Education:
Ph.D. East Carolina University, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication 2023
M.A. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Secondary Education 2019
B.A. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication, & Literature and Criticism 2018
Bio:
Morgan C. Banville is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Her research focuses on the intersection of technical communication and surveillance studies, often informed by feminist methodologies. You can find her recent work in the Proceedings of the 38th and 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, as well as Programmatic Perspectives, Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and more.
- Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Hamilton College
- Ph.D. in Oceanography from Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
- Dr. Burton's (formerly Schrum) research interests include the biogeochemistry of marine sediments, particularly the carbon and nitrogen cycles. She has participated on research expeditions to the Southern, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- Dr. Burton joined the MSSEP faculty in 2012 and teaches courses in Earth Science, Coastal Ecology, and Marine Biology and oversees the MSSEP Experiential Learning, a winter field course in St. John, USVI.
- Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College
- Master of Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute