Caroline Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Dr. Caroline (Carrie) Fitzpatrick is an associate professor of communication & English at Alvernia University. Her teaching and research interests explore digital humanities and new technology pedagogies, first amendment law/ethics, health communication research, the rhetoric of advocacy, and culture/gender studies. She has published research in the International Journal of Education & Training Studies, the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, and the Journal of Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Currently, she is serving as the President of the International English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, and she is writing a textbook for Kendall Hunt Publishing on public speaking for advocacy and leadership.