The Big Rhetorical Podcast

Keywords: Digital Rhetoric, Environmental Rhetoric, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Storytelling. Dr. Dustin Edwards is associate professor of rhetoric and writing studies at San Diego State University. His work has been published in journals such as Computers and Composition, Enculturation, Rhetoric Review, and Present Tense, and his book, Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings and Planetary Survival, is available now from the University of Alabama Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Information Technologies, Memory, Infrastructure, Labor, Library. Dr. Nathan R. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the University of South Florida who studies the history of information technologies, focusing on how infrastructure and labor shape large technical systems. He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Information School, developing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates science and technology studies (STS), critical information theory, and media studies. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Graduate Education, Writing Studies, Program Administration, Sustainability, Equitable. Kirsti Cole is Professor of English and Co-Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University. Sarah Henderson Lee is a Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Their book, Reimagining Graduate Education in Writing Studies, explores the development of sustainable, equitable, and interdisciplinary graduate programs within Writing Studies. For more information visit thebigrhetorical.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Technical Communication, Open Pedagogy, Open Access, Digital Publishing, Writing. Dr. Tiffani Tijerina is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her teaching and research focus on open educational resources, open pedagogy, instructional design, alternative grading, social justice, design justice, emerging technology, AI writing, and the intersections of all. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Teaching, Composition, Course Design, Pedagogy, Archives. The First-Year Composition Archive serves as a resource for scholars and teachers who seek to learn more about trends in first-year writing, the history of the discipline, teaching resources, pedagogical developments, and much more. To extend the research mission of this archive, we hope to receive syllabi, assignments, and course materials from your earliest years in the profession to your current courses. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Solidarity, Syria, Social Movements, Political Rhetoric, Cultural Studies. Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama. Her research bridges political communication, cultural studies, decolonial studies, and transnational liberation movements, with a focus on grassroots activism in the Middle East. Her research has appeared in Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Environmental Communication, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. Her book, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements, is available now from The Ohio State University Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Secrets, Surveillance, Political Rhetoric, Materiality, US Government. is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His new book, Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie: Forms of the Secret in US Political Rhetoric, is available now from The Ohio State University Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast. weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Grammar, Teaching, Pedagogy, Education, Writing. Patty McGee is a nationally recognized literacy consultant, speaker, and educator with a passion for transforming classrooms into spaces where language and learning come alive. With decades of experience as a teacher, coach, and advocate for delightful literacy practices, Patty has worked alongside educators across the country, partnering to unlock the full potential of their students through innovative and practical teaching strategies. Not Your Granny’s Grammar Is her third book. Connect with Patty at www.pattymcgee.org. Fore more information visit the bigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Resistance, Literary Arts, Social Movements, Social Justice, Dissent. Maeve Adams is an assistant professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York. She is the author of Rhetoric and Resistance: The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Her published work—addressing histories of literature, rhetoric, politics, and science—has appeared in ELH: English Literary History, Nineteenth-Century Contexts, and several edited collections. She completed her PhD at New York University. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Olfactory Rhetorics, Environmental Rhetorics, Sensory Rhetorics, Social Justice, Sensation. Dr. Lisa L. Phillips’s works at Texas Tech University and her research interests include environmental, Indigenous, and intersectional feminist rhetorics at intersection with sensation and embodiment. She is a faculty affiliate in the Climate Center and Women's & Gender Studies programs. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetorical theory, history, and analysis, technical communication, sensory rhetorics, multimodal composition, human-centered artificial intelligence, and professional writing. Her interdisciplinary research focuses primarily on socio-environmental issues as these emerge in the public sphere through protests regarding deteriorating environmental conditions, with particular attention to the disproportionate effects of environmental change on historically marginalized communities. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Academic Labor, Adequacy, Success, Failure, Writing. Timothy Oleksiak is associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston and recipient of the 2025 CCCC Stonewall Service Award. Joshua Barsczewski is assistant professor of English literatures and writing and Writing Program director at Muhlenberg College. Adequate: Rewriting the Logics of Success in Rhetoric and Composition proposes a fresh approach to teaching rhetoric and composition—a field awash with unrealistic labor expectations and untenable and often unattainable requirements for both the educator and the educated—that takes “success” and “failure” out of the equation and advocates for the concept of adequacy over that of perfection. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast@weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Surveillance, Social Control, Aesthetics, Artificial Intelligence, Power. This episode of TBR Podcast features Dr. Anthony Stagliano delivering the Keynote for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control." It also serves as the season 12 Keystone Perspectives episode and season finale. Anthony Stagliano is a media theorist and filmmaker whose research concerns creative interventions into technologies of surveillance, biometrics, and control. He is the author of the book Disobedient Aesthetics. His films and media artworks have been shown in festivals and galleries around the world. His feature narrative film, Fade, was released theatrically, on DVD, and on streaming platforms. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of was produced by graduate students enrolled in ENG 502 at the University of Findlay for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of was produced by graduate students enrolled in ENG 502 at the University of Findlay for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of was produced by graduate students enrolled in ENG 502 at the University of Findlay for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of was produced by graduate students enrolled in ENG 502 at the University of Findlay for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of was produced by graduate students enrolled in ENG 502 at the University of Findlay for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

The podcast episode of La Rhetorica was produced for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

This podcast episode of Defend, Publish, and Lead Podcast was produced for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control." Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

This podcast episode, a collaboration between Writing Remix Podcast and Live Theory Podcast, was produced for the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, "(Un)tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control." Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Power, Social Control, Emerging Technologies. Dr. Daniel Ernst is Associate AI Strategist and Assistant Professor of English at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Stephen J. Neville is a PhD candidate in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at York University and Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. And, Dr. Sarah Young is a Center for Quantum Networks fellow and author of, Working Through Surveillance in Technical Communication. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Prison Reform, Documentary Filmmaking, Non-Fiction, Social Justice, Alabama. Beth Shelburne is a journalist and writer with over two decades of experience in media. She specializes in investigative and long-form narrative non-fiction. She co-produced The Alabama Solution, a 2025 documentary now available on HBO. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Feminist Rhetorics, Labor Rhetorics, Chicago, archival research, rhetorical history. Dr. Liane Malinowski is assistant professor of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities where she teaches and researches feminist rhetorics, archival research, and rhetorical history. She is the author of City Housekeeping: Women’s Labor Rhetorics and Spaces for Solidarity, 1886-1911. Her book follows Progressive reformers and garment workers who came together in Chicago’s early women’s labor movement to reimagine work and solidarity by drawing from diverse practices and traditions. It offers the term “labor rhetorics” as a conceptual framework that draws attention to how people communicate about the meaning, value, and conditions of their work across different kinds of spaces and conceptions of time. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Hurricane Helene, Asheville, North Carolina, Crisis Communication, Institutional Response. Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell is Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Asheville. She joins TBR Podcast to discuss Hurricane Helene and UNC-Asheville's response to the crisis and future trajectory of the university. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: DJing, Hip Hop Studies, Literacy, Writing, Sound Studies. Dr. Todd Craig is the Marks Family Senior Director of the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests lie at the intersection of writing and rhetoric, sound studies, and Hip Hop studies. He is the author of “K for the Way”: DJ Rhetoric and Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies, which received the 2024 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English from the National Council of Teachers of English, the 2025 Advancement of Knowledge Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Outstanding Book Award from the Rhetoric Society of America. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Data, Data Storytelling, Data Literacy Multimodal Composition, Writing. Angela Laflen is associate professor of English at California State University, Sacramento. Her scholarship has been published in Computers and Composition, Kairos, Assessing Writing, The Journal of Response to Writing, Pedagogy,and Writing Spaces. Critical Data Storytelling in the Composition Classroom is available now from the University of Colorado Press.. I hope you enjoy my interview with Dr. Angela Laflen. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Podcast, Podcast Carnival, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Control. Episode 181 features the CFP for the 6th annual TBR Podcast Carnival. The 2025 theme is, "(Un)Tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control." Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Communication Theory, Communication Ethics, Rhetorical Theory, Contact, Touch. Ethics in Contact Rhetoric re-orients communication theory by centering touch and de-centering symbolic acts. Ethical interactions are defined as bio-relational dances arcing steps of nurture, respect, justice, and too often, violence. Centering humanity’s physical mutuality is a vital move today. This book re-balances rhetorical theory by enabling critique of embodied relational patterns. Critical case studies demonstrate contact rhetoric’s rich heuristic and diverse applications. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Digital Rhetoric, Digital Literacy, Technology, Wellness, Media Literacy. Dr. Sydney Sullivan is a Lecturer in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies department at San Diego State University. Her research focuses on integrating digital rhetoric into educational curricula to enhance student engagement and well-being. Dr. Sullivan advocates for critical media literacy as a means to empower students to navigate and contribute thoughtfully to the digital world. Her recent publication, “Rethinking Curriculums: How Critical Digital Literacy and Mandatory Composition Courses Collide,” delves into these themes and is a part of our larger conversation. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Design, Communication, Academic Conference, Technical Communication, Lubbock. SIGDOC’s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encourage the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication. The ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication provides a forum for researchers and practitioners of the design of communication, including information architecture, information design, user assistance, help, and documentation (traditional and user-contributed) as well as technology that supports and enhances communication, including blogs. Join SIGDOC here: https://sigdoc.acm.org/join/types-of-membership/. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Conference on College Composition and Communication, Baltimore, Composition, Academic Conferences, Interviews. Episode 177 of TBR Podcast features interviews and soundscapes from the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Baltimore, Maryland, from April 9-12, 2025. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and @thebigrhet across social media platforms.

Keywords: Doxa, Opinions, Digital Rhetoric, Social Media, Internet Culture. Caddie Alford is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing in the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of the book Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality (2024). She is a digital rhetoric expert who researches emergent forms of persuasion, sociality, and the changing state of information vis-à-vis social media platforms and technological developments and ideologies. Some of her work has appeared in The Quarterly Journal of Speech; Rhetoric Review; and Enculturation. She served as the book review editor for the journal Enculturation for three years. She is currently co-editing a rhetorical studies collection on “post-truth” rhetorics. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Composition Studies, Community Writing, Student Activism, Leadership, Pedagogy. Charles McMartin is an Assistant Professor of English specializing in Composition at Utah State University Tooele (pronounced Too-will-ah). He earned his PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona. His research focuses on culturally sustaining pedagogies, community writing, student activism, and NextGen faculty leadership. His work has been published in College English, Rhetoric Review, Composition Studies, Reflections, and Peitho. His forthcoming coedited collection is titled Next-Gen Perspectives on Leadership: Coalitional Strategies for Launching Careers, Building Networks, and Engaging with Systemic Inequities (USU Press). Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Digital Rhetorics, Infrastructure, Digital Writing, Sensory Rhetorics, Pedagogy. Hannah Hopkins is a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric & Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research engages the material infrastructures of digital writing, extending from the personal device to the vast landscapes of server farms and data centers that support and circulate digital texts. Her work offers that rhetoric’s multimodal, more-than-visual sensing practices help us attune to the fundamental extractivist logics of all writing and the ethical and pedagogical dilemmas that result. Hannah’s research and reviews are published in Technical Communication Quarterly, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Communication Design Quarterly, and elsewhere. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Indigenous Rhetorics, Feminist Rhetorics, Digital Rhetorics, Identity, Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Cindy Tekobbe is assistant professor of critical feminist science and technology at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she is co-appointed in Gender and Women’s Studies and Communication. She is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a feminist media scholar, and her interdisciplinary research includes feminist, digital, environmental, and Indigenous rhetorics; media and communication studies; and social justice. She serves as a co-chair of the American Indian Caucus for the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and her work appears in several academic publications. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Queer Community Literacies, Prison/Police Abolition Movements, Writing Program Administration, Graduate School, University of Montevallo. Erin is a PhD Candidate in English (Language, Writing, and Rhetoric track) at the University of Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of Montevallo and holds a BA in English literature. Working primarily in rhetoric and composition, she specializes in literacy studies, writing program/center administration, community-engaged writing, and composition theory. Erin’s research examines Black queer community literacies and writing in prison/police abolition movements. She currently serves as an administrative fellow for the Academic Writing Program and a writing fellow for the Center for Writing & Oral Communication. She has been published in Writers: Craft & Context, Community Literacy Journal, and The Peer Review Journal. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Sensitive Rhetorics, Academic Freedom, Rhetorical Theory, Campus Activism, Rhetoric. University of Pittsburgh Press Discount Code 29GERDES for Sensitive Rhetorics active until 12/18/24. Kendall Gerdes is associate professor of writing and rhetoric studies at the University of Utah. Kendall is coeditor of Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and a lifetime member of the Rhetoric Society of America. Kendall is also the president of her university's AAUP chapter and a member of the U's Queer Alliance for Faculty and Staff. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Digital Rhetorics, Sound, Methods, Community Literacy, Digital Humanities. Trent Wintermeier is a PhD student in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests broadly include sound, digital rhetorics and digital humanities methods, and community literacy. Currently, he’s an Assistant Director for the Digital Writing and Research Lab, and he’s a Presentations Coordinator for UT Austin’s University Writing Center. Besides his research on the hum phenomenon, which has been published by Sounding Out!, he’s working on projects concerning the sound of data center cooling equipment and building DIY radio receivers with found objects. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

Keywords: Computers and Writing, Digital Rhetoric, Writing Studies, University of Georgia, Athens. The 2025 Computers and Writing Conference Organizers include Elizabeth Davis, Lindsey Harding, and Nate Kreuter from the University of Georgia. Elizabeth Davis (M.A., NYU; Ph.D., Alabama) is the Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Writing Certificate Program and teaches writing courses in the Department of English. Lindsey Harding is the Director of the Writing Intensive Program. Nate Kreuter is an Associate Professor and Director of First Year Writing Program. For more information on TBR Podcast visit thebigrhetorical.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

This episode of Writing Remix Podcast was produced as part of the 2024 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Politics/Rhetorics: Navigating Crisis, Culture, & Civility." New podcasts are released each day October 28-31, 2024. For more information visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.

This episode of The Project Uncensored Show titled, "Crisis, Culture, and Civility: Critical Media Literacy Education and Election 2024," was produced as part of the 2024 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Politics/Rhetorics: Navigating Crisis, Culture, and Civility," with new podcasts released each day from October 28-31, 2024. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.