Tim Jensen researches and teaches rhetorical theory, environmental communication, and composition pedagogy. His book, Ecologies of Guilt in Environmental Rhetorics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), illuminates how environmental guilt is provoked, perpetuated, and framed through everyday discourse. It argues that our emotional literacies are poorly suited for navigating environmental guilt, as the latter is collective in nature, but we've conceptualized guilt through an individual lens. 

Prior to becoming Director of the School of Writing, Literature, and Film, he served as Director of Writing, overseeing foundational writing courses at OSU and mentoring Graduate Teaching Assistants in their pedagogical skills. Alongside his administrative work and academic research, he is actively involved in wild salmon advocacy and other ecological restoration projects. He hopes to one day grow up on a farm.