Lisa Dusenberry

Lisa Dusenberry is an Associate Professor of Professional Communication at Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in technical writing, social media, and computational literacy. Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida (2013) and a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech. She bridges professional communication with digital media, focusing on serious games and coding literacy.

• Ph.D. in English (University of Florida, 2013)
• MA in English (University of Florida, 2007)
• BA in English and Liberal Arts (Colorado State, 2005)

Her research explores coding literacy, psychological safety in collaboration, and design thinking, often integrating digital tools like serious games into pedagogy. Recent articles analyze collaborative writing, multimodal learning, and game-based teaching strategies.

Notable awards include the Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship and a CCCC Research Initiative Grant. Her work spans refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings in technical communication and game studies.