Mary Jo Reiff
Selected Publications
- Scenes of Writing: for Composing with Genres, with Amy Oevitt and Anis Bawarshi (Allyn Bacon/Longman, 2004
- Approaches to Audience: Overview of the Major Perspectives (Parlay Press, 2004).
Representative articles
- "Moving Writers, Shaping Motives, Motivating Critique and Change: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing." In Relations, Locations, Positions: Composition Theory for Writing Teachers. Eds. Peter Vandenberg, Sue Hum, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon. NCTE: 2006. 157-79
- “Mediating Materiality and Discursivity: Critical Ethnography as Metageneric Learning,” in Ethnography Unbound (SUNY Press, 2004). 35-51
- “Accessing Communities through the Genre of Ethnography: Exploring a Pedagogical Genre,” College English 65 (May 2003): 553-558
- with Anis Bawarshi “Composition and the Cultural Imaginary: Interview with Susan Miller,” Composition Forum 13.1&2 (2002): 1-22
- review of Interacting with Audiences: Influences on the Production of the Scientific Writing, Ann M. Blakelee, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 45 (December 2002): 311-314
- “Teaching Audience Post-Process: Recognizing the Complexity of Audiences in Disciplinary Contexts,” The WAC Journal 13 (June 2002): 100-111
- “Creating Community, Collaboration and Consistency: The Use of Teaching Teams in Writing Program Administrations,” Issues in Writing 11.1 (2000): 28-63
- "On the Border Between Disciplines: A Conversation with Carolyn Miller," (with Anis Bawarshi), Issues in Writing 9 (Spring/Summer 1999), 110-138
- "Behind the Scenes of Writing: An Interview with Min Zhan Lu," (with Anis Bawarshi), Writing on the Edge 9.1 (Fall/Winter 1998), 89-104
- "Rereading 'Invoked' and 'Addressed' Readers Through a Social Lens: Toward a Recognition of Multiple Audience," JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory 16 (1996), 407-24.
Honors
- John C. Hodges Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002.
Contact Information
Mary Jo Reiff
Associate Professor
Director of Composition
Department of English
211 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0430
Office: (865) 974-6946
Fax: (865) 974-6926
E-mail: mreiff@utk.edu
Education
B.A., Truman State University
M.A., Southeast Missouri University
Ph.D. University of Kansas
Research
Rhetoric and Composition, Technical/Professional Communication

