Christine Robinson Coon, M.A.
Christine Robinson Coon, M.A.
Mon and Wed | 4:20-4:35pm
Tue | 3:20-4:50pm (via Teams Office)
and by appointment
Professional and Academic Summary
Christine Robinson Coon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art with a comprehensive minor in prehistoric art history and a Master of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in rhetoric and composition. She is the author of Posthumanist (Auto)ethnography: Toward the Ethical Representation of Other Animals, a work awarded distinction. Robinson Coon enjoys teaching first-year rhetoric and writing courses, and a special topics course on animal studies here at UCCS.
In addition to rhetoric studies, her research and teaching interests are interdisciplinary and relate broadly to discussions in the emerging field of animal studies. They include life writing, (auto)ethnography, speculative fiction (especially zombie, dystopian, and science fiction), popular culture, interspecies communication, prehistoric art history, and parapsychology. Largely shaped by a posthumanist lens, Robinson Coon explores rhetoric as a form of energy—something many species use to persuade.
Courses Taught:
- ENGL 1310: Rhetoric and Writing I: Academic Reading and Analytical Writing
- ENGL 1410: Rhetoric and Writing II: Argument and Research
- ENGL 3020: Topics in Advanced Rhetoric and Writing, “Rhetorical Animals”
