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.

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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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A collaborative longitudinal design for supporting writing pedagogies of STEM faculty
Gallagher, J., Turnipseed, N., Yoritomo, J. Y., Elliott, C. M., Cooper, S. L., Popovics, J. S., Prior, P. A. & Zilles, J., Jan 15 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Technical Communication Quarterly.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Flat CHAT perspective on transliteracies development
Smith, A. & Prior, P., Mar 2020, In: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 24, 100268.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Editorial: Writing across: Tracing transliteracies as becoming across time, space, and settings
Prior, P. & Smith, A., Mar 2020, In: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 24, 100246.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Implementing writing-as-process in engineering education
Kovanen, B., Ware, R., Mericle, M., Turnipseed, N., Patrick Coleman, J., Elliott, C. M., Popovics, J. S., Lance Cooper, S., Gallagher, J. R., Prior, P. & Zilles, J. L., Jun 22 2020, In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2020-June, 829.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Academic literacies as laminated assemblage and embodied semiotic becoming
Prior, P. A. & Olinger, A., 2019, Retheorizing literacy practices: Complex social and cultural contexts . Bloome, D., Castanheira, L., Leung, C. & Rowsell, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 126-139
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

7 Editorial activity

Research in the Teaching of English (Journal)
Paul A Prior (Editorial board member)
2013 → …
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Research in the Teaching of English (Journal)
Mark Allen Dressman (Editor), Sarah Jane McCarthey (Editor) & Paul A Prior (Editor)
2008 → 2013
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Written Communication (Journal)
Paul A Prior (Editorial board member)
1998 → 2004
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Written Communication (Journal)
Paul A Prior (Editorial board member)
2011 → …
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Writing & Pedagogy (Journal)
Paul A Prior (Editorial board member)
2015 → …
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Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production/Scholarship Award
Prior, Paul A (Recipient), Patrick Berry (Recipient), Hannah Bellwoar (Recipient), Derek Van Ittersum (Recipient), Janine Solberg (Recipient), Jody Shipka (Recipient), Bill Chewning (Recipient), Karen Lunsford (Recipient), Liz Rohan (Recipient), Kevin Roozen (Recipient), Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau (Recipient) & Joyce Walker (Recipient), 2007
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