Dr. Lynn Russell
Assistant Professor of English
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Direct Office Phone: 423-775-7239
Field of Study: English
Office: English Department
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Old Dominion University (2023)
- M.A., English Literature, University of South Florida (2018)
- B.A., English Literature, Bryan College (2016)
- B.S., Music: Piano Pedagogy, Bryan College (2016)
Biography
Lynn Russell is one of the English professors in the English Department who specializes in advanced composition and technical writing. She holds two bachelor’s degrees in music and English, a master’s degree in English Literature, and Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. At Bryan College, she directs the Writing Center and Writing Across Curriculum programs in addition to teaching classes such as Advanced Grammar, English Tutoring, Intro to Technical & Professional Writing, Editing Essentials, and Novels of Jane Austen. Lynn is a graduate of Bryan College, returning to her alma mater as faculty because she believes in its mission’s applicability to writing.
Publications, Research, & Editing
- Heiser, Martha. “‘The King’s Highway:’ Reading England’s Road in The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part I.” Reading the Road in Shakespeare’s Britain, edited by Lisa Hopkins and Bill Angus, Edinburgh Press, 2018.
Conference & Workshop Presentations
- Russell, Martha. “Writing Tutor Education: Plans for Equitable Theories and Practices.” Tennessee Writing Center Director’s Day, 5 June 2021. Virtual.
- Russell, Martha. “Teaching Visual Collaboration in Undergraduate Technical Writing Classes.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, 7-10 April 2021, Virtual.
- Russell, Martha. “Visual Rhetoric in the Technical Communication Classroom: Ethics and Collaboration.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, 21-24 May 2020, Hilton Portland Executive Tower, Portland, OR.
- Russell, Martha. “Visual Rhetoric in the Technical Communication Classroom: Ethics and Collaboration.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, 21-24 May 2020, Hilton Portland Executive Tower, Portland, OR.
- Russell, Martha. “‘Undisputed Queen’ of Nineteenth-Century Boston: Jennie Collins and Working-Class Literature.” Christianity and Literature Conference, 26-28 March 2020, Milligan College, Milligan College, TN.
- Russell, Martha. “The Effects of Time: Reading a Historical Perspective of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress Part 1.” Christianity and Literature Conference, 8 June 2019, Lee University, Cleveland, TN.
- Russell, Martha. “The King’s Highway: Political Commentary in The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part 1.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, 21 March 2019, Gaylord National Hotel, Washington D.C.