Biography
I research the ways that writers contend with interactive and participatory audiences on the Internet, including via user design. I teach technical writing, including search engine optimization, data visualization, visual rhetoric, interviewing techniques, document design, and digital rhetoric. I value students as holistic people and not a set of skills.
Research Interests
I study the way writers contend with participatory audiences in the context of Web 2.0. I specialize in qualitative research methods; in particular, case study methodologies. I also draw on quantitative methods, such as web-scraping and computational analysis, to study online comments and participatory audiences.
- Writing Studies
- Audience Theory
- Web 2.0
- New Media
- Online Participatory Cultures
- User design
- Online ethics
- Search Engine Optimization
Courses Taught
- BTW 250
- BTW 490
- ENGL 582
- ENGL 380
- ENGL 482
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, English
External Links
Recent Publications
Gallagher, J., Turnipseed, N., Yoritomo, J. Y., Elliott, C. M., Cooper, S. L., Popovics, J. S., Prior, P. A., & Zilles, J. (Accepted/In press). A collaborative longitudinal design for supporting writing pedagogies of STEM faculty. Technical Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2020.1713405
Gallagher, J. R., Chen, Y., Wagner, K., Wang, X., Zeng, J., & Kong, A. L. (2020). Peering into the Internet Abyss: Using Big Data Audience Analysis to Understand Online Comments. Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(2), 155-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1634766
Gallagher, J. R. (2020). The Ethics of Writing for Algorithmic Audiences. Computers and Composition, 57, [102583]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2020.102583
Gallagher, J. (2019). A Framework for Internet Case Study Methodology in Writing Studies. Computers and Composition, 54, [102509]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2019.102509
Gallagher, J. R. (2019). A pedagogy of ethical interface production based on virtue ethics. In Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression (pp. 69-84). Taylor and Francis.