George D Gopen

George Gopen is Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Rhetoric at Duke University. He taught for 30 years in the English Department, part-time at the Law School (16 years), and as a lecturer to faculty on his Reader Expectation Approach (REA) to Writing in the English Language. He is known worldwide for his writing seminars and for his seminovular article, "The Science of Scientific Writing," published in 1990 by American Scientist. The article leads that journal's citation index and was selected as one of 36 "Classic Articles" from the first century of the publication. Gopen received an award from the Legal Writing Institute for his lifelong efforts to improve legal writing. He has published five books and 80 articles. Forty-two of these articles were published quarterly for the American Bar Association's Litigation journal. Gopen signed a three-book contract with Anthem Press, London, in February of 2026. The first book of that series is an update and expansion of the 1990 American Scientist article and will be titled "The New Science of Scientific Writing." It is set for release in June of 2026 with 17 translations forthcoming.