Associate Professor Office: 215A Leonard Hall
Phone: 724-357-3967
Email: Nienkamp@iup.edu
Website: www.english.iup.edu/nienkamp Education
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1994
Academic Interests
Rhetorical History and Theory, Argumentation, Composition, and Literacy Studies.

Jean Nienkamp's areas of interest include rhetorical traditions, and she is currently researching internal rhetorics, ethics and rhetoric, Stephen Toulmin, and Isocrates. Her most recent book, Internal Rhetorics: Toward a History and Theory of Self-Persuasion (Southern Illinois University Press, 2001) has been described as "thought provoking, intelligently organized and clearly written . . . articulat[ing] a point of view that can be recognized as something theorists have been trying to say all along" (Argumentation and Advocacy, Fall 2002). Jean's favorite pastime is hiking in Pennsylvania's beautiful woods with her dog,