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Sara Joanne Newman

Professor
(+593 2) 297-1700
Extension
1496
Epicuro Building, EP-33B
  • Ph.D. in Rhetoric, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
  • M.A. and History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
  • B.A. and English, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
Professional Profile

Sara Joanne Newman has a PhD in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication from the University of Minnesota (United States). She is a professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). Her research focuses on written, oral, and visual communication as it relates to disability, scientific, medical, and public health issues. She is also an English Learning Specialist at the US Department of State and the US Consulate in Quito (Ecuador). She participates in various projects and studies related to TESOL. Her publications include articles and three books: “Aristotle and Metaphor,” “Writing Disability: A Critical History,” and “Gilbert Austin’s Chironomia Revisited: Sympathy, Science, and The Representation of Movement.” She has received grants to support her research and awards for her service and teaching. She taught in the  PhD program in Rhetoric at Kent State University for 20 years. There she directed more than 20 dissertations and served on several committees.

Interests

Personal : Music, Hiking, Reading