Christine Isager

Primary fields of research

• Literary journalism (with a special interest in Gonzo journalism and profile writing)
• Citizen journalism
• The representation of self and audience in writing
• Rhetorical innovation

Teaching

Writing. Rhetorical Theory and Analysis. Rhetorical Innovation and Consulting. 

CV

2025- : Head of Program (Rhetoric) 

2024 (Feb-Aug): Acting Head of COMM Study Board

2024- : Board member, DM-KOM

2023-2025: Elected member (repr. Rhetoric), Study Board at COMM

2022-23: Academic supervisor, UCPH Lecturer Training Programme

2022-23: Elected member (repr. Education and Rhetoric), Study Board at COMM

2022-: Academic Support, Student Counselling Service: Special Pedagogical Support (SPS)

2020-2023: Research Committee member, COMM

2020- : Substitute member (repr. Education and Rhetoric), Study Board at COMM

2015-2017: Programme director, Rhetoric

2014-2015: Member (Rhetoric Staff representative), Study Board of Media, Cognition and Communication. 2015-2018: Substitute member.

2014-2019: Editor-in-Chief, Rhetorica Scandinavica: Journal of Scandinavian Rhetoric Studies

2013- : Associate professor. Department of Media, Cognition and Communication: Section of Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.

2011-2014: Danish editor, Sakprosa [Journal of Nordic Non-fiction Studies]

2009-2013: Assistant professor. Department of Media, Cognition and Communication: Section of Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.

2008: Completed the 2008 Lecturer Training Programme at The Centre for University Teaching and Learning, University of Southern Denmark.

2007-2009: Postdoc scholar. Centre for Journalism, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark.

2006-2007: Part-time lecturer. Department of Media, Cognition and Communication: Section of Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.

2002-2006: PhD student. Department of Media, Cognition and Communication: Section of Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.

2000-2002: Part-time lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Education and Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.

2000: MA in Rhetoric, University of Copenhagen.