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Aimee A. Knight, PhD

Professor
Adjunct - Communication and Media Studies
Director, Beautiful Social Research Collaborative

Aimee Knight

Department

Office

Bronstein Annex 203

Phone

610-660-1885
Contact

I am Professor of Communication, Film, and Journalism at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, an award-winning teacher, community-engaged writing scholar, and program builder. Trained in rhetoric and writing, I work across community writing, public humanities, design justice, and digital media to explore how universities and communities can build more reciprocal, long-term partnerships.

    • PhD, Rhetoric and Writing, Michigan State University, 2009
    • MA, Central and Eastern European Studies, Jagiellonian University, 2001
    • BA, English, Michigan State University, 1996
    • Aimée Knight. Community Is the Way: Engaged Writing and Designing for Transformative Change. WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado, 2022.
    • Aimée Knight. “Community-Led Design: Building Frameworks for Equity and Justice.” In Designing for Social Justice: Community-Engaged Approaches in Technical and Professional Communication, edited by Jialei Jiang and Jason Tham. Routledge, 2025.
    • Aimée Knight. “Where Data Meets Design: Visualization in the Digital Humanities.” In Doing More Digital Humanities: Open Approaches to Creation, Growth, and Development. Routledge, 2020.
    • Community-Engaged Writing
    • Public Humanities; Design Justice
    • Digital Media
    • Digital Humanities

  • Founder and Director, Beautiful Social Research Collaborative, 2010–Present

    Founded and have led the Beautiful Social Research Collaborative since 2010, developing a community-engaged writing program that has supported more than 160 projects with nonprofit organizations and community partners in Philadelphia, across the United States, and internationally.

  • 2025–2026 Saint Joseph’s University Faculty Merit Award for Teaching