CFP: Topic Proposal for Summer 2026 Peitho Special Issue
CFP: Topic Proposals for Summer 2026 Peitho Special Issue
Topic Proposals and CVs Due: April 7, 2025
Decision from Editorial Board: May 12, 2025
Please email proposals and CVs to peitho-editorial-team@cfshrc.org, and any questions can be directed to Peitho Co-Editor Clancy Ratliff at clancy.ratliff@louisiana.edu.
The Peitho Editorial Team invites those interested in serving as guest editors to send topic proposals for the Summer 2026 special issue of Peitho. We invite topic proposals on a wide range of topics related to feminist theories and gendered practices, including but not limited to:
- archival scholarship
- digital interventions
- emerging pedagogies
- feminist methodologies
- global rhetorics
- historical research
- Indigenous studies
- institutional critiques
- issues of embodiment
- LGBTQ+ studies
- minoritized rhetorics
- rhetorical theory
Special issues can include traditional scholarly articles as well as other kinds of projects, such as video content (with captions), Recoveries and Reconsiderations pieces, manifestos, and book reviews. Guest editors are expected to adhere to the practices expressed in the Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices: A Heuristic for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors statement.
Examples of past special issues of Peitho:
Fall/Winter 2014, “The Critical Place of the Networked Archive”
Fall/Winter 2015, “Looking Forward: The Next 25 Years of Feminist Scholarship in Rhetoric and
Composition” (25th anniversary of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition)
Summer 2019, “Rhetorical Pasts, Rhetorical Futures: Reflecting on the Legacy of Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Future of Feminist Health Literacy”
Summer 2020, “Transgender Rhetorics”
Summer 2021, “On Race, Feminism, and Rhetoric”
Summer 2023, “Coalition as Commonplace: Centering Feminist Scholarship, Pedagogies, and Leadership”
Summer 2024, “Small and Subtle Feminist Rhetorical Doings”
Topic proposals for special issues should include the following:
An editorial board-facing description (1000-1500 words) of the idea for the special issue, along with an explanation of why the guest editors (you) are interested in the topic. What needs will this special issue meet — in research, teaching, academia, and/or community work? Have other journals had special issues on this topic? Have scholarly presses published edited collections on this topic? If so, how would this special issue build on the previous work? This description should include a brief review of the previous scholarship on the topic and a bibliography.
A public-facing call for article proposals (500-750 words): this can use some of the same language as the description for the editorial board, but it should also include a timeline and criteria for review of proposals and brief explanation of the review process. Invited submissions are acceptable if there is transparency about these decisions, so invited submissions need to be addressed in the public-facing call for proposals if guest editors plan to invite submissions. Book reviews and Recoveries and Reconsiderations pieces should be addressed in the public-facing CFP as well, if those are planned as part of the special issue.
CVs from the prospective guest editors. If this is a collaboration, please provide a brief note about previous collaborative projects and/or how and why you decided to form a partnership together for this proposal.
The editorial board and editorial team will review topic proposals using the following criteria from our reviewer guidelines:
- Timeliness of or need for research on the topic (new or little-known material? New understanding of known material?)
- Engagement with current scholarship in rhetoric and feminist studies
- Commitment to methods and practices of feminist scholarship
Please email proposals and CVs to peitho-editorial-team@cfshrc.org, and any questions can be directed to Peitho Co-Editor Clancy Ratliff at clancy.ratliff@louisiana.edu.
Topic Proposals for Summer 2026 Special Issue Due: April 7, 2025
Decision from Editorial Board: May 12, 2025
Nan Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award (Due 3/28/25)
Dear Colleagues,
I’m excited to announce this call for applications for the Nan Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award. I hope you’ll apply and/or circulate this call. Application details are below.
The Nan Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award is presented biennially in odd years to graduate students working in the field of composition and rhetoric and it recognizes outstanding scholarship and research in the areas of feminist pedagogy, practice, history, and theory. The award is designed to enable students to attend the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference by providing $200.00 travel stipends plus conference registration.
Eligibility
Student must be an accepted presenter at the conference
Student must be a Coalition member at the time of nomination
How to Apply
The next awards will be announced, judged, and conferred in 2025. The application submission date for the 2025 conference is March 28, 2025. Applicants should provide the following items:
A letter attesting to their eligibility (see above) and describing the ways in which their research is consistent with the conference theme and with the mission of the Coalition
A letter from a faculty mentor in their program indicating support for the application and that they do not have other significant financial support for the conference. This letter may be sent separately, directly by the faculty mentor.
Please direct applications and any questions about this award to Jess Enoch, Immediate Past President, at jenoch1@umd.edu.
Cheryl Glenn Advancing the Agenda Webinar on Research Funding (2/27/25)
Register for the February Glenn Advancing the Agenda Webinar!
Title: Money (That’s What I Want): How to Successfully Fund Your Research
Date & Time: Thursday, February 27th, 12:00-1:30pm ET
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pDvQmazDT4iJgLtphS9urg
If it wasn’t clear before, in the first few days of the new presidency, the necessity and precarity of research funding has become extremely exigent. Our work as feminist scholars is critical, and we need resources to do this work. In this 90-minute webinar, we will explore the (evolving) landscape of research funding in the humanities. Panelists will address and provide examples of writing genres expected in funding applications, such as research plans and budgets. They will also offer advice on how to describe the value of their work to funding audiences. Participants will then have the opportunity to share and learn together in small breakout rooms themed around different kinds of funding. We hope to provide participants with a space to reflect and strategize.
Presenter Biographies
Image 1: Photo of Heather Adams
Heather Adams is an associate professor of English, cross-appointed faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the current Faculty Director of and Principal Investigator for the University of North Carolina Greensboro Humanities at Work (H@W) paid internship program. Adams’s scholarly and pedagogical interests include teaching rhetoric and writing, advocacy education, health rhetorics, community-engaged learning, and intersectional feminist methodologies. Adams’s research investigates themes such as health and wellness through a focus on rhetorics of reproduction and pregnancy in relation to affect, gender, race, and class. Adams’s Enduring Shame: A Recent History of Unwed Pregnancy and Righteous Reproduction (2022) was awarded the 2024 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. She also coedited (with Nancy Myers) Inclusive Aims: Rhetoric’s Role in Reproductive Justice (2024) and is the author or coauthor of various articles and book chapters. Her collaborative work has been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2024) as well as various UNCG sources, including the Institute for Community & Economic Engagement, the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Office, the Humanities Network and Consortium, and the Department of English.
Image 2: Photo of Brandon Erby
Brandon Erby is an assistant professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies and an affiliated faculty member in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. His scholarship focuses on African American rhetoric, rhetorical history, rhetorical education, and prison studies. He is a recipient of the 2023 Citizens and Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty and 2022 Book Proposal Development Grant from Princeton University Press. Dr. Erby is also the recipient of several research awards and grants from professional organizations including CCCC, RSA, MLA, and NEH.
Image 3: Photo of Julie Kidder
Julie Kidder is a doctoral candidate in rhetoric and instructor of first-year writing at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a JD from Georgetown. Her scholarship focuses on legal narratives in relation to race, gender, and ability. She is the recipient of the CCCC 2025 Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship, RSA 2024 Janice Lauer Graduate Student Travel Grant, CFSHRC 2023 Nan Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award, RSA 2022 Gerard A. Hauser Award, in addition to grants from Carnegie Mellon, including the Graduate Student Assembly/Provost Conference Fund, the Graduate Student Assembly Childcare Grant, and the English Department Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant.
Call for Applications: The Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship Award
Dear Colleagues,
Are you planning to attend Feminisms and Rhetorics 2025 and need travel funding? If so, read this call for applications for the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship to presenters at the 2025 Feminisms and Rhetorics conference in Durham, New Hampshire. Please apply and/or circulate! See details below.
Description
The purpose of the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship award is to encourage feminist scholarship (particularly historical in nature) by graduate scholars from diverse and historically un or underrepresented groups. The award will be given to first-time presenters at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference. The award includes both a monetary award ($500 each for up to 6 awardees) and participation in a specially designated session at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference.
Eligibility
As an organization, we are defining un/underrepresented groups as:
- Scholars of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds
- International scholars
- Scholars who identify as LGBTQIA
- Scholars with disabilities
- Graduate scholars who were first-generation undergraduates
In addition, scholars must meet the following requirements:
- Be a first-time presenter at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference
- Be a member of the Coalition at the time of application
- Have an already accepted presentation for the conference
- Have firm plans to attend the conference (scholars who do not attend will forfeit the financial compensation for the award)
Review Criteria
The goal of the award is diversity and inclusion of underrepresented scholars vs. topics (as long as the work itself falls within the broader category of feminist rhetorical studies). Please keep this in mind as you submit your materials.
How to Apply
The next award will be conferred in 2025. The application deadline the 2025 Feminisms and Rhetorics conference is March 28, 2025. Applicants should submit a completed application form, a letter of recommendation for the award, a current CV, and a copy of their conference acceptance and confirmation. Please direct application materials and any questions to Jess Enoch Immediate Past President (jenoch1@umd.edu).
Feminisms and Rhetorics 2025 Decisions Are Out
Hi, everyone!
We received hundreds of proposals for this year’s conference, which were reviewed by members of the Coalition, past FemRhet conference participants, and members of UNH’s conference committee in consultation with anti-racist reviewing processes. Thank you to everyone who submitted and/or reviewed proposals. A huge thanks to the Conference Planning Committee for overseeing this process and keeping us organized. The Conference Planning Committee is:
- Chair: Patrick Thomas
- Holly Anderson
- Cristy Beemer
- Moushumi Biswas
- Erica Cirillo McCarthy
- Rhea Lathan
For everyone who was invited to present, please complete the following steps:
1. To accept or decline this invitation, please complete the Invitation Acceptance form here no later than March 1, 2025. This form should be completed by all presenters. If you cannot accept this invitation, please select the “decline” on the Invitation Acceptance form by March 1st. (Direct link to invitation acceptance form: https://forms.gle/8a7wK67LByAYSQPK7)
2. Please note that to reserve your place in the program, online registration will be available in April through our conference website: https://femrhet2025.cfshrc.org/
Accessibility Guide: conference planners are hard at work composing the accessibility guide for the conference. It will be available to attendees as soon as it is completed.
If you have any questions about the conference, please direct them to the 2025 Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference Committee: feminismsandrhetorics@gmail.com.
Best wishes,
Becca Richards, President CFSHRC
Lisa Ede Mentoring Award: Call for Nominations
Please consider submitting a nomination for the Lisa Ede Mentoring Award. See the details regarding nomination below!
The Lisa Ede Mentoring Award is presented biennially in odd years to an individual or group with a career-long record of mentorship. In this case, “mentoring” can include formal and informal advising of students and colleagues; leadership in campus, professional and/or local communities; and other activities that align with the overall mission and goals of the Coalition. The award carries an honorarium of $200 per person or $500 for a group of three or more people and is announced at the Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference.
Please see the award description for eligibility criteria, previous award winners, and nomination/application details.
Applications are due April 4, 2025.
Feel free to contact me (jenoch1@umd.edu) with any questions. I look forward to receiving your nominations and applications!
You’re Invited: Graduate Engagement Committee Feminist Coalition Open House (1/21 OR 1/22)
Dear Graduate Students,
Please join us for one of our forthcoming Graduate Engagement Committee CFSHRC Open House sessions either January 21st (10 am PT/12pm CT/1pm EST) or 22nd (4 pm PT/6pm CT/7pm EST). Each one-hour session is informal and designed to let you meet members of the Coalition and other graduate students interested in intersectional feminist work across Writing and Rhetoric Studies, as well as to learn about the Coalition’s resources, opportunities, and emphases.
There is nothing to prepare! Just rsvp for the zoom link, and we’ll look forward to seeing you. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to one of our co-chairs, Erin Green (egreen11@umd.edu) or Kate Pantelides (kate.pantelides@mtsu.edu).
- Tuesday, January 21 at 1pm Eastern: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlduyorjkiHNCdcsuJ2661eiibT1ewGQf9
- Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm Eastern: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcuyoqjkqGt1f30mfL_RQIAYzFm1m7hB-
Best,
The CFSHRC Graduate Student Engagement Committee
Let’s Talk About It: Coalitional Conversations We Need to Have (April 9, 2025 6-8pm)
Dear CFSHRC friends and colleagues,
As you make your plans for attending CCCC 2025 in Baltimore, make sure you arrive in time to attend the annual CFSHRC Wednesday Night Event (April 9) from 6-8pm in the Baltimore Convention Center Meeting Room 308.
We invite all conference-goers—(bring your friends!)—to make the most of this occasion to be together and attend small-group roundtable discussions about issues that help build our coalition during our Wednesday night event, “Let’s Talk About It: Coalitional Conversations We Need To Have.” In the past four years, many of you have expressed feeling isolated as one of a few, or maybe even the only composition and rhetoric scholar on their campuses. After the COVID closures and cancellations of 2020-2021, we sought out opportunities to gather in new ways, and we have learned to treasure the times that we are together. To that end, our Wednesday evening of Cs event provides an opportunity for us to get together and talk about the urgent topics of our lives.
In recent years, we have seen school and program closures, the banning of books and DEI initiatives, racism, homophobia, climate change catastrophes, white supremacy, global violence, campus protests, and transphobia. While some pursue “business as usual” or a “return to (a new) normal,” the Coalition leadership will structure 45-minutes for members to talk and write about “It.”
First, we hope you’ll attend. But additionally, we’re asking for your input and expertise to make our Wednesday evening event engaging, meaningful, and coalitional. Below, fill out the survey to suggest topics and/or volunteer to serve as discussion leader. Discussion leaders will guide groups of 4-8 in documenting feminist coalitional thinking about these exigencies.
We will also continue our tradition of hosting mentoring tables for the second hour (7-8pm). If you would like suggest a topic for a mentoring table and/or volunteer to host/organize a mentoring table, please submit your ideas below. In the past. we’ve had mentoring tables on: mid-career life, parenting and the academy, alt-ac, the job market, writing a book, publishing in journals, career changes, approaching retirement, archival research, queer pedagogies, feminist historiography, community-engaged teaching, etc. You don’t have to do any prep work for table mentoring; just come and share your hard-earned lived experiences with others.
Here’s the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/5v9D3btDowBCiF4a8
Please submit your survey responses by February 15, 2025, so we have plenty of time to plan the event. Thanks, in advance, for your guidance and attention. We hope to see you in Baltimore!
Best,
Becca Richards, President
Fall 2024 Peitho Issue is Live!
The Fall 2024 issue of Peitho is now live! This issue features articles advancing feminist rhetoric-propaganda studies, critiquing an exhibit, and reflecting on writing center work. We also have a Cluster Conversation on intersectional and queer approaches to surveillance studies, plus three Recoveries and Reconsiderations pieces dealing with archives and translation.
Alt text: Peitho 21.7, Fall 2025 Cover featuring a bouquet of roses.
