Deborah Harris is a Continuing Lecturer in the Writing Program, and teaches a wide variety of classes (lower-division, upper-division, and graduate levels) ranging from science writing to writing in the humanities. Her book, Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection: Cosmetic Surgery, Weight Loss, and Beauty in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2014) explores the transformation imperatives advertised by the media, especially in the West. Her research interests include medical rhetoric, body rhetoric, popular culture, and composition.
Before joining the UCSB Writing Program in 2011, Deborah Harris taught lower- and upper-division writing classes at the University of Arizona, where she earned her PhD, and at Loyola Marymount University as a Visiting Assistant Professor.