Author: Carleigh Davis

Carleigh Davis is a PhD student in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication at East Carolina University. Her research uses Memetic Rhetorical Theory to examine the intersections between rhetoric and social justice in digital spaces.

Egner Theater at sunny University of Findlay filled up slowly, attendees holding cups of free drip coffee and suppressing early-morning yawns. The space felt casual. There wasn’t any indication of an event taking place there, aside from the groggy academics wandering into the hall to find seats. I got a seat toward the front of the auditorium. I wasn’t sure what the town hall would be about—something about wander, or wonder (or both)—but, I was familiar with all the these women’s work. I had parsed through Techne by Jackie Rhodes during an MSU Queer Rhetorics class and knew that she…

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