Believe it or not, the Rhetoric Society of America’s 50th anniversary conference is next week! That means it’s time to dust off the conference duds, finish those talks, and fire up the social media accounts. Two years ago at #RSA16 we held the happiest of happy hours, and we celebrated our new nomenclature. This time, […]
Since we last wrote you to you, the Coalition Advisory Board has met and conducted a thorough and thoughtful discussion regarding concerns surrounding the travel advisory for Kansas City, Missouri. As a result of our discussion, and informed by the decisions made by the Queer Caucus to hold an event virtually and the Latinx Caucus […]
Digital Curation as Collaborative Archival Method post by Pamela VanHaitsma, Cassandra Book, Meagan Clark, Christopher Giofreda, Kimberly Goode & Meredith Privott Collaboration has long been a central practice within the research and teaching of feminist rhetorics (Lunsford and Ede). Yet as feminist scholars take up “invitations” to embark on “meaningful engagements” with digital humanities, the […]
In 2016, the Coalition changed its name to reinforce the organization’s longstanding commitment to critical feminist work and to better reflect the diversity of its membership, where “diversity” is not always marked by stark or traditional distinctions. After the 2016 general U.S. election, we wish to reaffirm our commitment to the values of inclusion and […]
by Letizia Guglielmo, Associate Professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies Kennesaw State University Over the last few months, my colleagues Erin Costello Wecker and Lydia McDermott have shared advice on the job search that grew out of our 4c16 CFSHRC mentoring table. Now that your application materials are prepped and submitted, the next […]
Greetings! We, the members of the planning committee, are thrilled to host the 2017 Feminisms and Rhetorics conference.
Lydia McDermott Assistant Professor of Composition and Director of the Center for Writing and Speaking at Whitman College Around this time of year, I find myself thanking the rhetoric gods that I am no longer on the job market. You know how I feel. If you have a job, you too are thankful. If you […]
Guest post by Erin Costello Wecker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English Director of Composition The University of Montana At the 4C16 CFSHRC event, Lydia McDermott, Letizia Guglielmo and I co-hosted a mentoring table on preparing for the job market. Now that the job hunt season is gearing up, we are going to use the coalition […]
Greeting Coalition Members! My name is Alexis Ramsey-Tobienne and I am the Coalition’s first Archivist and Historian. My task is two-fold: to help capture, preserve, and share the Coalition’s rich history through the expansion of our current archive (now freely available to all users and accessed by the “archive” link in the resources section of […]
Hello and thank you for your attention. Now that I have it, I’d like to make two brief introductions. Introduction 1: My name is Mariana Grohowski. I am an Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University Southeast. I was recently appointed to the Coalition’s Advisory Board and I have been a proud member of the […]
