Daniel Kenzie

Associate Professor of Practice

Faculty

English

Kenzie smiling confidently at camera.

Areas of Study & Research

  • Professional & Technical Writing
  • Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
  • Writing in the Disciplines/Writing across the Curriculum
  • Disability Studies

Courses Taught

ENGL 321 - Writing in the Technical Professions

ENGL 324 - Writing in the Sciences

ENGL 325 - Writing in the Health Professions

ENGL 459 - Researching and Writing Grants & Proposals

ENGL 754 - Rhetorics of Science, Technology, & Medicine

ENGL 765 - Upper Division Writing: Pedagogy, Practice, & Technology

PHRM 324 - Writing in Pharmacy

PHRM 454/654 - Scientific Writing for Health Professionals

Awards & Honors

NDSU Peltier Award for Teaching Innovation, 2025

Education

  • 2017, Doctor of Philosophy, English, Purdue University
  • 2012, Master of Arts, English, Purdue University
  • 2009, Bachelor of Arts, English, Western Michigan University

Publications

Buccilli M, Kenzie DP. Disruption as inquiry: rhetorical approaches to clinical trial “failure.” Forthcoming in Melonçon L, Scott JB, Molloy C, eds. Routledge Handbook of Rhetoric of Health and Medicine.

Kenzie DP, Anderson M. Don’t read the comments: discourse about COVID-19 vaccines in a state department of health’s social media comments. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 2025;55(4):362-384.

Kenzie DP. Locating failure, interrogating method: scientific responses to clinical trial failure for traumatic brain injury treatments. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. 2023;6(3):248-276.

Arnó-Macià E, McCall MA, Kenzie DP, Isohella S, Maylath B. Designing telecollaborative projects for professional communication and user experience. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 2021;27(5):450-471.

Sills EJ, Kenzie DP. Critical science literacy in the writing classroom: A pedagogy for post-truth times. In: Carillo EC, Horning AS, eds. Teaching Critical Reading and Writing in the Era of Fake News. New York: Peter Lang; 2020:113-128.

Kenzie DP. Review of Disabled Upon Arrival by Jay Dolmage, Authoring Autism by Melanie Yergeau, and Fables and Futures by George Estreich. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society. 2020;8(2).

Kenzie DP, McCall MA. Teaching writing for the health professions: Disciplinary intersections and pedagogical practice. Technical Communication Quarterly. 2018;27(1):64-79. ​Recipient of 2020 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum.

Sánchez F, Kenzie DP. Of evolutions and mutations: Assessment as tactics for action in WAC partnerships. The WAC Journal. 2016;27:119-141.