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Dr. Liddle is a native of the Chicago-land area. He received his B.A. in English from Illinois State University, his M.A. in Professional Communication from Clemson University, and his PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. His research focuses on the intersection of visual design and technical communication, with a special interest in the growth of video and animation. His dissertation, "Beyond Animation: Toward A Rhetoric of Motion Design for Technical and Professional Writing," proposed a set of rhetorically grounded design principles for animation. His most recent article, “Emerging Guidelines for Communicating with Animation in Mobile User Interfaces,” published in Proceedings of the International Conference on the Design of Communication, compares the animation design guidelines provided by Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Before coming to WKU in 2017, he worked with the Purdue Online Writing Lab, managing the production of videos on rhetoric and writing.