ALTOONA, Pa. — Penn State Altoona’s Intro to Writing Speaker Series will offer a presentation by Krista Quesenberry on Friday, Feb. 18, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. The series features six professionals in a variety of careers who write and study writing offering brief lectures throughout the spring 2022 semester.

Quesenberry is an assistant professor of English at Albion College where she teaches professional and technical writing and advises student news media. She studies autobiographical comics about experiences of illness, disease, and disability, and her work has appeared in “Life Writing,” the “Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics,” and “More Critical Approaches to Comics.” She holds a dual-title doctorate in English and women's studies from Penn State.

The speaker series is offered through the Intro to Writing Studies course, which builds students’ rhetorical skills in critical and creative genres of writing and introduces them to how they can be used in future careers.

Anyone wishing to attend any of these Zoom-based events should contact Assistant Professor of English Kyle King at kyle.king@psu.edu for more information. The series of guest speakers is sponsored by the English program and Penn State Altoona’s Division of Arts and Humanities.