Clay Spinuzzi, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Rhetoric and Writing

Course(s) Taught

HDO Master’s Course

HDO 386: Persuasion and Argumentation

HDO Professional Training

A Good Idea is Not Enough: Persuading Like An Entrepreneur

Achieving Balance: Time Management for Modern Professionals

Education

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University

M.A., English with Emphasis in Technical Writing, University of North Texas

B.A., Computer Science, University of North Texas

Website

https://spinuzzi.blogspot.com

Research Interests

Activity theory, genre theory, actor-network theory, workplace studies, qualitative research, knowledge work.

Biography

Clay Spinuzzi, Ph.D., is a professor of rhetoric and writing at The University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches courses in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing as well as in the Human Dimensions of Organizations master’s and professional education programs.

Spinuzzi studies how people organize, communicate, collaborate, and innovate at work. He has conducted multiple workplace studies and has written five books and multiple articles on workplace research, theory, and methodology.

He has blogged at spinuzzi.blogspot.com since 2003, reviewing books and exploring his wide areas of interest.

A UT faculty member since 2001, he has received numerous teaching and writing awards including the Outstanding Professor of the Year, awarded by the Human Dimensions of Organizations Professional master’s degree cohort in 2018, 2021 and 2024.

His popular one-day workshops cater to busy professionals and solve real-life needs with a direct approach, boiling down many of the lessons from his full semester courses. Participants show up knowing what they need help with and Spinuzzi involves everyone in brainstorming actionable solutions.

Extended Campus profile: Meet Clay Spinuzzi https://extendedcampus.utexas.edu/clay-spinuzzi