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Christopher Wyatt

Lecturer
Areas of Speciality
  • Film Studies
  • Digital Humanities
Contact
  • cswyatt@tamu.edu
  • LAAH 536
Professional Links

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010
  • MFA, Chatham University, 2017
  • M.A., California State University, Fresno, 2006
  • B.A., University of Southern California, 1990

Bio

Christopher Scott Wyatt was an entrepreneur and executive in finance and technology before returning to graduate school in his late 30s. Wyatt supervised user documentation within regulated industries, giving him an industry perspective when teaching scientific and technical communication courses. His primary research explores the rhetoric of economics. Wyatt also examines the rhetorical nature of typography and media design. As a creative writer, Wyatt is an award-winning playwright and an active Dramatist Guild of America member.

Research Interests

  • Rhetoric of Economics
  • The rhetoric of visual design: Typography
  • Digital Accessibility and Neurodiversity

Honors and Awards

Honors and AwardsSlippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  • Play with a Purpose: Using, Creating, and Gamifying Educational Experiences. (2018). Faculty Learning Community with Stacy Jacob. $300.

Robert Morris University

  • Autism and Persona. (2012). Research project. School of Communications and Information Systems Summer Research Fellowship. $2850.

University of Minnesota

  • Different by Design: Online Spaces for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. (2009). Research project. College of Liberal Arts, Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Summer Research Fellowship. $4000.
  • Creating an Autism Portal: Using Drupal to Create an Advocacy and Support Web Site. (2008). Applied research project. Department of Writing Studies Research Block Grant. $625.
  • Virtually Different: Rhetorical Strategies of Autistic Students in Virtual Spaces. (2007). Research project. College of Liberal Arts, Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Summer Research Fellowship. $5000.
  • University Diversity of Views and Experiences (DOVE) Fellowship. (2006–07). Stipend for the academic year: $21,000. Tuition waiver: $13,040.
  • University Tuition Grant, full graduate tuition. 2007–10.

Public Service & General

  • Military Writers Society of America, President’s Award for Service. 2012

Publications

 

Wyatt, Christopher Scott and Johnson, Meredith A. Type Matters: The Rhetoricity of Letterforms. Parlor Press, 2017

Stephen Bernhardt warned almost thirty years ago that our “preoccupation with conventional essay format” excludes the rhetorical rigor of typographic elements. John Trimbur extended this argument, noting that “one of the main obstacles to seeing the materiality of writing has been the essayist tradition and its notion of a transparent text.” Visual rhetoric scholars have interrogated the ways in which meaning-making happens iconographically, photographically, and via other visual means. Type Matters now focuses on the visual, rhetorical work of typography.

Type Matters bridges the scholarship of typography and design with the field of rhetoric. Contributors address the ways in which and places where typography enacts or reveals rhetorical principles. The collection includes chapters that situate texts broadly; frame their discussions and analyses rhetorically, technologically, and culturally; draw from scholarship ranging from rhetoric and writing studies to graphic design theory and beyond; and explore the ways that the visual and tactile shapes of letters persuade and convey information to readers.

 

Other Publications

Creative and General WorksFilms

  • Movie Types: The Role of Typography in Cinema. Dir. Ian Altenbaugh. Perf. Jennie Bushnell. Written, produced, and title/credit sequence by C. S. Wyatt. Chatham University. August 2017. Documentary.
  • Happy Birthday to Me. By Wendy Grube. Dir. Carrie Collins. Carnegie Screenwriters. July 2016. Comedy Short. Lighting design and member of script selection and pre-production team. Winner, Pittsburgh 48-Hour Film Project.
  • Heirloom Garden, The. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. James Helfrich. Perf. Cindy Jackson, Phil Nardozzi, Jennie Bushnell and R.J. Bushnell. Chatham University. May 2016. Short Film.
  • Working as Prodiga diNero. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. C. S. Wyatt. Chatham University. April 2016. Documentary.
  • Mother Painted. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Caroline Collins. Perf. Jennie Bushnell and Sheila Cavalette. Chatham University. April 2016. Short Film.

Stage ProductionsDramatists Guild of Americahttps://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/christopherwyatt Member: 62263

  • Intentional Icing. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Bob Scott. Perf. Minda Briley, Cindy Jackson. Carnegie Screenwriters. Pittsburgh Fringe, Pittsburgh. 8-10 May 2015. Performance. Winner, Best Ensemble Cast.
  • Gospel Singer, The. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Monteze Freeland. Perf. Mils “MJ” James, Michael Young. The LAB Project. Pittsburgh Playwrights, Pittsburgh. 14-31 Aug. 2014. Performance.
  • New Death, A. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Kaitlin Kerr. Perf. Andy Coleman, Eric Leslie. Throughline Theatre Company. Throughline Theatre, Pittsburgh. 18-26 July 2014. Performance. Winner, Throughline New Play.
  • Cat Lady, The. By C. S. Wyatt. Carnegie Screenwriters. Third Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA. 19 May 2014. Reading.
  • Women Say Fuck, Too! By C. S. Wyatt.  Dir. M. Reagle. Perf. Cassidy Adkins, Jackie Baker, Linda Kanyarusoke. Pittsburgh Fringe. Steel City Improv, Pittsburgh. 2-11 May 2014. Performance. Winner, Audience Choice Award.
  • Under Development. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Jaime Slanvinsky Michael Young. Perf. Lyle Seaman, Rebecca Seaman. Organic Theater Company. Organic Theater, Pittsburgh. 13 Aug. 2013. Reading.
  • Gospel Singer, The. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Jeffrey Carpenter. Perf. Varian Huddleston, Sean Sears. Bricolage Production Company. The Grey Box Theatre, Pittsburgh. 19-20 May 2013. Reading. One of Three Winners: In the RAW Festival.
  • Garden, The. By C. S. Wyatt. Dir. Sherald Sluka. Perf. Clint Showalter, Debbie Walker. Visalia Community Players. Ice House Theater, Visalia, CA. 27-29 Sep. 2002. Performance.