Rebecca Richards is an Associate Professor in the English Department at UMass Lowell.

Rebecca Richards

Associate Professor

Pronouns
she/her/hers
College
Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
English
Phone
978-934-4115
Office
O'Leary Library 464

Expertise

Rhetoric and Composition; Publishing and Editing; Gender and Sexuality; Digital Rhetoric and Video Games

Biosketch

Rebecca S. Richards is an Associate Professor of English. Her research and teaching explore the intersection of rhetoric, gender and sexuality, and media. Her most recent book, "Transnational Feminist Rhetorics and Gendered Leadership in Global Politics: From Daughters of Destiny to Iron Ladies" (2015), analyzes how gendered concepts circulate among women who have been world leaders. Her work also appears in journals like "Feminist Formations," "Feminist Teacher," and "Kairos," as well as in edited collections like "Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election." She is currently working on a book length manuscript, "Not Playing Around: Feminist and Queer Rhetorics in Video Games."