Mary Stroud is a lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric with research interests in areas as diverse as visual rhetoric, environmental studies, and humor studies. She holds a PhD in rhetoric and composition from the University of Arizona and has published works in the fields of environmental rhetoric, composition pedagogy, and organizational leadership in secondary and higher education.

Mary’s teaching background includes first-year composition, advanced composition, and business and technical writing, with experience in second-language literacy. Prior to coming to Stanford, she taught at Loyola Marymount University and the University of Arizona. Her recent courses bridge her interests in visual rhetoric with environmental studies (PWR 1) and humor research (PWR 2). They have also included a focus on community outreach and publication, emphasizing the potential of each student writer to have an impact on his or her community through the influence of the written word.