Member Spotlight: Christian Casper

CHRISTIAN CASPER

Ann Arbor, College of Engineering/Program in Technical Communication

Teaching Professor

What is your area of specialty?

Rhetoric and argumentation in science and technology

Link to Faculty page:

https://techcom.engin.umich.edu/casper-christian/

What are you proud of as a lecturer?

I think I'm most proud of being in the first cohort of Teaching Professors at U-M. We've worked hard to establish teaching faculty as vital contributors to our students' experience here at U-M and the teaching track as a viable career option for scholars who love to work with wonderful students like ours.

What might others not know about you?

I think I'm a fairly open book -- there's probably not much someone whom I'm acquainted with wouldn't know about me.

How about something like this: I played quiz bowl avidly in my younger years. In college I played against Ken Jennings. I've also played with or against a "Jeopardy!" college champion, a million-dollar winner on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", the million-dollar winner's lifeline, and at least one winner of Ben Stein's money.

What is something that you are proud of outside your role as a lecturer?

Easily the most important thing I do outside of work is help raise our two daughters, alongside my wife, a biology professor at Eastern Michigan. They don't have to earn my love or respect but I'm very proud of them.