Burcon, Sarah | Faculty
Ph.D., Lecturer IV in Technical Communication, College of Engineering
5116 Engineering Research Building 1
About Sarah
Sarah Burcon is a Lecturer IV in the Program for Technical Communication. She earned a Ph.D. in 20th Century American Literature from Wayne State University and an M.A. in Linguistics from Eastern Michigan University. Before coming to U of M, she taught composition, literature, and English as a Second Language. Dr. Burcon’s research interests include technical communication, American Literature, feminist theory, and popular culture. Some of her recent publications include a co-authored book titled How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman’s Life; the edited collection, Fabricating the Body: Effects of Obligation and Exchange in Contemporary Discourse (2014); and a co-edited book, Women and Language: Essays on Gendered Communication Across Media (2011).
Education
Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Wayne State University
M.A., Linguistics, Eastern Michigan University
B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences (major: Religious Studies, Minor: Psychology), Indiana University
Publications
“A Common First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Course in Manufacturing based on Industrial Robots and Flipped Classroom.” (co-written with Dr. A. Shih and Dr. M. Funes, UM). North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC). May 2022
How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman’s Life: From Toddlers-in-Tiaras to Cougars-on-the Prowl (co-written text). London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, March 2016.
Fabricating the Body: Effects of Obligation and Exchange in Contemporary Discourse (edited collection). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014.
“Avon,” “Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Suffragists.” Women and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. Ed. Gina Misiroglu. Forthcoming with Facts on File, 2012.
“Lost in our Middle Hour: Faith, Fate, and Redemption Post-9/11″ in Television and Temporality: Exploring Narrative Time in 21st Century Programming. Ed. Melissa Ames. University of Mississippi Press, 2012.
“Re-Remembered Hi(stories): Performance of Memory in Gayl Jones’s Corregidora**”** in Revisiting the Past through Rhetorics of Memory and Amnesia. Dale Sullivan, Bruce Maylath, and Russel Hirst (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010.
Women and Language: Essays on Gendered Communication across Media (co-edited collection). Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011_._