Lead Department Adviser
Associate Teaching Professor 

356 Bachelor Hall
Oxford Campus
bechteg@MiamiOH.edu

Education

• PhD in Rhetoric and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009
• MA in English, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany, 1997
• BA in English and French, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany, 1996

Teaching Interests

• L2 Writing and Communication
• Reflection in Teaching and Learning
• Intercultural Communication

Research Interests

• Reflection in (L2) Teaching and Learning
• Third Culture Identities

Selected Publications

• “Tracing the Non-Debatable Topic in Online Discussion.” In R. Taiwo (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction. Hershey, PA: IGI Global 2010.
• Rhetoric Online. Persuasion and Politics on the World Wide Web, by Barbara Warnick.Rhetoric Society Quarterly 38: 2 (2008): 224-228. (Review)