Joe Schicke was born in St. Louis, MO and grew up in Memphis, TN. He moved to Ft. Collins in 2007, earned a Master's degree in English from CSU in 2011, and is currently a PhD student in a low-residency program at Texas Tech studying Technical Communication and Rhetoric.

He teaches a range of Composition classes here at CSU, and his areas of interest are rhetorical theory, sensory rhetoric, multimodality, and alternative grading practices. In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Joe is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and session musician.