Jillian Hill

• ENG 3302  Business & Technical Writing
• ENG 3336  Writing for the Web
• ENG 3339  Digital Media Theory
• ENG 3371  Public Relations Writing
• ENG 5340  Visual Design Theory

​Dr. Hill is an Assistant Professor of English at UHD.  She has a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition with a specialization in Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice.  One of her qualifying exams was in document design.  Her dissertation investigated the collaborative response practices that professional communicators engage in while asynchronously collaborating constructing an internal newsletter.  Given the scope of this empirical study, Dr. Hill is well qualified to teach Digital Media Theory and is currently the coordinator of the Digital Media minor offered through the Professional Writing program.  She also designed multiple documents Senior Educational Consultant for Kent State University’s Faculty Professional Development Center.  Dr. Hill continues to pursue her research interest in workplace writing.  Most recently, her co-authored article, “Termination documentation,” was published in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly.  Taken together, her research in workplace collaborative writing and the composition process of termination letters qualifies her to teach Business & Technical Report Writing.

University Fellowship, Kent State University, Spring 2010

Professionalization Grant, Kent State University, English Department, Spring 2007-2010