Paul A Prior

Professor, English
Director, Center for Writing Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Emailpprior@illinois.edu

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Research Interests

Writing Studies, Literate Activity, Dialogic Theory, Semiotic Practice, Applied Linguistics, Genre, CHAT and ANT.

Personal profile

Paul Prior is a Professor in English and the Center for Writing Studies and Director of the Center for Writing Studies. Working with cultural-historical activity theory, actor-network theory, and dialogic semiotics, he has explored connections among writing, talk, embodied action, learning, and disciplinarity.

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Research Output 1990 2019

A Flat CHAT perspective on transliteracies development

Smith, A. & Prior, P. A., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Learning, Culture and Social Interaction.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

school organization

sociality

history

interview

semiotics

Editorial: Writing across: Tracing transliteracies as becoming across time, space, and settings

Prior, P. A. & Smith, A., Jan 1 2019, In : Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 100246.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

time

internet community

semiotics

workplace

travel

Languaging the rhetorical tradition: Pedagogical CHAT in middle school and college

Prior, P. A., Walker, J. & Riggert-Kieffer, D., 2019, Languaging relations for transforming the literacy and language arts classroom. Beach, R. & Bloome, D. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 112-130

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Examining engineering writing instruction at a large research university through the lens of writing studies

Yoritomo, J. Y., Turnipseed, N., Cooper, S. L., Elliott, C. M., Gallagher, J. R., Popovics, J. S., Prior, P. & Zilles, J. L., Jun 23 2018, In : ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2018-June, 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

Technical writing

Lenses

Students

Curricula

Innovation

How Do Moments Add Up to Lives? Trajectories of Semiotic Becoming vs. Tales of School Learning in Four Modes

Prior, P. A., Aug 2018, Making Future Matters. Wysocki, R. & Sheridan, M. P. (eds.). Logan, UT: Computers and Composition Digital Press

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Activities 1998 2015

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