Brian Gogan, Ph.D., is a professor of rhetoric and writing studies in the Department of English at Western Michigan University, where he also directs the first-year writing program. With Anuj Gupta, he is co-editor of Writing and Rhetoric Studies in the Loop: A GenAI Prompt Library (2026). He serves as the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Writing Analytics, and his research has appeared in College Composition and Communication, the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, and Rhetoric Review, among others. His first monograph, Jean Baudrillard: The Rhetoric of Symbolic Exchange, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2017. Work on two additional edited collections—one focused on the generative artificial intelligence prompt genre and one focused on autoethnography—is underway. Gogan teaches courses in professional writing, rhetorical criticism, and college composition. His work in the classroom was recognized with Western Michigan University's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021, and his work with communities beyond the classroom was recognized with Western Michigan University's Distinguished Service Award in 2026.
Podcasts Featuring Brian
Episode 636
Writing and Rhetoric Studies in the Loop
