Erin Sledd

Erin Sledd serves as an Instructor at Kennesaw State University with over 10 years of professional experience as an artist and graphic designer in publishing, business, and nonprofit sectors. Her teaching spans composition and rhetoric, technical communications, and American literature across traditional, hybrid, and online formats.

Her educational background includes:

• Dual Bachelor's Degree in English and Political Science from Furman University
• Master of Arts in English Literature from Georgia State University

At Georgia State University, she served as research assistant to Virginia Spencer Carr (John B. and Elena Diaz Verson Amos Distinguished Professor in English Letters). Her master's thesis analyzed Thomas Kuhn's Structures of Scientific Revolutions and its implications for humanities through the lens of paradigm shifts in internet and information technology development.

Sledd's research interests bridge traditional literary studies with contemporary cultural phenomena. She designs innovative special topics courses including 'The Bleeding Pen: Writing about Vampires' (examining historical, psychological and pop cultural perspectives on vampirism), 'Inside Out: Writing about Space' (exploring architectural, digital and psychological conceptions of space), and 'Conceive. Compose. Consume: Writing about Food' (using culinary themes for multimodal composition). Her work consistently integrates digital platforms and website-enhanced classroom environments.

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As an instructor, Sledd develops comprehensive curricula emphasizing rhetorical awareness, audience analysis, and multimodal composition. She has created foundational courses including English 1101, English 1102, Technical Communications 2010, and American Literature surveys from colonial period to present. Her teaching methodology focuses on reducing wordiness, improving clarity, and contextualizing writing within purpose and audience frameworks.

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