
Megan Formato
Lecturer
Writing and Rhetoric Studies
Bio
Meg Shields Formato is a lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford and a tutor in the Hume Center for Speaking and Writing. She holds a PhD in History of Science from Harvard University and a BA in English from Amherst College. As a historian of modern science and technology, Meg brings methods from book history, history of science, and literary theory to bear on questions about scientific communication and culture. In her research and teaching, she engages in sustained ways with both the history and rhetoric of science, teaching students to read scientific and technological sources as sets of choices made by their authors to persuade specific audiences and readers. Before coming to Stanford, Meg taught writing and research intensive courses at Harvard and MIT.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Writing and Rhetoric Studies
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
SPECIALIZATION: History of Science and Technology; Rhetoric of Science; Literature and Science; Science and Technology Studies; Scientific Writing Practices; Women and Science; Revision Practices
2020-21 Courses
- Education as Self-Fashioning: Unintended Consequences
ESF 10 (Aut) - PWR 1 Workshop
PWR 1WW (Win) - PWR 6 Leland Scholars Program: Exploring Research, Writing and Argument at Stanford
PWR 6LSP (Aut) - Portfolio Preparation I
PWR 99A (Aut, Spr) - Portfolio Preparation II
PWR 99B (Win) -
Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Education as Self-Fashioning: Unintended Consequences
ESF 10A (Aut) - PWR 1 Workshop
PWR 1WW (Win) - PWR 6 Leland Scholars Program: Exploring Research, Writing and Argument at Stanford
PWR 6LSP (Aut) - Portfolio Preparation I
PWR 99A (Aut) - Portfolio Preparation II
PWR 99B (Win) - Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines
PWR 1MO (Spr)
2018-19 Courses
- Portfolio Preparation I
PWR 99A (Aut, Spr) - Portfolio Preparation II
PWR 99B (Win) - Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines
PWR 1MO (Aut)
2017-18 Courses
- Education as Self-Fashioning: Unintended Consequences
ESF 10 (Aut) - Education as Self-Fashioning: Unintended Consequences
ESF 10A (Aut) - Writing & Rhetoric 1: Imagining Technology: The Rhetoric of Humans and Machines
PWR 1MO (Win) - Writing & Rhetoric 2: March for Science? Social Justice and the Rhetoric of Science
PWR 2MFC (Spr)
- Education as Self-Fashioning: Unintended Consequences