Adam Lloyd

Adam Lloyd is a doctor of English with a focus on rhetoric and composition. His dissertation, "Beyond Words: A Post-Process Business Writing Pedagogy," critiques current, prevalent business writing instruction and proposes a new, post-process pedagogy for teaching business writing in colleges.

Since 2007, Lloyd has taught courses in Academic English, Business Writing, and Writing in the Wireless World (which he co-created). He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Interpolations, the English Department's first-ever, peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate academic writing. Additionally, Dr. Lloyd is the recipient of the James A. Robinson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Writing (2010) and the Center for Teaching Excellence’s Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (2011). He holds advanced degrees in English, Philosophy, and National Security Studies.

A firm believer in the idea that effective writing can only be taught with real audiences, Lloyd partners each of his business writing courses with actual companies who are in need of written deliverables. He and his students have worked with organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, 3M Health Information Systems, the American Heart Association, Montgomery County Government, MBP Construction Management Services, Quake Capital Venture Fund, Penan & Scott P.C., among others.

Dr. Lloyd is also a second-term senator, representing part-time PTK faculty, on the University Senate, is a member of the Senate's Educational Affairs Committee, and is a member of the English Department's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee.

Outside of academia, Lloyd works as a freelance journalist, writing features on dining, travel, cigars, business, music, and gambling. His articles have appeared in publications such as Virginia Living, Cigar Aficionado, Heartland USA, Porthole Magazine, Cruise Travel Magazine, the Washington Post, United Airline's Hemispheres, and British Airway's High Life magazine, among others. He has also been a frequent guest on KLAC radio's Travel Show and Public Radio International's Savvy Traveler.