Dr. Jonathan Brownlee
College of Arts and Sciences
Phone: 260.344.4982
Email: jjbrownlee@indianatech.edu
Office: Snyder Academic Center 255
My Office Hours
Please check back at the beginning of the semester
Classes I Teach
- HUM 2800: Creative Writing
- HUM 3710: Ethics
- HUM 3190 – A Survival Manual for the Future: Power, Leadership, Literature
- HUM 2730: Introduction to Philosophy
- HUM 2990: Philosophy of Inequality
- HUM 3600: Philosophy of Environmental Science
- COMM 2990: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Inequality
- ENG 1100: Introduction to College Writing
- ENG 1252: Argumentative Writing
- ENG 1272: Analytical Writing
Educational Background
- Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing, Bowling Green State University
- M.A. Liberal Studies (foci: philosophy and English), Indiana University, FW
- B.A. Philosophy and Communications, Bethel University
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of English and Humanities
- Writer
Publications/Presentations
Publications
2025 “The Clarks’ Doll Experiment Revisited: Omnipresent Ideology, Paths of Pressurization, and Freedom”
2022 “The Cultural Myopia of Postmodernism” Poli-Femo Journal, in January
2020 “Intersecting Visual Art and Text: Creative-Critical Transgenre Approaches and Identities in Writing and Teaching with Dr. Kristin LaFollette, published in Creative Writing Studies, March 25th
2019 “Lessons Learned,” book section, published in Kendell Hunt Publishing Company
2019 “Action is the Root of Activism: The Impact of Nipsey Hussle,” Equality and Justice: An Engaged Generation, A Troubled World.
2019 “Bad Ideas About Writing Review,” published in Kairos, February 7th
2018 “Suasive Iterations Review,” Computers and Composition Online, January 19th
Multimedia/Digital Publications
2018 “James Baldwin’s Passage,” Bowling Green State University’s Digital Gallery.
Creative Writing Publications
2019 “Black Kitty,” (a short story), accepted at Infinite Rush, Texas Southern University Press.
2018 “Soliloquy,” (a novel), BPG, March 7th, 2018
Art Exhibitions
2019 “Existential Collage” with Dr. Kristin LaFollette, showcased at The Art and Performance Center of West Toledo.
2018 “Goya Redux and Their Eyes,” showcased at The Art and Performance Center of West Toledo.
Conferences and Paper Presentations
International and National Conferences
2022 Conference on College Composition and Communication, “’Space to Be’ Engenders Agency and Authenticity” (with Dr. Carrie Duke and Carrie Rodesiler) Chicago, IL, Wednesday, March 9th
2020 Creative Writing Studies Organization Conference, “Intersecting Visual Art and Text: Creative-Critical Transgenre Approaches and Identities in Writing and Teaching” (with Dr. Kristin LaFollette). Online, Friday, October 9th
2018 Cultural Rhetorics Conference, “The Rhetoric of Existential Othering.” East Lansing, MI, Friday, November 16th
2018 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, “Being and Otherness: Embodiment in the Discourse of Africana Existentialism.” Minneapolis, MN, Friday, June 1st
2018 Pop Culture Association Conference, “’Rich Ghost in the Rich Shell’: Inequality in the Forthcoming Cybernetic Age.” Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, March 28th
2017 Louisiana Association for College Composition: A Place for Writing Teachers to Gather… “Practice makes Pedagogy” (with Dr. Tynan Wilson). Lafayette, LA, Saturday, September 21st
2017 Roundtable on Online Teaching. Louisiana Association for College Composition: “A Place for Writing Teachers to Gather…” Lafayette, LA, Saturday, September 21st
Why I Teach
I believe that knowledge and wisdom are two of the best tools for living a good life. I teach to help students acquire those tools.
Additional Information
Mick Doherty Kairos Award
“The Mick Doherty Kairos Scholarship was established to help provide educational expenses for Graduate Assistants in the Rhetoric and Writing Doctoral Program of the Department of English at Bowling Green State University. The award is given to the Graduate Assistant within the Rhetoric & Writing Program who has the highest GPA and the greatest professional potential.”