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Ryan Cheek, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Technical Communication
Department of English and Technical Communication

College of Arts, Sciences, and Education

Biography

Ryan Cheek is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He has extensive experience teaching courses in civic advocacy and his research addresses how technical rhetorics and technological phenomena iterate social relations, political ideologies, and ethical commitments in apocalyptic times.

Research Interests

  • Political Communication Technologies
  • Feminist & Queer Rhetorical Theory
  • Apocalyptic Technical Communication & Rhetoric
  • Public Speaking & Civic Advocacy

Education

  • Ph.D. Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Utah State University, 2022 
  • M.A. Communication, University of Wyoming, 2011
  • B.S. Sociology, Weber State University, 2008