Dr. Sergio Figueiredo, Professor of English

Sergio Figueiredo is Professor in the Department of English. He earned a B.A. in English from Rowan University (NJ), an M.A. in English from Marshall University (WV), and a Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design from Clemson University (SC). His works focuses on the intersection of rhetoric, technology, and culture from the mid-19th century to present day, particularly around the historical avant-garde arts tradition.

Email: sfigueir@kennesaw.edu

 
MAST Courses Taught:  

  • AMST 7450 (American Visual Culture) 
     

Select Publications:   
 
Books: 

  • Inventing Comics: A New Translation of Rodolphe Töpffer’s Essays on Graphic Storytelling, Media Rhetorics, and Aesthetic Practice (Parlor Press, 2017) 
     
  • Immigrant Scholars in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication: Memoirs of a First Generation (NCTE, 2019) 

Articles:  

  • “Hacking” (Invited). Keywords in Making: A Rhetorical Primer. Ed. Jason Tham. Parlor Press, 2024. 
     
  • “Rodolphe Töpffer and the Histories of Rhetoric.” Lost and Found Texts in Rhetoric and Composition. Ed. Deborah Holdstein. MLA, 2023. 
     
  • “Rhetoric in the Metaverse” Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Online First; Nov. 2022). Eds. Scott Sundvall and Jernej Markelj. 
     
  • “Instructor as Game Master: Applying Games’ Material Rhetorics to Online Course Design.” Computers and Composition Online (Fall 2022); Special Issue on “Making Games Matter.” Eds. Steven K. Holmes and Rebekah S. Colby. [With Erin K. Bahl and Jeffrey Green] 
     
  • “Dromopoeia: Teaching Ēthopoeia, Phrōnesis, and Social Responsibility with Avatar.” The Ethics of Playing, Researching, and Teaching Games in the Writing Classroom. Eds. Rebekah Colby, Richard Colby, and Matthew S. S. Johnson. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. [With Jeffrey D. Greene] 
     
  • “Framing, Tracing, and Complicating the Experiences of US Immigrant Teacher-Scholars” in Immigrant Scholars in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication: Memoirs of a First Generation. Eds. Letizia Guglielmo and Sergio C. Figueiredo. NCTE Books, 2019. [with Letizia Guglielmo] 
     
  • “From Orality to Electracy: A Mystory” in Immigrant Scholars in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication: Memoirs of a First Generation. Eds. Letizia Guglielmo and Sergio C. Figueiredo. NCTE Books, 2019.