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The Big Rhetorical Podcast

The Big Rhetorical Podcast

By Charles Woods

The Big Rhetorical Podcast (TBR) was conceptualized in the spring of 2018 at Illinois State University. This podcast is a digital platform for scholars of rhetoric and composition, as well as other disciplines, to talk about relevant scholarship within the field while engaging in a lively, academic dialogue. The Big Rhetorical Podcast is hosted by Charles Woods.
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The Big Rhetorical PodcastOct 12, 2020

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151: Anuj Gupta

151: Anuj Gupta

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Writing Studies, ChatGPT, Writing Pedagogy, Genre Theory. Season 10 Premiere. Emerging Scholar Series .Anuj Gupta is a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric Composition program in the Department of English at the University of Arizona. In the past, he has helped build one of India’s first college level writing programs at Ashoka University as a WPA. A winner ofKairos’ Graduate Student Research Award, CCCC’s Scholars for the Dream Award, & the AACU’s K. Patricia Cross’ Future Leaders Award, Anuj’s research has appeared in journals like Open Praxis, Composition Studies, and and in edited collections like TextGenEd. He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation where he is studying the impact of Generative AI chatbots on academic and technical communication by analyzing ChatGPT prompts as an emerging genre of writing. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and @thebigrhet across social media platforms.

Mar 26, 202454:27
Episode 150: Dr. Jordan Frith (Keystone Perspectives)

Episode 150: Dr. Jordan Frith (Keystone Perspectives)

Keywords: infrastructure; mobile technologies; science, technology, and society; cultural history, internet of things. Dr. Jordan Frith (he/him) is the Pearce Professor of Professional Communication at Clemson University. His primary research focuses on technical communication, mobile communication, social media, and communication infrastructures. His work is inherently interdisciplinary, and he has also published 40+ academic articles in a variety of disciplines, including technical communication, communication studies, media studies, and geography. His newest book—Barcode—was published in November 2023 as part of the Object Lessons series. In addition to his research, Dr. Frith is the editor-in-chief of the Association of Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Communication Design Quarterly. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Dec 21, 202353:58
Episode 149: Dominique Zino and Maria Jerskey

Episode 149: Dominique Zino and Maria Jerskey

Keywords: institutional ethnography, linguistic justice, community colleges, social theories of writing, literacy. Dominique Zino and Maria Jerskey are professors at Laguardia Community College. Dominique teaches the full range of courses in the English Department’s composition sequence and teaches regularly in interdisciplinary learning communities for first-year students. Her scholarship focuses on writing studies and writing program administration, currently appears in Teaching English in the Two-Year College and WPA Journal. Maria Jerskey is a Professor of Education and Language Acquisition at City University of New York's LaGuardia Community College and the founder and director of the Literacy Brokers Program, which promotes the publication practices of multilingual scholars at LaGuardia (and beyond). Also featuring the 2024 RhetCanada CFP. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Dec 18, 202301:00:29
Episode 148: The Prison House of the Circuit

Episode 148: The Prison House of the Circuit

Keywords: Foucault, surveillance, media genealogy, power, circuits and circuitry. The Prison House of the Circuit presents a history of digital media using circuits and circuitry to understand how power operates in the contemporary era. Through the conceptual vocabulary of the circuit, it offers a provocative model for thinking about governance and media. The authors, writing as a collective, provide a model for collective research and a genealogical framework that interrogates the rise of digital society through the lens of Foucault’s ideas of governance, circulation, and power. The Prison House of the Circuit ultimately demonstrates how contemporary media came to create frictionless circulation to maximize control, efficacy, and state power. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Dec 04, 202356:33
Episode 147: Dr. Michael Lechuga

Episode 147: Dr. Michael Lechuga

Keywords: Indigenous methodologies, anti-colonial rhetorics, migration, cultural studies, settler colonialism. Dr. Michael Lechuga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He researches and teaches Rhetoric, Migration, Settler Colonial Studies, and Cultural Studies. He explores how migrants from Mexico and Central America are subjected by the US's austere migration control structures and political attitudes. His current research focuses on the role that technology plays in border security mechanisms, the ways colonial logics map race onto bodies, and the political possibilities for reestablishing our deep cultural connections land. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast. 
Nov 27, 202353:59
Episode 146: Dr. Holly Hassel

Episode 146: Dr. Holly Hassel

Keywords: writing, first-year writing, artificial intelligence, teacher training, Jeopardy. Holly Hassel is director of composition at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests focus on the teaching of college writing, writing assessment, writing program administration, two-year college writing studies, and feminist pedagogy. Her research and scholarship have appeared in many edited colections and peer-reviewed journals including College English, College Composition and Communication, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, the Journal of Writing Assessment, Pedagogy, and others. Her recent book publication is the coauthored A Faculty Guidebook to Effective Shared Governance and Service in Higher Education (Routledge, 2023); and the forthcoming coauthored Reaching All Writers: A Pedagogical Guide to the Evolving Writing Classroom  (Utah State UP, 2023). Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast. 

Nov 15, 202301:01:56
Episode 145: Dr. TJ Geiger II

Episode 145: Dr. TJ Geiger II

Keywords: deliberative rhetoric, invention, religious rhetorics, archival methods, Texas. Dr. T J Geiger II is an assistant professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English at Texas Tech University. He is the author of Faithful Deliberation: Rhetorical Invention, Evangelicalism, and #MeToo Reckonings. A feminist scholar of religious rhetorics and deliberative discourse, his recent work has turned to archives and to the history of the rhetoric of science through a study of the life and work of Lula Pace: a science professor at the center of a pre Scopes trial teaching of evolution controversy that roiled early 20th century Texas Baptist life. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast. 

Nov 06, 202358:13
Episode 144: Jennifer Burke Reifman, Loren Torres, and Mik Penarroyo

Episode 144: Jennifer Burke Reifman, Loren Torres, and Mik Penarroyo

Keywords: assessment, undergraduate research, intersectionality, student-centered, education. Jennifer Burke Reifman, Loren Torres, and Mike Penarroyo are researchers in the UC Davis Student Assessment Researchers (StARs) program. The Student Assessment Researchers (StARs) program believes that student voices should be included in conversations about assessment of student learning at UC Davis. Undergraduate students have the opportunity to share their experiences, perspectives, and expertise of their academic journey through the Curious Aggies (CA) project. The CA research inquiry is a dynamic and collaborative effort with a strong emphasis on humanizing research through the partnerships created by our student researchers. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Nov 01, 202351:59
Episode 143: Halley Cotton

Episode 143: Halley Cotton

Keywords: teaching writing, environmental humanities, poetry, Birmingham, Cahaba River. Halley Cotton is the managing editor of the Birmingham Poetry Review, contributing editor for NELLE, and production manager for both publications. She is the founding director of the SPARK Writing Festival, and her work has appeared in places such as The Greensboro Review, Poetry South, and Smokelong Quarterly, among others. She is the recipient of a 2022 State Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship. Cotton teaches freshman composition and literature. When she’s not busy kayaking or finding four-leaf clovers, she’s studying folklore and writing/reading poetry. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Oct 23, 202344:06
Episode 142: Dr. Genie Giaimo

Episode 142: Dr. Genie Giaimo

Keywords: Writing Centers, Labor, Wellness, Neoliberalism, Institutional Structures. Dr. Genie Giaimo is assistant professor and director of the Writing Center at Middlebury College in Vermont. The author of over two dozen peer reviewed articles and chapters, their work has been published in Praxis, Journal of Writing Research, The Journal of Writing Analytics, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Research in Online Literacy Education, Kairos, Across the Disciplines, The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, and several edited collections. They are also the editor of Wellness and Care in Writing Center Work, an open-access digital book with WLN: A Writing Center Journal. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.

Oct 16, 202354:27
Episode 141: Dr. Sharon Mitchler

Episode 141: Dr. Sharon Mitchler

Keywords: Community Colleges, Pedagogy, Rural, Critical, Student-Centered. Dr. Sharon Mitchler is a professor of English and humanities at Centralia College, a small, rural community college. She teaches a range of undergraduate courses in composition, literature, humanities, ethics and film. Her current research focuses on critical rural pedagogy and teaching for transfer. She is a frequent presenter at 4Cs, TYCA-PNW, and TYCA-National. Her scholarship has been published in Teaching English in the Two-Year College and Composition Studies. She is a former national chair of the Two-Year College English Association. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.


Oct 10, 202351:31
Episode 140: Drs. Annette Vee, Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler
Oct 03, 202301:03:47
Episode 139: Emily Gresbrink

Episode 139: Emily Gresbrink

Episode 139 of The Big Rhetorical Podcast features an interview with the 2023 TBR Podcast Emerging Scholar Award winner, Emily Gresbrink. Emily Gresbrink is entering their fifth year at the University of Minnesota (UMN) as a Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication. Their work reflects a passion and commitment to technical communication and how that clicks with user voice, social justice, and digital media. During their time as a graduate student, they have published a number of co-authored and solo authored projects found in Programmatic Perspectives, The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, UX as Innovative Academic Practice, and IEEE ProComm (Forthcoming). These works have covered a range of topics, including technical communication mentorship, COVID- 19 and digital risk communication, graduate student precarity and advocacy, social justice pedagogy, and professional writing. Follow TBR Podcast @thebigrhet.

Sep 25, 202349:15
Episode 138: Dr. Isabel Pedersen (2023 TBR Podcast Carnival Keynote Interview)

Episode 138: Dr. Isabel Pedersen (2023 TBR Podcast Carnival Keynote Interview)

This episode of The Big Rhetorical Podcast was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 31, 202349:48
TC Talk/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

TC Talk/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of TC Talk: A Tech Comm Podcast was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 31, 202341:33
Writing Remix Podcast/TBR Podcast Carnival

Writing Remix Podcast/TBR Podcast Carnival

This episode of Writing Remix Podcast was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 31, 202355:05
Rhetoricity/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Rhetoricity/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Rhetoricity was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 30, 202359:10
Live Theory/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Live Theory/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Live Theory: Living Writing & Rhetoric was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 30, 202301:02:05
Pedagogue/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Pedagogue/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Pedagogue was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 30, 202335:23
Gender, Sex and Tech/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Gender, Sex and Tech/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Gender, Sex, and Tech was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 30, 202355:07
Neurodissent/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Neurodissent/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Neurodissent was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 29, 202337:10
Defend, Publish & Lead/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Defend, Publish & Lead/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Defend, Publish & Lead was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 29, 202316:34
Kairoticast/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Kairoticast/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Kairoticast was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 29, 202321:03
A Portrait of An Artist as Machine That Cannot Create Hand/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

A Portrait of An Artist as Machine That Cannot Create Hand/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

A Portrait of An Artist as Machine That Cannot Create Hand was produced for the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories" by Brandon Ying and Ito Palaganas. The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 28, 202329:26
10-Minute Tech Comm/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

10-Minute Tech Comm/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of 10-Minute Tech Comm was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 28, 202320:52
Digital Society/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

Digital Society/TBR Podcast Carnival 2023

This episode of Digital Society was produced as part of the 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Trajectories." The 2023 TBR Podcast Carnival takes place August 28-31 with new podcasts released each day. For more information visit the bigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

Aug 28, 202331:55
Episode 137: Dr. Shane A. Wood (Keystone Perspectives)

Episode 137: Dr. Shane A. Wood (Keystone Perspectives)

Episode 137 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Shane A. Wood as a part of TBR Podcast Keystone Perspectives Series. Dr. Shane A. Wood is an assistant professor of English and director of composition at the University of Southern Mississippi. He teaches first-year writing, digital literacies, technical writing, and a graduate practicum in composition theory. His research interests include writing assessment, teacher response, and multimodality. He hosts a podcast called Pedagogue. His book, Teachers Talking Writing, is a collection of conversations about teaching writing in the 21st century. It's open access on the WAC Clearinghouse. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

May 30, 202301:00:12
Episode 136: Dr. Anis Bawarshi

Episode 136: Dr. Anis Bawarshi

Episode 136 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Anis Bawarshi and TBR Podcast Fellow Hamza Ahmad.Dr. Anis Bawarshi is Professor, Chair, and Thomas L. & Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Professor at the University of Washington. Hamza Ahmad is a PhD student in the University of Washington's English department. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com or follow @thebigrhet.



May 22, 202301:14:32
Episode 135: Hamza Ahmad

Episode 135: Hamza Ahmad

Episode 135 features an interview with the 2022-2023 TBR Podcast Fellow, Hamza Ahmad. Hamza Ahmad is a PhD student in the University of Washington's English department. Hamza is currently working on two different projects: a language ecology of a Brooklyn Walgreens—specifically the intersection of raciolinguistics and translingualism in that space—and Afro-Asian solidarities in the works of the great Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto. On a rainy Seattle day, Hamza loves rewatching his favorite films. On a sunny day, you will find him taking in the fresh air on his bike to the beach. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

May 15, 202346:56
Episode 134: Dr. Wendi Sierra & Kit Snyder

Episode 134: Dr. Wendi Sierra & Kit Snyder

Episode 134 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Wendi Sierra and Kit Snyder to discuss their research in digital rhetorics and indigenous world-building. Dr. Wendi Sierra is an Assistant Professor of Game Studies in the Honors College at Texas Christian University. Kit Snyder is a Ph.D. student in Rhetoric & Composition and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Center for Digital Expression. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet on Twitter and @thebigrhetorical on TikTok.

May 10, 202354:35
Episode 133: Dr. Derek M. Sparby

Episode 133: Dr. Derek M. Sparby

Episode 133 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Derek Sparby. Dr. Derek Sparby (they/them) is an Associate Professor of Digital Rhetorics and Technical Communication at Illinois State University. Their research interests include memes, digital aggression, ethics, and risk and crisis communication. Their most recent book is titled, Memetic Rhetorics. They also co-edited the book, Digital Ethics, with Dr. Jessica Reyman, which won the Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award. Other work appears in Computers and Composition, enculturation, and Technical Communication Quarterly. You can find them shitpostingon Twitter at @Sparbtastic. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.


May 02, 202350:20
Episode 132: Dr. Steven Accardi

Episode 132: Dr. Steven Accardi

Episode 132 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Steven Accardi. Dr. Steven Accardi (pronouns he/him) is professor of English and chair of writing studies at College of DuPage. He helped design and create the Professional Writing Certificate, which won the Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Program in English Awards for Two-Year Colleges, and the Writing Studies program, which recently won the CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence. His scholarship can be found in WPA: Writing Program Administration, Composition Studies, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and Journal of Second Language Writing. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Apr 25, 202346:32
Episode 131: Dr. Sarah Lonelodge

Episode 131: Dr. Sarah Lonelodge

Episode 131 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Sarah Lonelodge. Dr. Sarah Lonelodge is an Assistant Professor of English at Eastern New Mexico University where she teaches graduate courses in writing studies and undergraduate courses in composition and technical writing. Sarah’s research is centered on the intersections of propaganda and religion–especially fringe religious groups such as The Church of Scientology. Additionally, she researches composition and professional writing pedagogy related to activism and social justice. In her free time, she enjoys painting, drawing, listening to music, and other activities that offer a creative outlet. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet

Apr 17, 202359:45
Episode 130: Brandon Ying

Episode 130: Brandon Ying

Episode 130 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Brandon Ying, the first TBR Podcast undergraduate intern. Brandon Ying is a fourth-year professional writing student at York University in Toronto, Canada. His disciplines are book publishing and digital authoring. His fields of interest include film history and filmmaking, fiction writing, podcasting, punk rock, popular music history, and urban planning. He is expected to graduate in September of 2023, and is excited to enter the world and use what he's learned. Brandon resides in Vaughan, Canada with his dog, Opie. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Apr 12, 202343:50
Episode 129: Dr. Natalie Neill

Episode 129: Dr. Natalie Neill

Episode 129 features Brandon Ying interview Natalie Neill. Brandon Ying is an undergraduate student in technical communication at York University Toronto and is taking part in the inaugural TBR Podcast Internship Program. Natalie Neill is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at York University in Toronto. Her research interests include female authorship in the Romantic period, Gothic parody, and transmedia adaptation. In addition to writing articles and chapters on these topics, she has edited two early nineteenth-century comic Gothic novels for Valancourt Books (Love and Horror and The Hero). Most recently, she edited a collection, Gothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling (Lexington Books, 2022). Her edition of Mary Charlton's Rosella, or Modern Occurrences (1799) is forthcoming (Routledge, 2023). For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Apr 03, 202338:08
Episode 128: Dr. Cat Mahaffey

Episode 128: Dr. Cat Mahaffey

Episode 128 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Cat Mahaffey. Dr. Cat Mahaffey is a Teaching Professor in the Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies (WRDS) Department at UNC Charlotte. She teaches first-year writing and courses such as Digital Design Theory and Practice and The Rhetoric of Digital Design. She serves as the President of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE), and as a Quality Matters Master Reviewer (QMMR). Her research interests include online privacy, accessibility, digital rhetoric, and technical and professional writing. Her work is published in Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing (2019) and Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments (2019).For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Mar 27, 202349:56
Episode 127: Best Of TBR Podcast Volume I

Episode 127: Best Of TBR Podcast Volume I

Episode 127 of TBR Podcast is a Special Episode featuring the Best Of TBR Podcast Volume I. This episode is a TBR Podcast undergraduate intern project. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet.

Mar 20, 202348:46
Episode 126: Dr. Gregory Palermo

Episode 126: Dr. Gregory Palermo

Episode 126 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Gregory Palermo. Dr. Gregory Palermo (he/they) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Writing Program and Affiliated Faculty of Quantitative Theory and Methods at Emory University. He brings research on the rhetorics of discipline and data into the classroom, facilitating students' synthesis of multiple academic traditions when developing literacy with sources and information. His recent research applies co-citation analysis to identify intellectual bridges across writing studies and digital humanities, centering on the method's rhetorical potential to disrupt marginalizing citation practices. He has published in The Journal of Writing Analytics and Digital Humanities Quarterly, and he serves as Co-Editor of Reviews for the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet. 

Mar 15, 202301:06:43
Episode 125: Kristie Ellison

Episode 125: Kristie Ellison

Episode 125 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Kristie Ellison as a part of the TBR Emerging Scholar Series. is a PhD Candidate in English, Rhetoric and Composition at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where she earned Post-Bac Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. She holds a JD from UNC School of Law (Chapel Hill) and practiced law before earning an MA in Literature from NC State. She focuses on how legal rhetorics, narrative texts, and public writing contribute to and constrain social construction and societal power dynamics. Her dissertation, “It Is So Ordered: Storytelling Power of the US Supreme Court,” argues that the Court uses its narrative choices to expand its judicial power and impact individual rights in ways that are often unrecognized thus failing to prompt a public response. She also enjoys teaching first-year writing at Elon University. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet. 

Mar 08, 202348:36
Episode 124: Dr. Daniel Liddle

Episode 124: Dr. Daniel Liddle

Episode 124 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Daniel Liddle. Dr. Daniel Liddle is an Assistant Professor of English at Western Kentucky University where he teaches courses in visual design, digital rhetoric, and technical writing. His research focuses on the way academic research is reframed for public audiences through digital media in the form of data graphics, YouTube explainer videos, and podcasts. Dan serves as the managing producer of the More Than Memos YouTube channel, which is devoted to highlighting specific research projects in technical communication for a public audience. In his free time, you can find him repairing old boom boxes and creating TikToks about the NFL division standings. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet.

Feb 28, 202353:23
Episode 123: Dr. Laura L. Allen

Episode 123: Dr. Laura L. Allen

Episode 123 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Laura L. Allen. Dr. Laura L. Allen is a committed teacher and scholar whose research explores race at the intersections of professional writing, digital media, family literacy, and community literacy.  She currently works as Assistant Professor of Writing at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Laura earned a PhD in English from the Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy program at The Ohio State University. She earned a BA in English from Spelman College and an MA in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Michigan State University.  In her free time, Laura can be found spending time with family and friends, volunteering, listening to podcasts or live music, and learning to play new instruments. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us on Twitter @thebigrhet.

Feb 14, 202357:34
Episode 122: Dr. Eric Detweiler

Episode 122: Dr. Eric Detweiler

Episode 122 serves as the Season 8 Premiere of The Big Rhetorical Podcast (TBR Podcast) and features an interview with Dr. Eric Detweiler. Eric Detweiler is an associate professor in the Department of English at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also directs the Public Writing and Rhetoric program. His book Responsible Pedagogy: Moving Beyond Authority and Mastery in Higher Education was published by Penn State University Press in 2022. His work has also appeared inRhetoric Review, Pedagogy, Tuning in to Soundwriting, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and he runs a podcast about rhetoric called Rhetoricity. In addition to rhetoric and writing pedagogy, he researches and teaches classes on public writing, podcasting, video games, and the history and theory of rhetoric.

Jan 31, 202301:05:58
Episode 121: Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo (Keystone Perspectives)

Episode 121: Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo (Keystone Perspectives)

Episode 121 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo. This episode is part of TBR Podcast Keystone Perspectives Series and serves as the Season 7 finale. Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo is an award-winning Venezuelan writer, filmmaker, theorist, memoirist, and editor whose documentaries have been official selections for film festivals in 15 countries and been screened at universities around the United States. Her videos and writing have been featured in The Hollywood ReporterIndieWireNPRThe Criterion Collection, and Women and Hollywood. She has a PhD in English from Purdue University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University and is associate professor and Crow Chair of English at the University of Pittsburgh. She is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the digital publication agnès films: supporting women and feminist filmmakers and of the peer-reviewed journal constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet.

Dec 12, 202201:07:19
Episode 120: Reprogrammable Rhetoric

Episode 120: Reprogrammable Rhetoric

Episode 120 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Drs. Michael J. Faris and Steve Holmes from the Technical Communication and Rhetoric Program at Texas Tech University. Their book Reprogrammable Rhetoric: Critical Making Theories and Methods in Rhetoric and Composition is now available from Utah State University Press. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet

Dec 06, 202250:16
Episode 119: The School-Prison Trust

Episode 119: The School-Prison Trust

Episode 119 of The Big Rhetorical Podcast features an interview with the authors of the book The School-Prison Trust, including Sabina Vaught, Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) , and Jeremiah Chin. Sabina Vaught is professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh. Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) is President’s Professor at Arizona State University. Jeremiah Chin is a visiting associate professor at Boston University School of Law. The School-Prison Trust is now available from the University of Minnesota Press. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet.

Nov 29, 202254:32
Episode 118: Rhetoric and Guns

Episode 118: Rhetoric and Guns

Episode 118 of TBR Podcast features and interview with the editors and contributors to Rhetoric and Guns. Rhetoric and Guns is now available from the University Press of Colorado/Utah State University Press. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us @thebigrhet. 

Nov 21, 202201:06:33
Episode 117: 2023 Computers & Writing Conference Organizers

Episode 117: 2023 Computers & Writing Conference Organizers

Episode 117 of TBR Podcast features an interview with the 2023 Computers and Writing Conference organizers, Carl Whithaus and Kory Ching from the University of California, Davis. The theme of the conference is, "To What End? Hybrid Practices for Engagement and Equity" and is to be held June 22-25, 2023. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpoodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet

Nov 14, 202251:03
Episode 116: Dr. Ja'La Wourman

Episode 116: Dr. Ja'La Wourman

Episode 116 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Ja'La Wourman as part of TBR Podcast Emerging Scholar Series. Dr. Ja’La Wourman is an assistant professor at James Madison University where she teaches classes in rhetoric and technical communication. Her research interests include Writing for businesses and nonprofits, Multimodal Rhetoric, Black Women's Entrepreneurship, Black Feminist Theory, and Black Popular Culture. In 2020, she co-authored the “CCCC Black Technical and Professional Communication Statement and Resource Guide” and co-edited a Special Issue of Technical Communication Quarterly on Black Technical and Professional Communication in 2022. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow on Twitter @thebigrhet

Nov 07, 202252:34
Episode 115: Dr. Joseph Robertshaw

Episode 115: Dr. Joseph Robertshaw

Episode 115 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Joseph Robertshaw. Dr. Joseph Robertshaw is a Lecturer in English at the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) where he teaches courses in business writing, technical writing, editing, and new media. He received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in 2018 before moving to UAH. His expertise includes rhetorics, technical and business writing, and working-class studies. Recently, he has published with the Digital Rhetoric Collaborative and created a podcast called, The Podcast of Podcasts. Today, he joins TBR for a wide-ranging interview about his teaching innovations, research interests, and #rhetcompgardening. For more information on TBR Podcast visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us on on Twitter @thebigrhet.

Oct 31, 202246:04
Episode 114: Dr. Crystal VanKooten

Episode 114: Dr. Crystal VanKooten

Episode 114 of TBR Podcast features an interview with Dr. Crystal VanKooten. Dr. Crystal VanKooten is an Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University where she teaches courses in the Professional and Digital Writing major and in first-year writing and serves as co-managing editor of The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (JUMP+). Dr. VanKooten’s work focuses on digital media composition through an engagement with how technologies shape composition practices, pedagogy, and research. Her publications appear in journals that include College EnglishComputers and CompositionEnculturation, and Kairos. VanKooten’s digital book, Transfer across Media: Using Digital Video in the Teaching of Writing, was funded by a CCCC Emergent Research/er Award and is available online from Computers and Composition Digital Press.For more information about TBR Podcast visit our website www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow us on Twitter @thbigrhet. 

Oct 24, 202201:00:15