Rate My Professor Morgan Read-Davidson

Read-Davidson's primary areas of research and teaching encompass rhetoric and composition, community writing and writing programs, posthuman rhetorics, and ludonarratology—the intersection of gameplay and narrative. In creative writing, he has developed feature and short screenplays, a television pilot, short stories in fiction and nonfiction, and two novels of historical fiction. He received the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences in 2005. Key publications include the article “Trigger Warnings and a Pedagogy of Trust” in the FEN Blog of Composition Studies Journal (March 27, 2023); “Possibility and Play: Ludonarratology as Liberating Praxis” in The Proceedings of the Annual Computers and Writing Conference (2019); “Illuminating Collaboration: Bringing the Writing Program to the Community” in Writing Program and Writing Center Collaborations (2017); “Ditch Salmon” in Flyway Journal (Winter 2023); “Peaking” in Citric Acid (Issue 6, Spring 2023); “The Last Battle of the Great White” in Jelly Bucket (Issue 11, August 2021); “Raven Child” in Alt Hist (Issue 10, February 2017); "Business Writing and Social Media: Making Rhetorical Choices That Build Relationships" in Contexts & Choices: A Guide to Practical Writing (2012); and "Dear God" in Pique Magazine (2010). He contributed to the edited volume Trigger Warnings: Teaching Through Trauma (2026).