Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing, Program Head, Writing and Humanistic Studies, MIT

James Paradis is a noted scholar of literary and cultural perspectives on scientific rhetoric in the 19th century. His main fields of interest are Victorian Cultural Studies and Science and Technical Communication. This critical scholarship is highlighted by his books T.H. Huxley: Man’s Place in Nature (1978), and Samuel Butler: Victorian against the Grain – A Critical Overview (2007).

Paradis has also made significant contributions to the field of technical writing and communication. Together with Muriel Zimmerman he co-authored The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication (1997) in order to strengthen the communication skills of MIT undergraduates.