Kevin Casper, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education / Degrees

• B.A., Bachelor of Arts, California State University Northridge, 2005
• MA, Master of Arts, California State University Northridge, 2008
• PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 2013

• Courses Taught
  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I)
  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II)
  • ENGL-2180 (BluesPeople:FromGospelToHipHop)
  • ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology)
  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing)
  • ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng)
  • ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre-Humor)
  • ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar)
  • ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre-Humor)
  • ENGL-6385 (Seminar in Special Topics)
  • XIDS-2100 (Arts and Ideas: Comedy)
• Course Sections and Syllabi

  Fall 2020 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB1
  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 113
  • ENGL-2180 (BluesPeople:FromGospelToHipHop) Section: 01
  • ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: 3DW

  Fall 2019 Sections

  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing) Section: 01W
  • ENGL-6385 (Special Topics:TeachingWriting) Section: 02

  Summer 2019 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E02

  Spring 2019 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Fall 2018 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-6385 (Teaching Writing) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Summer 2018 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E02 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Spring 2018 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-6385 (Special Topics-Rhetoric&Humor) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Fall 2017 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Summer 2017 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Spring 2017 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Fall 2016 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • XIDS-2100 (Arts and Ideas: Comedy) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Summer 2016 Sections

  • ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre: Humor) Section: 1DW Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-5106 (Humor in Am. Lit. & Film) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Spring 2016 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Fall 2015 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB3 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-4106 (Studies in Genre-Humor) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-5106 (Studies in Genre-Humor) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Summer 2015 Sections

  • ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]

  Spring 2015 Sections

  • ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB2 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-3400 (Pedagogy and Writing) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
  • ENGL-6385 (Seminar in Special Topics) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
• Publication List

  So I Don’t Even Know My Own Name?: Digital Vocality, Affirmative Laughter, and Posthuman Ethics in Soundboard Phony Phone Call. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 26 Feb 2020. http://enculturation.net/digital_vocality. [View Publication]

  Stand-Up For Freshmen: The Risky Bets and High Rewards of Stand-Up Comedy in the Writing Classroom. New Writing. 13.3 (2016). [View Publication]

  I'm So Glad You're Fake!: Simulacra Slapstick and the Limits of the Real. Ephemera: Theory & Politics In Organization 15.3 (2015): 581-600. [View Publication]

  I Didn't Do It, Man, I Only Said It: The Asignifying Force of The Lenny Bruce Performance Film. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 44.4 (2014): 343-362. [View Publication]