Rate My Professor Lisa Lebduska

Lisa Lebduska is Professor of English, Director of College Writing, and Chair of the English and Philosophy Department at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. She has dedicated over two decades to the institution, fostering a robust commitment to writing instruction across the curriculum. Lebduska earned her A.B. in English and Sociology from Duke University in 1984, an M.S. in Education from Long Island University, an M.A. from the University of Rhode Island, and a Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island. In her leadership roles, she oversees the College Writing Program, collaborates with faculty on writing integration, and chairs the department that encompasses English and philosophy disciplines. Her tenure has included facilitating workshops such as “Chat GPT, Digital Assistants and Writing” for faculty and staff, addressing emerging technologies in composition.

Lebduska's research specializations include writing pedagogy and rhetoric, digital rhetorics encompassing large language models and AI, writing centers, peer tutoring, writing across the curriculum, and writing assessment. She teaches courses in professional writing, introduction to college writing, rhetorical theory, and technological literacy. Her scholarly contributions feature peer-reviewed articles such as “Emoji, Emoji, What for Art Thou?” in Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion (2014), “Profession of Letters” in College Composition and Communication (2013), “Finding the Metaphor” in College Composition and Communication (2014), “Composing in the Wake of War: The G.I. Bill and the Teaching of English” in Open Words (2014), and “The Changing Ivory Consumer: A Truly American Brand” in Journal of Popular Culture (2015). She has co-authored works like “Consortia as Sites of Inquiry: Steps toward a National Portrait of Writing Program Administration” in Journal of Writing Program Administration (2009) with Jill Gladstein and Dara Rossman Regaignon, and presented at conferences including the Conference on College Composition and Communication on peer review and science literacy through writing. Lebduska also publishes creative nonfiction in venues such as The Saturday Evening Post (“The Undertaker’s Wife,” 2023), The Forge (“Family Echo,” 2021), and Cleaver (“Ablation,” 2022), enriching the intersections of rhetoric and narrative.