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Denise K. Comer

Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Box 90025, Duke University Uwp, Durham, NC 27708-0025
1 Brodie Gym Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Denise Comer's research interests include composition, nineteenth-century British literature, travel writing, and women's studies. Her current scholarship focuses on issues of the profession in composition and rhetoric, as well as Romantic and Victorian British women's travel writing in India.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program · 2019 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Thompson Writing Program · 2022 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published February 15, 2024
New Minor Helps Students Communicate in a World of Ever-Changing Platforms
Published January 22, 2021
In Pandemic, Advanced Placement Turns to Duke Faculty for Help in High School Lecture Series
Published September 2, 2014
Denise Comer on Teaching The Fine Art of the Tweet

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Recent Grants


Ronald McDonald House/Duke University Family Story Project

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2011 - 2013

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of South Carolina, Columbia · 1999 Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College Park · 1995 M.A.
Virginia Polytech Institute and State University · 1993 B.A.