Andrea A. Lunsford is one of the two authors of Everything’s an Argument. According to her faculty pages at Stanford University and Ohio State University, she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Florida before completing her doctorate in English at Ohio State University. She teaches as a professor at both Stanford University and the Bread Loaf Graduate School of English. Her professional experience includes being a Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State; designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, including rhetoric and intellectual property; serving as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the MLA Division on Writing; and participating as a member of the MLA Executive Council. Her awards include the Exemplar Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication, MLA’s Mina P. Shaughnessy Award for best book on the teaching of writing, and the YWCA Women of Achievement Award.

Along with her prolific experience in rhetorical writing education, Lunsford has authored and edited multiple books on rhetorical theory and writing. These prestigious professional and academic experiences champion her mastery of the application and analysis of rhetoric.