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Randy Harris is a Professor cross-appointed at the David Cheriton School of Computer Science and the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo. He holds a PhD and MSc from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MSc from the University of Alberta, an MA from Dalhousie University, and a BA from Queen's University. With over two decades of academic experience, he has focused on various academic preoccupations, including literary theory, linguistics, cognitive science, and professional communication. Harris has authored and edited several significant works in linguistics and rhetoric, exploring areas such as the interaction of language, cognition, and argumentation. His research interests include computational rhetoric and cognitive poetics, emphasizing the relationship between rhetorical structures and cognitive processes. He has received multiple awards for excellence in research and graduate supervision. Notable grants include an NSERC Discovery Horizon grant and several SSHRC grants for projects related to language models and rhetoric. Harris actively engages in graduate supervision across multiple disciplines, including rhetoric, professional communication, and interaction design.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.