Thomas Ferstle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English
tferstle@mail.barry.edu

Education

• B.S. University of Texas at Dallas
• M.A. University of Dallas
• Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas

Areas of Interest

Rhetoric and Composition, Historiography of Twentieth Century American Ideas, History of the Book, Genre Studies

Biography

Tom Ferstle recently published his dissertation research on visual rhetoric as a scholarly monograph in an academic European press (Assessing Visual Rhetoric, VDM Germany 2007). He has presented his research in composition studies at national conferences including CCCC, C&W, and AECT. His interests are at the juncture of technology and the humanities, including artificial intelligences and social network analysis.