Erin McLaughlin
Teaching Professor
Education
Formal Degrees
B.A., Eastern Washington University
M.A., Bowling Green State University
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Additional Training/Certification
Teaching Endorsement in Digital Media & Composition
The Ohio State University
Completed May 2019
Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies
Bowling Green State University
Completed August 2010
Profile
Erin McLaughlin is a Teaching Professor in the University Writing Program, where she has taught Multimedia Writing and Rhetoric for more than fifteen years, serving as Director of Writing & Rhetoric from 2021-2025. Her scholarship and teaching sit at the intersection of rhetoric, multimodal composition, and pedagogy, with a particular interest in how making/composing — across digital and handmade forms — shapes thinking, identity, and community. These interests inform both her classroom practice and her community-based work beyond the university. McLaughlin received the Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2020 and the Canvas Legend Award in 2026.
Recent Courses
WR 13300: Multimedia Writing & Rhetoric
ENGL 92001: Teaching of Writing Practicum
Writing Workshop: Warrior Scholars Project
Student Mentorship
iTREDS Capstone Project Mentor, Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, University of Notre Dame (2025–present). Advising a three-student interdisciplinary team conducting a mixed-methods study on the impact of fiber arts community spaces on mental health and social connection.
McCloskey New Venture Competition Team Mentor, IDEA Center, University of Notre Dame (2025–2026). Mentored a seven-student interdisciplinary team through Notre Dame's McCloskey New Venture Competition.
Scholarly Work
Erin McLaughlin and Michelle E. Flahive. "Making Do: DIY Rhetorics, Antiracist Pedagogy, and Authentic Thinking in the Age of AI." Under consideration for Teaching Authentic Thinking in the Age of AI: Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice, ed. Trent Kays.
Erin McLaughlin. Aids & Representation: Queering Portraiture During the AIDS Crisis in America, by Fiona Johnstone (Review). Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture 10.1 (2025).
"Mapping a Moment: Making Abundance Visible Through Writing Program Cartography." CCCC Annual Convention, Spokane. April 5, 2024.
Erin McLaughlin. Rhetorical Feminism and This Thing Called Hope, by Cheryl Glenn (Review). Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy (January 2021).
"Toward An Embodied Pedagogy of (Un)Belonging In the Post-Pandemic Classroom." CCCC Annual Convention, Chicago. March 2022.
Rebecca Brittenham, Erin McLaughlin, and Connie Snyder Mick. "Outliving the Ghosts: Storytelling and Community Engagement through Classroom Practice." Pedagogy 18.1 (January 2018): 109–130.
"Sound, Stage, Screen, and Story: A Rhetorical Ethic of Listening Across Media." CCCC Annual Convention, Pittsburgh. March 15, 2019.
Kristine Blair, Erin Dietel-McLaughlin, and Meredith Graupner Hurley. "Looking into the Digital Mirror: Reflections on a Computer Camp For Girls By Girls," in Girl Wide Web 2.0: Revisiting Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation of Identity. Ed. Sharon Mazzarella. Peter Lang, 2010.
Email: edietelm@nd.edu
Phone: (574) 631-7465
Office: 210 Coleman-Morse Center