Peter Leslie Mortensen

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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literacy Social Sciences

rhetoric Social Sciences

illiteracy Social Sciences

socioeconomic development Social Sciences

persuasion Social Sciences

technical development Social Sciences

moral philosophy Social Sciences

narrative Social Sciences

Research Output 1986 2015

11 Article
10 Chapter
3 Book
2 Comment/debate
2 More
- 1 Letter
- 1 Review article

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

The work of illiteracy in the rhetorical curriculum

Mortensen, P. L., Dec 1 2012, In : Journal of Curriculum Studies. 44, 6, p. 761-786 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

illiteracy

curriculum

literacy

narrative

evidence

Thirty-five questions

Mortensen, P., Jan 1 2012, In : Advances in the History of Rhetoric. 15, 1, p. 109-118 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

socioeconomic development

technical development

research project

Research Projects

Prompts

Symposium: How I Have Changed My Mind

Anson, C., Cooper, M., Desai, G., Gere, A. R., Gilbert, P. K., Gilyard, K., Harris, J., Lee, V., Miller, S., Mortensen, P. L., Shumway, D., Sommers, N. & Vitanza, V. J., Nov 2011, In : College English. 74, 2, p. 106-130

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate