About me
I am a Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where I serve as Graduate Director of Writing Studies. I teach scientific writing, graduate courses in rhetoric and writing, and multidisciplinary courses in the history of medicine, madness, and animal studies.
My research sits at the intersection of the rhetoric of health and medicine and the rhetoric of science: how words shape diagnoses, identities, and public trust in science. I write about psychiatry and eating disorders (especially orthorexia), wellness culture, menopause, scientific communication, and the rhetoric of vegetarianism and animal studies.
I am on sabbatical for the 2026–2027 academic year and available for keynotes, invited talks, and workshops.
Recent highlights
- Living Menopause: Rhetorics, Tensions, and Futures (co-authored monograph, Bloomsbury, 2026)
- Co-editor, Special Issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly on “Rhetoric of Science in (Times of) Crisis” (2025)
- Editor, The Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism (Routledge, 2023)
- Co-editor, Routledge Handbook of Scientific Communication (2022) — winner, Best WAC Edited Collection Award, 2023
- Co-author, Diagnosing Madness (University of South Carolina Press, 2019) — ACRL Outstanding Academic Title
- Co-author, Effective Scientific Communication: The Other Half of Science (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Currently, I am completing a book on orthorexia, co-editing After the Crisis: Make, Do, and Mend and/as Rhetoric of Science (under contract with Bloomsbury), and pursuing projects in animal studies and rhetoric. More on the Current Projects page.
Elsewhere
ORCID · Google Scholar · ResearchGate · Current CV
Cristina Hanganu-Bresch, PhD 