Phillip Troutman

Phillip Troutman is an Assistant Professor of Writing and History at George Washington University (GW), affiliated with the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. He serves as Director of Writing in the Disciplines, guiding pedagogical strategies across STEM fields. His research focuses on American slavery and abolition visual culture, with current projects including a book manuscript on abolitionist visual rhetoric and articles on African American engraver Patrick Henry Reason. He also explores historical artifacts of enslavement, such as Flora’s 1790s silhouette and the 1847 proslavery riot at GW’s predecessor institution.

Troutman has held notable fellowships, including a Smithsonian Institution Senior Fellowship (2018–2019) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2018). He received the Robert W. Kenny Prize for Teaching Innovation (2022) and has presented at conferences in Sacramento, Richmond, and Antwerp. His teaching emphasizes disciplinary writing practices, documented in journals like Rhetoric Review and Prompt.

Outside academia, he advises GW’s Cycling Team and serves as historian for the Phi Beta Kappa chapter. His work bridges historical scholarship with pedagogical innovation, addressing intersections of visual culture, memory, and institutional history.