Jared Colton
(he/him/his)
Communication
Professor; Department Head | Department of Communication
Contact Information
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 204A)Phone: +1 435 797 8412
Email: jared.colton@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, Clemson University, 2014
MA, Washington State University, 2010
BA, Utah Valley University, 2008
Expertise
Ethics; rhetoric; politics; accessibility
Biography
Dr. Jared Colton is currently serving as the Interim Department Head for the Department of Communication and is a Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric. He recently served as the Associate Dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2023-2025. His research addresses the intersections of rhetorical theory and ethics within technical communication and related fields, from concerns of pedagogy to digital media. Currently he is researching how classical and contemporary ethical frameworks inform communicating with artificial intelligence and accessibility technologies. He has work published in Rhetoric Review, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Computers and Composition, and other journals. His co-authored book Rhetoric, Technology, and the Virtues was published with the University Press of Colorado.
Select Publications
Colton, J.S. (2025). Metaethics, Technology, and the Value of Ethics in Technical and Professional Communication. Routledge Handbook of Ethics in Technical and Professional Communication, 77-84. Ed. Derek Ross. New York, Routledge.
Walwema, J., Colton, J.S., & Holmes, S. (2024). The Ethics of Inclusion, Exclusion, and Protection in The Green Book. Technical Communication Quarterly, 33(1), 19-37.
Colton, J.S. & Holmes, S. (2018). Rhetoric, Technology, and the Virtues. University Press of Colorado/Utah State University Press.