Prof. Kelly A Ritter PhD ’97

Prof. Kelly A Ritter PhD '97 promoted as Professor of Writing and Communication and Chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA

In August 2022, I began my position as Professor of Writing and Communication and Chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. I had previously spent the last nine years (2013-2022) as a Professor of Writing Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I also served as a writing program director (2013-2017), associate dean of liberal arts (2017-2021), and department head (2021-2022).