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Belinda Walzer is an Associate Professor of English at Appalachian State University, where she chairs the Rhetoric and Technical Writing program committee. She joined the department in Fall 2018 after directing Northeastern University's Writing Center and serving as a Research Associate at the American University of Beirut.
Her educational background includes:
- Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- M.A. in English Rhetoric and Composition from UNCG
- Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from UNCG
- B.A. in English and Environmental Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University
Walzer's research examines human rights rhetoric through lenses of temporality, resistance, and transnational feminism. She investigates how marginalized populations navigate impossible rhetorical situations to stake human rights claims, focusing on embodied slow violence, material rhetorics in sites like Guantánamo Bay, and transactional structures of rights. Her work consistently intersects critical theory, postcolonial studies, and social justice frameworks.
Analysis of her 2013-2023 publications reveals escalating engagement with visual/material rhetorics and temporal dimensions of rights claims, particularly in Guantánamo-related scholarship. Her output demonstrates methodological diversity across philosophical rhetoric, comics studies, and collaborative international research, with 2023 marking her most prolific year.
Walzer has secured multiple curriculum innovation and research grants supporting international higher education initiatives and social justice research, though specific award names aren't detailed in the source text.
As program committee chair, she shapes curriculum and mentors students in rhetoric and technical writing. Her grant-funded projects involve collaborative teams, including past international writing center research with scholars like Alexandra Moore and Paula Abboud Habre, though current lab affiliations aren't specified.
