Digital Literacies, Digital Ethics: Writing in(to) the 21st Century

William P. Banks, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
East Carolina University

Dr. Banks has worked extensively in composition, writing studies, and the use of electronic media in composition. In addition to teaching composition and literature at East Carolina University, he currently serves as director of the University's First-Year Writing Studio, co-director of its Tar River Writing Project, and associate director of its First-Year Writing Program.

Among his many published materials are two edited journals: Computers and Composition 21.3 (September 2004) on the theme of "Sexualities, Technologies, and the Teaching of Writing" (6 essays), which he co-edited with Jonathan Alexander and Kairos 7.3 (December 2002) on the theme of "Beyond Normal: Webtexts from Computers and Writing 2002." (includes 35 Web-texts from the Composition and Writing Conference, revised based on editors' suggestions), which he co-edited with Susan Antlitz, Ron Fortune, and Jim Kalmbach.

Dr. Banks earned his PhD in English Studies at Illinois State University, having previously earned both his master's and bachelor's degrees in English at Georgia Southern University. His research interests are Theories of Rhetoric and Composition, Histories of Rhetoric and Composition, Queer Studies, Minority Rhetorics, English Education, Computers and Composition, and the National Writing Project.