Peitho Journal
Peitho is the peer-reviewed journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition.
Published quarterly, Peitho seeks to encourage, advance, and publish original research in the history of rhetoric and composition.
We invite article-length submissions on a wide range of topics related to feminist theories and gendered practices.
We also invite shorter submissions for “Recoveries and Reconsiderations,” an annual forum for sharing innovative perspectives on existing feminist work, as well an incubator for new feminist research projects.

Volume 25 Issue 4, Summer 2023
Coalition as Commonplace: Centering Feminist Scholarship, Pedagogies, and Leadership
Editor: Aurora Matzke, Louis M. Maraj, Angela Clark-Oates, Anyssa Gonzalez, and Sherry Rankins-RobertsonAssociate Editor: Jennifer Nish
Editorial Assistant: Ashley Canter and Stacie Klinowski
Web Coordinator: Kelli Lycke and Hannah Taylor
Cover Art: The cover was made by PS Berge, a designer and doctoral candidate in the Texts & Technology program at the University of Central Florida, by commission. Her website can be found at: psberge.com.
Introduction
Aurora Matzke, Louis M. Maraj, Angela Clark-Oates, Anyssa Gonzalez, and Sherry Rankins-Robertson
Coalition in Theory/Praxis in the Field
Brenda Glascott,, Justin Lewis, Tara Lockhart, and Holly Middleton
Tags: coalitional accountability; open-access publishing, feminist editing ethics, open-access ethics
Veronica House with Sweta Baniya, Paul Feigenbaum, Megan Hartline, Lisa King, Seán McCarthy, Maria Novotny, Jessica Restaino, Sherita V. Roundtree, Daniel Singer, Lara Smith-Sitton, Karen Tellez-Trujillo, Don Unger, Bernardita M. Yunis Varas, Kate Vieira, Ada Vilageliu-Díaz, Stephanie Wade, and Christopher Wilkey
Tags: Coalition for Community Writing; community writing; community-engaged writing; distributed definition building; coalition building
Brynn Fitzsimmons and Pritha Prasad
Tags: coalitional refusal; transformative justice; embodied presence; coalitional accountability; scholarship-activism
Accountability with/in Community Relations
Letizia Guglielmo and Meghan Stipe
Tags: activist coalitions, book discussions, campus-community partnerships, Counterstory, feminist pedagogy, feminist rhetorics, public libraries, relational literacies, women’s suffrage
Megan Faver Hartline and Maria Novotny
Tags: accountability, coalition building, feminist action, reproductive justice
The Promises and Perils of Coalition-Building in Academia
Nasreen Abbas, Jameta Nicole Barlow, Wade Fletcher, Sandie Friedman, Cayo Gamber, Nabila Hijazi, Randi Gray Kristensen, Robin Marcus, Jessica McCaughey, Carol Mitchell, Danika Myers, Pamela Presser, Kylie Quave, and Caroline Smith
Tags: academic labor, coalition, community, institutional inequities, intersectional feminism, multivocality, race/ethnicity
Lydia McDermott
Tags: colonialist, commonplaces, Disability rhetoric, narrative
Asmita Ghimire, Amy Lueck, and Elizabethada Wright
Tags: empathy, feminist, Mentoring, reflection, transnational
Temporal Politics of Coalition
Charles McMartin and Briona Diaz
Tags: activism, archival research, civil rights movement, coalition, critical race theory, rhetoric, rhetorical history
Karen R. Tellez-Trujillo
Tags: coalition, ethics of care, feminist resilience, hope, writing
Afterword
Questions?
Please contact Peitho Editorial Leaders at peitho-editorial-team@cfshrc.org.
Editors: Rebecca Dingo, University of Massachusetts & Clancy Ratliff, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Associate Editor:
Editorial Assistants: Ashley Canter, University of Massachusetts; Stacie Klinowski, University of Massachusetts
Web Coordinator: Kelli Lycke Martin, University of Arizona
Submissions
Peitho manuscript submissions are managed through WAC Clearinghouse. Please read our submissions guidelines and follow instructions to submit your manuscript.