Communist Party.” Rhetoric Review, 32.4: 455-72. Print.
Clark, Carlton and Lei Zhang. “Introduction: Heartfelt Reasoning, or why facts and good reasons are not enough.” Emotion, Affect, and Rhetorical Persuasion in Mass Communication. London and New York: Routledge, 2019. Print.
“Breaking Our Chains: Achieving Nos/otras Consciousness.” Bridging: How Gloria Anzaldúa's Life and Work Transformed Our Own. Ed. Gloria González- López and AnaLouise Keating. Austin: U of Texas P, 2010. 85-90. Print.
“Denis Foon.” The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. Ed. Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 463-64. Print.
Book chapter:
Carlton Clark, Lei Zhang and Steffen Roth. "How central was politics in the Middle Kingdom? A Google Ngram analysis of the Chinese language area (1949-2008)" Global Debates in the Digital Humanities, The University of Minnesota Press.