Moe Folk Author & Editor

Moe Folk is an Assistant Professor of Multimodal Composition and Digital Rhetoric at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA, where he teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the English Department. His research centres on issues of ethos in digital realms, particularly concerning the relationship that multimodal style has with defining contemporary notions of ethos, and teaching writing with new composing technologies and multiple modes. His previous publications include an article about visual representation in Mediascape and co-authored pieces with Shawn Apostel that appeared in Computers and Composition Online and the Handbook of Research on Computer-Mediated Composition by IGI Global. His recent work has appeared in Kairos PraxisWiki and the Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative; book chapters on using Google Maps to teach writing, assessing the affordances of multimodal style, and using visual rhetoric to produce and teach graphic novels are forthcoming. His creative work has appeared in Pank and New Letters.

Shawn Apostel is the Communication Coordinator for the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity at Eastern Kentucky University, USA, where he collaborates with communication faculty, Noel Studio research and writing coordinators, technology associates, and student consultants to identify needs and develop instructional/information seminars focusing on visual, oral, and digital communication. A graphic designer by trade, Dr. Apostel has a MA in Professional Communication from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University. His research interests include visual communication, creativity, digital ethos, e-waste reduction, and instructional use of cloud-based composition programmes. His work is published by IGI Global, CCDigital Press, Lexington Books, New Forums Press, and Computers and Composition Online. In spring of 2013 his co-authored book Teaching Creative Thinking: Pedagogical Approaches will be published by New Forums Press.