Catherine Gouge

Catherine Gouge is an Associate Professor of English at West Virginia University where she teaches Multimedia and Professional Writing, Technical Editing, the Writing of Health and Medicine, Rhetoric, and Writing Pedagogy.

Catherine has published several articles about writing pedagogy and textual and rhetorical practices in health and medicine. Her current research focuses on medical writing and patient communication. In particular, she is working on several projects related to transitional care communication practices, medical monitoring technologies, and their relationship to debates about patient compliance.

As an extension of this work, Catherine partners with community non-profits and WVU's Health Sciences Center to help with the writing and editing related to various public health projects.