Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1989
- B.A., University of California, San Diego (Revelle College), 1983
Research Interests
History of rhetoric and literacy in the U.S., qualitative study of literacy, research ethics
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Women and Literacy: Local and Global Inquiries for a New Century
Daniell, B. (Editor) & Mortensen, P. (Editor), Jun 2007, New York: Routledge. 340 p. (NCTE-Routledge Research Series)Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Imagining Rhetoric: Composing Women of the Early United States
Eldred, J. C. & Mortensen, P., Aug 2002, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 279 p. (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture)Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Ethics and Representation in Qualitative Studies of Literacy
Mortensen, P. (Editor) & Kirsch, G. E. (Editor), 1996, Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 317 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Returning to Literacy Narratives
Eldred, J. C. & Mortensen, P., 2023, In: College English. 85, 6, p. 471-497 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Afterword
Mortensen, P. L., 2015, Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, place, and cultural resistance. Webb-Sunderhaus, S. & Donehower, K. (eds.). Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, p. 199-212 (Place matters: new directions in Appalachian studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Honors & Recognition
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CCCC Richard Braddock Award
Mortensen, P. L. (Recipient) & Kirsch, G. E. (Recipient), 1994
Prize: Prize/Award
Activities
- 8 Oral presentation
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Revisiting Histories of Literacy
Mortensen, P. L. (Speaker)
Oct 21 2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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A Rhetorical Approach to Revising Revisionist Histories of Literacy
Mortensen, P. L. (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Revisiting Assumptions in Historical Research on Literacy: A Necessary Prelude to Activism
Mortensen, P. L. (Speaker)
Apr 8 2016Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Finding the Words: Tracking Narratives of Literacy and Illiteracy in the American Experience
Mortensen, P. L. (Speaker)
2012Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Crisis after Crisis: The Rhetoric of Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Mortensen, P. L. (Keynote speaker)
2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation