Speakers: Alexis Walston, Rachel Stroup, Erin Green (University of Maryland) This panel was facilitated by three Ph.D. students at the University of Maryland who discuss their experiences teaching courses themed around digital activism. Their main focus was how to ethically engage students in digital rhetoric spaces – including social media – and the speakers drew upon their own lesson plans and reflections. All of these instructors worked to establish a baseline of what digital rhetoric and digital activism is, since these definitions are ever-changing. The first panelist was Alexis Walston, who shared their experience teaching the course, English 294: Persuasion…
Author: Alyse Campbell
Alyse Campbell
Alyse is a PhD student in the Joint Program for English and Education and the Graduate Administrative and Editorial Associate for the Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Her research interests include digital writing pedagogy, digital discourse, and Asian American rhetoric.
Digital Rhetoric Collaborative (DRC) Graduate Fellows are graduate students currently doing research in some area of digital rhetoric who seek professional development experience in online publishing with a major university press and a website that serves the community of computers and writing. Typical projects may include: coordinating a blog carnival, extending the DRC wiki, enhancing the resources section of the website, or taking part in editorial activities associated with DRC publishing. Fellows may also participate in regular team meetings to collaborate and receive feedback on their research and projects in progress. International Fellows’ contributions may be personalized to observe relevant…
Attended Computers and Writing 2022? Be a Session Reviewer! The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative is seeking reviewers for the 2022 Computers and Writing conference (East Carolina University, Greenville, NC: May 19-22 and virtual) If you would like to be a session reviewer for C&W 2022, please visit this Google Spreadsheet to sign up for a session to review. After you sign up, you will receive an email with information about submitting a session review draft. You will be asked to provide information about the session and a short bio for yourself. Since some sessions were recorded asynchronously this year, they will…
Speakers: Dr. Amanda Licastro (University of Pennsylvania), Dr. Benjamin Miller (University of Pittsburgh), Dr. Kyle McIntosh (University of Tampa), Dr. David Reamer (University of Tampa), Dr. Duncan Buell (University of South Carolina), Dr. Andrew Kulak (Virginia Tech), Dr. Kathryn Lambrecht (Arizona State University). This roundtable discussion features contributors to Composition and Big Data (University of Pittsburg Press, 2021), which is edited by Dr. Amanda Licastro and Dr. Benjamin Miller. The speakers discussed the affordances and challenges of using big data in composition for writing program assessment purposes. Throughout the roundtable discussion, Dr. Kyle McIntosh and Dr. David Reamer shared ways…