Barbara L’Eplattenier, Ph.D.

Barbara L’Eplattenier has taught at UA Little Rock since 1998. She has taught a wide variety of courses including Grant Writing, Writing for Food, and courses focused on publishing and editing.

Ph.D.: English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2000
Primary Field: Rhetoric and Composition
Secondary Fields: Professional and Technical Writing
Dissertation: “Investigating Institutional Power: Women Administrators during the Progressive Era, 1890-1920”
Committee: Patty Harkin, Shirley Rose, Patricia Sullivan, Nancy Grabin

M.A.: English, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE 1993
Area of Emphasis: Contemporary Literature

B.A.:English (magna cum laude), Mankato State University, Mankato, MN 1991

Dr. L’Eplattenier’s research focuses on the following topics: Professional Writing/Technical Writing; Grant Writing; UX/UI; History; Gender and Women’s Studies; Document Design

With Lisa Mastrangelo. “The Evolution of Peitho.” Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, 24.2 (2022)

With Lisa Mastrangelo, “After the Acceptance” for Explanation Point edited by Danielle DeVoss and John Gallagher. University of Colorado Press, 2019.

Editor. With Alexis E. Ramsey, Wendy B. Sharer, and Lisa S. Mastrangelo. Working in the Archives: Practical Research Methods for Rhetoric and Composition, SIUP. Carbondale, IL: 2010. Edited Collection.

Two essays from this collection were included in Landmark Essays in Archival Research, edited by Lynee Lewis Gaillet, Diana Eidson, Diana, and Don Gammill Jr. Routledge Press, 2015.

Editor. With Lisa Mastrangelo. Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and the Formation of a Discipline. Parlor Press. March 2004. Edited collection.

Winner: Council of Writing Program Administrator’s 2004-2005 Award for Best Book on Writing Program Administration.

Editing for Publication (Fall)

Production for Editors (Spring)

Grant Writing

Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing

Writing about Food