Dr. Matthew Overstreet
Dr. matthew overstreet Assistant Professor English

Contact Information
matthew.overstreet@ku.ac.ae

Biography

Dr. Overstreet has taught writing and writing pedagogy in the United States, Europe & Asia.  Working in the tradition of William James and John Dewey, his research considers issues of thought, language and knowledge from a practice-based, materialist perspective.  He is particularly interested in how technology shapes how we think, write, read and relate.


Education
  • PhD, Critical & Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2018
  • MA, English Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago, 20122

Teaching
  • Academic English I (ENGL101)
  • Academic English II (ENGL102)
  • Digital Composition (LTCM224)
  • Technical Communications (LTCM311)

Affiliated Research Institutes/Centers

Research
Research Interests
  • Writing; Writing Pedagogy; Writing Technologies; Cognition; Multimodality


Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Staff
Dr. Diana Akhmedjanova Post-Doctoral Researcher