Caren Converse

Caren Converse

Continuing Lecturer - Retired

cconverse@writing.ucsb.edu

About

Bio

Caren's academic interests include the rhetoric of the criminal justice system, empowering students through writing, and guiding students in finding their writing voice. She comes to the Writing Program having worked in the criminal justice field and in secondary education.

Publications

"Unpoetic Justice: Ideology and the Individual in the Genre of the Presentence Investigation Report," Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 2012.

"It's Not Just the Fact, Ma'am: Writing for Success in Career Education," Across the Disciplines, 2012.