Megan Poole

Megan Poole joined the faculty at the University of Louisville in 2020, after earning her BA from McNeese State University, MA from Texas Christian University, and PhD in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition from Penn State University. Her interdisciplinary research and teaching centers on rhetorical theory, science studies, and technical writing, and her current book project examines feminist epistemologies in the biological sciences that resist traditional reason-based approaches to scientific knowledge making. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Journal for the History of Rhetoric, and Quarterly Journal of Speech, among other venues. Dr. Poole is also part of the Public Health Literacy Group, a coalition of community leaders, grassroots activists, and academic scholars focused on making the science of air pollution more accessible for constituents in Louisville Metro Council District 3, an area that borders Rubbertown.

Research Areas: rhetoric of science, feminist science studies, technical writing, community-engaged scholarship

Collaborative Interests: guest lectures, public lectures, research collaborations