Department of Writing
Lake Ontario Hall
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
Keith Rhodes
Keith Rhodes has been an assistant professor and composition director at Northwest Missouri State University and Missouri Western State University, where he taught writing classes and secondary education methods classes. Most recently he has practiced law, specializing in real estate development. Keith's main research interests are writing pedagogy, focusing on teaching written style, and writing program administration. His administrative research focuses on program design informed by assessment, marketing theories and American pragmatist philosophy. This year he will teach Strategies in Writing, Writing with Style and Introduction to Professional Writing. He plays electric bass in the Composition Blues Band, whose satiric shows add much-needed humor at academic conferences.