Diane Davis

Diane Davis is the Kenneth Burke Chair and Professor of Rhetoric and Philosophy at The European Graduate School (EGS) and Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at The University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Digital Writing and Research Lab. She holds doctorates from The University of Texas at Arlington (1995) and EGS (habilitation, 2003). Her work bridges rhetorical theory and continental philosophy, influenced by thinkers like Derrida, Levinas, and Ronell. She explores concepts like 'originary rhetoricity' and 'creaturely relations,' challenging human/animal divides. Davis has received numerous awards for her scholarship and teaching, including the W. Ross Winterowd Award and President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award.

Her research interrogates ethics, relationality, and the destabilizing force of laughter, as seen in her books *Breaking Up [at] Totality* (2000) and *Inessential Solidarity* (2010). She co-edits *Reading Ronell* (2009) and leads seminars on Levinas and Derrida at EGS. Current projects address post-human ethics and rhetorical relations beyond the human.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Digital Writing and Research Lab (UT Austin). Future Work: Book project on 'Creaturely Rhetorical Relations.'