Rhetorical Strategies for Professional Development

Elizabeth J. Keller is an assistant professor of English and Linguistics at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. She specializes in technical communication, workplace writing, and learning theory. Her research examines how, with the help of mentoring, people form relationships that influence their ability to write and communicate, learn, and transfer knowledge over the duration of their career. Her scholarship is available in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Communication Design Quarterly, and Technical Communication Quarterly.

• 1 Introduction 2 Building an Investment Approach to Mentoring in Rhetoric and Writing Practice 3 A Feminist Methodological Approach for Locating and Inventing Mentoring 4 Challenging Communities of Practice: How Investment Mentoring Aids Career-Long Learning 5 Investment Mentoring Is Rhetorical Work That Builds Relationships 6 Pedagogical Implications for Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Case Examples of Mentoring in a Residential College 7 Using Investment Mentoring as a Framework for Seeing and Inventing Rhetorical Work