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Patrick Scanlon
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication; Coordinator for Undergraduate Degree Programs

Fields of Expertise:
Academic Affairs > Plagiarism
Social Sciences > Communications


Dept/Division: College of Liberal Arts
E-Mail: pmsgsl@rit.edu
News Contact: Vienna Carvalho, vnccom@rit.edu, 585-475-4952
Website: www.rit.edu/cla/communication


Patrick Scanlon serves as chairman of the Department of Communication.

In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Scanlon conducts research in student plagiarism and in "marginal" writing such as ghostwriting.

Scanlon previously served as the RIT institute writing director (1994 to 1997) and as chair of Humanities for the College of Liberal Arts (1997 to 2000).

Scanlon has a bachelor's in English education from the State University of New York, Albany (1978) and a master's and Ph.D. in English from University of Rochester (1981, 1984).