Owen appointed director of Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development

Associate Professor Corey Owen (PhD) has been appointed director of the Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development (SoPD) in the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) for a five-year term. 

Owen joined the SoPD in 2007 and teaches professional communication, composition, peer mentorship and rhetoric of science. He previously served as acting director of the SoPD from July 2022 to June 2023. 

His research interests include rhetoric of science and technology and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Owen earned his PhD from Dalhousie University and originally joined USask in 2007 as a sessional lecturer in Classics, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies. 

In his role as director, Owen will provide leadership for the SoPD and its professional development programming, which supports engineering students in developing the communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and professional skills needed to succeed in their careers.