Practical-Criticism

2009-11-10T06:53:00.001-06:00

122.

Professional/New Media Writing Tenure-Track Faculty

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Institution: East Stroudsburg University
Location: East Stroudsburg, PA
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/09/2009
Application Due: 12/04/2009
Type: Full Time
East Stroudsburg University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Professional and New Media Writing beginning August 2010. Positions typically fill at the Assistant Professor rank. As part of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities: The successful candidate will teach professional writing courses such as Technical Writing, Workplace Writing, Computers and Writing, and Website Writing and Design. This faculty member will also teach composition and contribute to the development of the Department's Professional and New Media Writing program with courses in print and digital-media writing. There is a four-course teaching load per semester. Distance learning and/or off- campus teaching opportunities may be possible.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in English, rhetoric, technical or mass communications, or related field. Candidates currently enrolled in a doctoral program are encouraged to apply, but the degree must be completed before the position commences. Candidates must have experience teaching, or demonstrated potential to teach, technical writing. The candidates must also have experience teaching, or demonstrated potential to teach, rhetorical theory and at least one other type of professional or new media writing (e.g., applied writing classes and/or classes such as visual rhetoric, usability testing, or media ethics). They should also show potential for scholarly activities.

Additional Preferred Qualifications: Experience with or training in relevant software applications (e.g., InDesign, Dreamweaver, Wordpress, etc.); related professional experience in corporate, governmental, or non-profit spheres; and ability to lead in the development of our Professional and New Media Writing track, including development of a master's program.

We welcome applications from candidates who bring diverse cultural, ethnic and national perspectives to their creative work and teaching. To learn more about diversity at ESU and in our community, visit our website at www.esu.edu/diversity.

To Apply: Application deadline for full consideration is December 4, 2009. Please apply on-line at www.esucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=50904. Applicants are to attach a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three recent letters of recommendation, unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official transcripts required before appointment). Final determination will be based upon a successful campus interview, which will include a teaching demonstration.

All candidates must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

The University encourages applications from members of historically under-represented groups, including women, veterans, and persons with disabilities, and is an AA/EEO employer. East Stroudsburg University is interested in hiring employees who have extensive experience with diverse populations.

Located in the scenic Pocono Mountains within a 90-minute drive of New York City and two hours from Philadelphia, East Stroudsburg University is one of the fourteen universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1893, with a current enrollment of 7,300, the university maintains a rich academic tradition and continues to build on its sense of history with unique new undergraduate and graduate degrees programs and a major Science and Technology Center. Offering 68 undergraduate degree programs and graduate degrees in 22 fields of study, the university is experiencing increasing enrollments and is poised for continued growth. Adjacent to the unspoiled Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the surrounding community offers options for suburban, small city, or country living.
Application Information
Contact: Faculty Search & Recruitment
Inclusion & Equity
East Stroudsburg University
Online App. Form: http://www.esucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=50904

2009-11-10T06:47:00.000-06:00

121.

Coordinator of English Composition Program, Assistant Professor

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Institution: University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Location: Bradford, PA
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/09/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Notes: included on Affirmative Action email
Composition & Rhetoric: Coordinator of the English Composition Program, Assistant Professor, full-time tenure stream, beginning Fall 2010. Develop and direct the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford's freshman writing program.

Requirements: PhD, teaching experience, training and experience in writing program management, and evidence of scholarly potential.

Send cover letter, statement of teaching and program philosophy (a statement of experience working with students of diverse backgrounds is encouraged) and CV, including names of three references with full contact information, to Dr. Don Ulin, Chair, English Composition Search Committee, Division of Communication and the Arts, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, 300 Campus Drive, Bradford, PA 16701. www.upb.pitt.edu/acadsearch.aspx. Review of applications will begin December 9 and continue until the position is filled.

Pitt-Bradford is a beautiful, friendly campus with an emphasis on teaching. While faculty have the advantage of the expansive resources and research opportunities available through the University of Pittsburgh system, they also enjoy one-on-one contact with their students in a secure, personalized environment. Applicants representing all aspects of diversity are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE.
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Postal Address: Dr. Donald Ulin
Communications & the Arts
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
300 Campus Drive
Bradford, PA 16701

2009-11-09T17:44:00.000-06:00

120. cfp

From: Rebecca Carruthers Den Hoed
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:12:24 -0700

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
(voire plus bas la version française suit)

The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (CSSR) invites you to
submit proposals for papers to be presented at its annual conference,
to be held in conjunction with Congress 2010 at Concordia University,
Montréal. Tentative dates for the CSSR conference are June 2-4, 2010
(confirmation will be posted on the CSSR website: www.cssr-scer.ca).

Deadline to submit proposals: January 8, 2010.

SPECIAL SESSION:
RHETORICS OF THE EXCEPTION, THE EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONALITY
Chair: Michael Purves-Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University

Scholars are invited to propose papers on the topos of the exception
and exceptionality. When and how does "exception" create a rhetorical
space? How does rhetoric depend on a dialectic of the expected as
opposed to the exceptional? Is there then a tension between endorsing
the unusual and distancing oneself from something when we make or take
exception? The answer might include any rhetorical strategies that may
be described or defined in connection with to except. The subject
may encompass both exceptional rhetoric and the exceptional rhetor.

A few possible approaches:

What persuasive strategies are available to those who would rise in
the court of public opinion when everyone and everything is seen to be
exceptional?
Is the appeal to the exceptional, pervasive in the realm of
advertising, the last resort of rhetoric in the midst of a landscape
of communication dominated by "twitter?"
What is the rhetorical impact of American exceptionalism? Do we
have permission to take it for granted and is there any parallel
between it and the exceptionality implied by Quebec as a distinct
society or special status for aboriginal people?
Finally, is the subject of exception contained by the classical
topos of difference?

OPEN SESSIONS ON RHETORIC
Papers concerning more general aspects of rhetoric are always welcome:

Rhetorical theory
Rhetorical criticism
History of rhetoric
Rhetoric in popular culture
Media communication
Discourse analysis
Rhetoric of political and social discourse
Pedagogy of communication
Rhetoric and the media
Sociolinguistics and pedagogy
Semiotics
Professional and technical communication

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
Your proposal (up to 300 words) may be submitted in English or French.
It will be printed in the program if your project is accepted. Please
include the title of your paper, and indicate clearly methodology, the
texts or phenomena under scrutiny, and the central importance of
rhetoric to the inquiry. Work from various disciplines and from across
all historical periods is welcome. If you need electronic equipment
for your presentation, please send a request along with your proposal.

Mail or e-mail your proposal to Rebecca Carruthers Den Hoed. If using
e-mail, please type your proposal directly into the e-mail, or attach
it as a digital file in one of the following formats
(.doc, .pdf, .rtf, .txt).

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DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: January 8, 2010.

A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In order to present a paper, you must be a member of the CSSR.
Membership fees should be paid before the presentation of the paper.
Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes.

GRADUATE STUDENT SUBMISSIONS
Graduate students (MA or PhD) are welcome to submit proposals to the
CSSR annual conference. However, in an effort to mentor graduate
students and guide them through the scholarly conference experience,
we ask that graduate students meet two additional requirements to be
eligible to present at the annual conference:

1) clearly mark on your proposal that you are currently a graduate
student (this designation will make you eligible for a reduced
membership fee for the Society, with valid student ID);

2) should your proposal be accepted, submit a draft of your paper one
month prior to the conference (this submission deadline will encourage
you to plan ahead for the conference and will allow members of the
CSSR executive to offer you feedback or advice for your conference
presentation, if necessary).

We recognize that some graduate students will require less guidance
than others, but we wish to extend a helping hand to all. Graduate
students who fail to meet these requirements will be ineligible to
present at the annual conference.

Contact:

Rebecca Carruthers Den Hoed, CSSR President

c/o Faculty of Communication and Culture

University of Calgary

Calgary, AB T2N 1N4

president (at) cssr-scer.ca

www.cssr-scer.ca

2009-11-09T10:07:00.001-06:00

119.

University of Houston - Assistant or Associate Professor, Rhetoric, Composition and Pedagogy, Tenure-Track

Location: Texas, United States
Institution Type: College/University
Position Type: Assistant or Associate Professor
Submitted: Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Main Category: Rhetoric
Secondary Categories: None

The Department of English at the University of Houston is seeking a scholar, at either the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track, in the area of Rhetoric, Composition, and Pedagogy. The successful candidate must have a record of successful scholarship and research as well as effective teaching that will contribute to the development of the Department’s growing graduate concentration in Rhetoric, Composition, and Pedagogy.

The University of Houston is the premier public doctoral institution in the nation’s fourth largest city. Please send letter, curriculum vitae, and dossier to Professor Wyman H Herendeen, Chair, Department of English, University of Houston, 205 Roy Cullen Building, Houston, Texas 77204-3013. Review of applications will begin 2 December, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Contact Info:
Wyman H. Herendeen
Chair
Department of English
University of Houston
205 Roy Cullen Building
Houston, Texas 77204-3013
Website: http://uh.edu

2009-11-08T19:17:00.000-06:00

118.

Rhetoric and Composition Faculty Opening

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Institution: Champlain College
Location: Burlington, VT
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - Humanities
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/05/2009
Application Due: 01/05/2010
Type: Full Time
Notes: included on Affirmative Action email
Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a private, baccalaureate institution that offers professionally focused programs balanced by a strong core curriculum. The College is a national leader in educating students to become skilled practitioners, effective professionals, and global citizens.

Champlain responds quickly to trends in the marketplace with cutting-edge, student-centered courses and programs. The College delivers rigorous master's, bachelor's and associate's degree programs and professional certificates on campus, online and abroad.

The College is located in the picturesque Hill Section of Burlington, Vermont, which is consistently ranked as one of the country's most livable small cities. Overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains, Champlain's distinctive campus boasts a mix of high-tech facilities and renovated Victorian-era mansions that serve as residence halls.

The Core Division at Champlain College is charged with delivering a four-year integrated interdisciplinary curriculum to all traditional undergraduate students. We have an opening for a faculty member with training and experience in Rhetoric and Composition with additional experience directing a college writing center. We seek applications from individuals committed to an interdisciplinary and innovative pedagogy, collaborative teaching, and curriculum development.

The successful candidate will have an earned doctorate in an appropriate discipline.

Materials must be submitted by January 5, 2010. To apply submit cover letter and cv/resume (in one file) online at www.champlain.edu/hr. For more information on the Core Division, visit http://www.champlain.edu/Core-Division.html
Application Information
Contact: Human Resources
Champlain College
Online App. Form: http://champlain.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=16014&

2009-11-05T10:18:00.001-06:00

117.

Department of English and Linguistics - College of Arts & Sciences - Assistant Professor of English

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Institution: Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/03/2009
Application Due: 11/30/2009
Type: Full Time
Type of appointment:
Academic Year

Discipline:
Rhetoric, composition, professional writing

Area(s) of Expertise:
Rhetoric & composition, professional writing, business writing, technical communication, research methods, or service learning.

Qualifications/Requirements:
Degree Required:
PhD in English in hand by August 2010

Years of Experience Required:
One or more years teaching experience

Other Qualifications Required or Preferred:
Preferred areas of expertise include one or more of the following: business writing, technical communication, research methods, or service learning. Ability to teach advanced courses in business writing as well as courses supporting the writing concentration in our BA and MA degree programs.

Duties:
The Department of English and Linguistics at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (IPFW) invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in rhetoric and composition at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 2010. We seek a faculty member who values a balance between teaching and research. Preferred areas of expertise include one or more of the following: business writing, technical communication, research methods, or service learning.

The successful candidate will join a department that already includes seven tenure-track faculty who specialize in rhetoric, composition, or professional writing. Teaching load will include advanced courses in business writing as well as courses supporting the writing concentration in our BA and MA degree programs. Workload is approximately 75% teaching and 25% research.

Description and location of the university:
Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne is located on a growing campus with more than 13,000 students in a metropolitan area of approximately 300,000 people.

Effective date:
August 2010

Application deadline:
November 30, 2009

Send letter of application including research focus and detailing one or more years of teaching experience, curriculum vita, unofficial transcript, and names and contact information of three (3) professional reference, and three letters of reference to:

Dr. Stevens Amidon
Director of Writing
Department of English and Linguistics
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805

Contact for information:
Dr. Stevens Amidon
Director of Writing
Department of English and Linguistics, IPFW
Phone: 260-481-6751
email: amidons@ipfw.edu

Department web address:
www.ipfw.edu/engl/

Additional Information:
Employment is contingent on a satisfactory background records check.

IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.
Application Information
Postal Address: Dr. Stevens Amidon
Department of English and Linguistics
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Phone: 260-481-6106

2009-11-05T10:17:00.001-06:00

116.

Writing Faculty

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Institution: Unity College
Location: Unity, ME
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/03/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Unity College is a small, private college in rural Maine that provides dedicated, engaged students with a hands-on, liberal arts education that emphasizes the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources. Overlooking Unity Pond, our campus vistas stretch to the mountains of Maine, and we are within driving distance of its rocky coast. We are a community of committed individuals seeking applicants for a full-time writing position at the Assistant or Associate rank with the vision and experience necessary to help forge a writing program that will prepare the next generation of environmental stewards and leaders.

The position requires that applicants have a doctoral degree in Composition/Rhetoric or English; experience in the pedagogy of writing; and an ability to provide leadership and instruction in writing, including fundamentals of writing, college composition, and technical and professional writing.

Other desirable qualifications include experience in new media, environmental writing, or multi-cultural studies. The 21-credit teaching load will include an initial course release to lead a collaborative effort to form, run, and assess a unified plan in writing.

Review of applications will begin 30 November 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. To apply send a cover letter, CV, contact information for three professional references, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation to Kathleen Hale, Director of Human Resources at khale@unity.edu. Electronic submissions only. For the full job advertisement go to www.unity.edu/jobs.
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Contact: Kathleen Hale
Director of Human Resources
Unity College
Email Address: khale@unity.edu

2009-11-05T10:14:00.000-06:00

115.

ssistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric -- (two positions)

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Institution: Morningside College
Location: Sioux City, IA
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/04/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Morningside College in Sioux City, IA is seeking TWO colleagues to help create, develop, and launch a new Department of Writing and Rhetoric. Ph.D. in Composition & Rhetoric strongly preferred. (ABD in Composition and Rhetoric or Ph.D. in a related field with scholarship and/or teaching evidence in composition or argumentative writing will be considered.) The tenure-track positions have a 3/2 teaching load, consisting of first year writing with opportunities to teach upper division public speaking and other courses and opportunities to develop creative May Term courses. As the new department grows, course release time for writing center or writing across the curriculum initiatives will be available.

Applications are welcomed from candidates with evidence of potential for excellence in teaching. We are looking for colleagues who would be prepared to establish a writing center, focus on WAC faculty development, and further develop the first-year writing/speaking program. Opportunities for professional development, research, and conference presentations/attendance will be available. Questions about this position may be addressed to Dr. Leslie Werden; (712) 274-5226, werden@morningside.edu. Positions begin Fall 2010.

Morningside College is a private, coeducational, residential, comprehensive institution, affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1894, the college is growing and currently serves about 1200 full-time undergraduate students of diverse social, cultural, ethnic, racial, and national backgrounds, as well as over 800 students in its one graduate program in Education. Morningside confers five baccalaureate degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education, as well as Master of Arts in Teaching. The faculty is committed to the liberal arts as a foundation for every field of the professional and career-centered curriculum. The 69-acre campus includes 20 buildings and is situated in Sioux City, Iowa, a community recognized as the economic and cultural center of Siouxland, a metropolitan region with a population of over 140,000. Morningside College faculty typically teach five 4-credit courses per academic year to fulfill a 20-hour load. In addition, faculty teach one May Term course every three years. Excellence in teaching, effective advising, scholarship, and service are expected for all faculty members.

Screening for this position will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Apply on-line only by submitting an e-mail to: facultysearch@morningside.edu entering Writing Search in the subject line, and attaching in PDF or Microsoft Word files the following documents: cover letter, curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, statements of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation. Electronic submission of letters of recommendation should be sent to the "facultysearch" e-mail address provided above.

Morningside College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages women and minorities to apply.

Consult our Web page (jobs.morningside.edu) for additional information about these and other academic employment opportunities.
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Contact: Morningside College
Email Address: facultysearch@morningside.edu

2009-11-03T06:39:00.000-06:00

114

Director of Composition and Writers' Center

Institution: Eastern Washington University
Location: Cheney, WA
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 11/02/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Notes: included on Affirmative Action email
Advanced Assistant Professor
Department of English
Eastern Washington University
Director of Composition and Writers' Center

Eastern Washington University invites applications at the advanced Assistant Professor level for the joint position (tenure track) of Director of the Composition Program and the EWU Writers' Center, to begin July 1, 2010.

Responsibilities include developing and administering curriculum for the freshman composition program and directing the established campus Writers' Center. The successful candidate will be responsible for training and mentoring approximately 28 teaching assistants, up to 10 full-time lecturers, and 10 professional Writers' Center responders.

Required: doctorate and publications in Rhetoric/Composition or closely-related field; successful teaching, writing program administration or apprenticeship, and currency in composition and writing center pedagogy.

Preferred: Academic budget experience, assessment expertise, ability to teach with technology. Teaching load will be adjusted to accommodate administrative duties and includes summer employment. The candidate who fills this position will report to the English Department Chair (comp program) and Dean of the College of Arts & Letters (Writers' Center). Letter of application, CV, evidence of teaching effectiveness, brief scholarly writing sample, transcripts, and 3 references (contact information only) to: Search Committee Chair, College of Arts & Letters, 19 Hargreaves Hall, EWU, Cheney WA 99004. Review of applications will begin as soon as applicant pool is certified and continue until position fills.

Eastern Washington University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and applications from members of historically under-represented groups are especially encouraged. The successful candidate will have a high degree of interest in human and cultural diversity, must pass a background check, and will be required to show proof of eligibility to work in the U.S. pursuant to U.S. immigration laws.
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Postal Address: Chair, Search Committee/Department Secretary
English
Eastern Washington University
250 Patterson Hall
Cheney, WA 99004
Phone: (509) 359-6039
Fax: (509) 359-4269

2009-11-02T21:44:00.000-06:00

113. Introduction to Paper for NCA 2009, #2

NCA 2009
Paper #2: Words, Mind and World: An Alternate Paradigm for Rhetorical Instruction in the 20th Century
David Beard (dbeard@d.umn.edu)
University of Minnesota Duluth

This paper serves to undermine a certain kind of rhetorical history – one that depicts the disciplines of composition and communication as coalescing around the recovery of the Aristotelian rhetorical tradition in the 20th century. Such a history may have helped to legitimate the work of rhetorical scholars among the humanities, but it did so at the cost of erasing decades of good work teaching first-year composition and communication within a different paradigm.

This paper serves to recognize that alternative rhetorical tradition, one that, within the 20th century, was as powerful a force for the teaching of writing and speaking as the Aristotelian tradition – maybe moreso, because it was both immensely popular and immensely accessible to the nonspecialist in ways that the Aristotelan vocabulary never could be. For ease of reference and in the hope that I might coin something that will make my reputation, I am calling it the “word-mind-world” paradigm. The gist of the paradigm is simple: the key to effective communication is a rich understanding of the relationship between words and the world, as understood by or through the human mind.

That tradition begins with the work of I. A. Richards in establishing “triadic semiotics” as the model for language use to enrich the philosophy of language. It develops through the General Semantics program in both Composition and Communication. It terminates, awkwardly, in the composition pedagogy of Anne Berthoff, who develops a composition pedagogy of “forming, thinking, writing” that explicitly references the Ricardian paradigm to build a more sophisticated model for what is, essentially, the same paradigm. “If a speaker or writer can grasp the proper relationship between words and world as mediated by the human mind, they can be a clear communicator.”

This paper glosses the rise and fall of this alternate tradition of rhetorical pedagogy....

2009-11-02T13:26:00.001-06:00

112. Rhetoric and Theology Reposted from Blogora: rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/

Thinking Out Loud--Rhetoric & Religion

queries sort of
Submitted by Jim Aune on October 31, 2009 - 12:06pm

It occurred to me, listening to David Gore, Willie Henderson, and David Beard at the U of Minnesota Modern Rhetoric Project conference, that there seems to be a bit of an explosion of interest in religion across the humanities these days. You have Badiou, Taubes, Derrida, and Zizek thinking about St. Paul and universalism, as well as John Milbank, Terry Eagleton, and others within the Christian tradition smacking modernist intellectuals for failing to engage theology. I have also noticed a fair number of my younger colleagues become active religiously in ways that the post-WWII generation were not--John Sloop's Roman Catholicism, Ron Greene's Eastern Orthodoxy, my ConservaDoxy, and so on. There is only one journal I know of devoted specifically to communication and religion, and it has a rather broad focus, not necessarily rhetorical. Do you all think there might be an audience out there for a new journal on rhetoric/theology, investigating both theory and practice in the links between theology, religion, and rhetoric? It would probably have to be online, which also raises the question: even if it is peer-reviewed, what is your collective sense of how R1 universities treat online journal publications these days? Are the standards getting more flexible or not? We seem to have changed a bit since Daniel Drezner was effectively denied tenure at Chicago for daring to publish a blog.

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Your point about the Communication & Religion group is...
Submitted by syntaxfactory on November 1, 2009 - 10:44pm.
...is interesting, because we should probably distinguish the strength of that journal in two areas:

(a) in studying the rhetorical activities of religious figures, as "the rhetoric of religion"). We see this work, for example, in the article called "The first female public speakers in America (1630-1840): Searching for Egalitarian Christian Primitivism" [Abstract: Overlooked female exhorters and preachers established a two-hundred-year-old tradition of female oratory before the ninteenth-century secular reformers emerged] and in "Corresponding Calvinism and capitalism: The letters of Teunis van den Hoek" [Abstract: This essay explores the correspondence of Teunis van den Hoek to argue that he used letters to create an immigrant identity as he grappled with the exigencies and tensions between his Calvinist beliefs and his burgeoning wealth]

(b) in religious discourse as generative of rhetorical theories (for example, in "Seeing through a glass darkly: Religious metaphor as rhetorical perspective" [Abstract: This essay examines metaphor theories and the role of metaphor in religious rhetoric] and in "Rhetorical interpretation in Augustine's Confessions" [Abstract: In the last three books of his Confessions, Augustine focuses on problems of interpretation germane to ordinary texts as well as Scripture]

These areas are valuable and honed in the work of that journal, but they seem askew of what Dr. Aune is asking. The recent return to religion and spirituality as an area of research, it seems to me, is not reducible to a "rhetoric of" project. It may ask questions more fundamental than that: about whether Burke's rhetorical definition of the person [“Man is the symbol-using animal, inventor of the negative, separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making, goaded by the spirit of hierarchy, and rotten with perfection"] is consonant with a spiritual anthropology. When Kristeva first reconsiders religion (in the "Beginning" book), she is investigating the ways that religion has a positive effect, an illusion gluing bits of the subject together (here breaking from Freud). I won't pretend to understand Zizek, or to have finished reading Kristeva's recent book on religion, but the impulses must overlap.

The question is not about religious uses of language and rhetorical or communication theories derived from religious discourse (RCA covers that well). It's about whether the norms of rhetorical culture apply to religious cultures... a thoroughgoing exploration of whether the rhetorical subject (as the liberal subject of the modern era or the non-agent, non-subject of the posthuman era) is consonant with the Christian (or other religious) subject. It's about, I think, interrogating the assumptions below the standard layers of rhetorical theory and getting us back to questions as fundamental as those we once had about the "rhetorical situation," reconsidered from the perspective of a form of subjectivity (the "faithful," the "believer," the "child of god") that persists from the ancient to the medieval to the modern to the postmodern.

...

Could this be a strand of research fruitfully considered for RCA? Probably. Could it sustain a journal of its own, online or otherwise? Probably not. A good book would be nice.

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maybe
Submitted by Jim Aune on November 1, 2009 - 11:57pm.
For what it tries to do, JCR does fine, but it seems a little parochial (so to speak) in its sense of audience--seems mostly evangelical, something I should have greater tolerance for, but don't any more. I'm thinking of more the kind of interchange that Milbank and Zizek have in The Monstrosity of Christ, done along rhetorical lines, or the Political Theology folks at Irvine, notably Julia Lupton.

I think we agree...
Submitted by syntaxfactory on November 2, 2009 - 2:21pm.
...about the role of JCR -- although I admit I hadn't much noted the particular bias you've identified (probably because as a nonbeliever [admittedly, turned away from Catholicism], differentiating varieties of belief in Christianity seems to me like differentiating "vanilla, french vanilla, and vanilla bean").

But yes: moving beyond "the rhetoric of religion" to "rhetoric's encounter with theology" -- that seems to me the ticket. Not just to ask what the rhetoric of Mormons might be (question 1), or the effect of Mormon thought might be on rhetorical theorists (like my personal hero, Wayne Booth; question 2), but to presume that, if psychoanalytic theory [in Kristeva, in Zizek] can presume to speak to theology and to religion, that rhetorical theory can do so, as well (I can't articulate it as a question 3, but I'd like to).

I'm hoping someone else might have more to add... if not on the Blogora, perhaps here?

2009-10-30T04:47:00.001-05:00

111.

Assistant Professor - Log# 11-050

Institution: Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, GA
Category:
Faculty - Communications - Other Communications
Posted: 10/29/2009
Application Due: 12/18/2009
Type: Full Time
Salary Range: Competitive

The department of communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta invites applicants for an anticipated tenure-track assistant professor position in rhetorical studies to begin in August 2010 pending budgetary approval. Candidates should have research programs underway in rhetorical criticism and/or theory, potentially connected to rhetoric and philosophy,social movement studies, discourse theory, public address, or other areas of rhetorical scholarship with contemporary social significance. Candidates should have the ability to teach in the Department's undergraduate programs and also to contribute to work done in the M.A. and doctoral Public Communication programs. Ph.D. required.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Applications should include a letter of application and CV, transcripts, examples of scholarly writing, three letters of recommendation,and evidence of teaching effectiveness. An offer of employment will be conditional upon background verification.

A review of applications will begin November 20, 2009. Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities, and candidates from other traditionally under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Address applications to Dr. Michael Bruner, Search Chair, Department of Communication, Georgia State University, 663 One Park Place South, Atlanta, GA 30302-4000.
Application Information
Postal Address: Dr. Michael Bruner
Department of Communication
Georgia State University
663 One Park Place South
Atlanta, GA 30302-4000

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110.

Posting Number: 0000119
EEO Classification Title: Faculty
Job Title: Assistant Professor (Leadership/Applied Ethics)
Position Type: Faculty
FLSA: Exempt
Other Position Information:
Position Status: Full-time
Department: Liberal Studies
Required Qualifications: 1. Ph.D. in a relevant humanities or social science discipline.
2. Ph.D. must be completed by June 1, 2010. Appointment is contingent upon university-certified completion of all Ph. D. requirements.
3. Ability to teach "Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics and contemporary Issues" and electives in applied ethics, broadly defined.
4. Evidence of excellent teaching on the college level.
5. Evidence of potential for scholarly productivity.
6. Capacity to work professionally with colleagues in pursuit of common objectives.
7. Proof of legal authority to work at Kettering University.
Preferred Qualifications: na
Posting Date: 09-05-2009
Closing Date: 12-01-2009
Optional Applicant Documents: Teaching Philosophy
Required Applicant Documents: Cover Letter
Curriculum Vitae
References
Special Instructions to Applicants: 1. Three (3) letters of recommendation must be sent directly to and received by Dr. Michael Callahan, Department of Liberal Studies, Kettering University, 1700 University Ave., Flint, MI 48504.
2. Applications submitted only on paper without an electronic application will not be considered.

2009-10-28T15:19:00.001-05:00

109.

Villanova University, Department of Communication is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors starting Fall 2010. We seek candidates who can teach undergraduate and graduate courses in their areas of expertise, as well as other required and elective courses across the Communication curriculum. Candidates must have: Ph.D. (completed by August, 2010), an active research program, and collegiate teaching experience.

Position 1: Assistant Professor, Journalism/Media Studies. In addition to research and teaching interests in Journalism/Media Studies, the ideal candidate will have background and interest in new media, and will have research and teaching interests that demonstrate the potential of journalism and media studies to address issues of social conflict and/or social justice. Journalistic experience preferred, but not required.

Position 2: Assistant Professor, Rhetoric. The ideal candidate will have research and teaching interests that demonstrate rhetoric's potential to address issues of social conflict and/or social justice.

NEW: INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING: Except for official undergraduate and graduate transcripts, which must be mailed, applicants must apply online at https://jobs.villanova.edu, and provide a cover letter (indicating NCA availability), c.v., evidence of excellence in teaching, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. Transcripts should be mailed directly to Search committee chair, Position Name, Department of Communication, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085-1699.

Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Because of the tight turnaround with NCA, candidates attending the conference should email cover letter and c.v. as soon as possible to loretta.chiaverini@villanova.edu(with the rest of the application to follow as per the above instructions), so that they can be considered for pre-interviews during the conference.

Villanova University is a Roman Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order, located in the ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse Philadelphia metro region. An AA/EEO employer, the Communication Department values dynamic and diverse faculty members who are committed to teaching, scholarship, and service in a collegial atmosphere-and who can contribute to the university's conversation regarding truth, community, values, and social justice. For more detailed description of the position and Department, please consult www.communication.villanova.edu.

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2009-10-28T15:18:00.001-05:00

108.

Position Announcement: Rhetoric and Critical/Cultural Studies at Arizona State University (Tempe)

The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (HDSHC) in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a professor in rhetorical studies at the tenure-earning assistant or associate rank to begin in Fall 2010. More specifically, we seek to hire a scholar/teacher whose primary explorations occur at the intersections between rhetorical and critical/cultural studies. Desired qualifications are: 1) Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following lines of inquiry: visual rhetoric or critical media studies; rhetoric of social movements; public culture; public memory; critical investigations of race, ethnicity, and/or sexuality; performance and performativity; and 2) Evidence of ability to seek and secure external funding support. Required qualifications are: Applicant must hold a Ph.D. in communication or related discipline at the time of appointment; evidence of excellence appropriate to rank in teaching and research at the post-secondary level.

Additionally, this position includes: Maintaining an ongoing research program in areas of specialization; teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels; assisting with recruitment of students for the School and the university; serving on school, college, and university committees; and providing service to professional associations and the community. Salary will be competitive based on qualifications.

We are seeking outstanding candidates whose teaching, research, and service complement our vibrant faculty and program. Successful applicants will articulate teaching and research efforts in relation to our School's mission within the New American University model. Our mission aims to produce transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching that responds to pressing issues in the world today. Specifically, our strategic initiatives in health communication; conflict transformation; wellness and work-life; strategic communication; and innovative inquiry bring together scholars from across traditional areas (e.g., rhetoric, performance studies, interpersonal, organizational, and intercultural communication) as well as collaborators from other academic fields and the public sector.

The HDSHC includes 21 full-time faculty members and offers the BA, BS, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in communication. The School offers laboratory facilities, computer resources, project support, grant development support, and a performance studio. The School is located in Tempe, a progressive suburb of Phoenix. Our location offers the resources of a major metropolitan area (2+ million) in a state with spectacular natural scenery and recreational areas, sublime winters, and a culturally rich population.

The postmarked application deadline for the position is December 1, 2009; if the position is not filled, then applications will be accepted every subsequent Friday until the search is closed. Applicants must submit a cover letter specifying their qualifications; curriculum vitae; names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references; evidence of excellence in teaching (e.g., syllabi, teaching evaluations); and evidence of excellence in scholarship (e.g., reprints of published articles). A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Address application materials to:
Dr. Daniel C. Brouwer, Rhetoric Search Committee Chair
The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Arizona State University
P. O. Box 871205 (regular mail)
Stauffer Hall 412 (express mail)
Tempe, AZ 85287-1205

2009-10-28T07:26:00.001-05:00

107.

Director, Writing Across the Curriculum

Institution: Philadelphia University
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/27/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
STATUS: Full-time

DEPARTMENT:
School of Liberal Arts

QUALIFICATIONS:
-Applicants should have a strong background in writing or rhetoric and a demonstrated ability to lead a university wide program; Successful candidate will have significant experience with writing program administration and teaching writing intensive courses.
-Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational and communicative skills.
-The person who assumes this important role will need to work effectively with faculty across a variety of disciplines; Experience in design fields would be welcomed.

EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Ph.D in writing and rhetoric or close area

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teach (2) two courses per semester; administrative oversight of writing program.
Supervise faculty recruitment, hiring and placement testing; Organize faculty development and administers the WAC/WID program across campus.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Candidates should submit a letter of application detailing experiences and areas of academic interest, a curriculum vitae, 3-5 references, and a sample of scholarly research. Additional materials may be requested at a later date. Review of candidates will begin on November 9, 2009 and continue until position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted by phone in late November and interviews will be conducted at the December MLA. Applications should be submitted to Dean Marion Roydhouse, School of Liberal Arts, Philadelphia University, School House Lane and Henry Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144 or email liberalarts@philau.edu

STARTING DATE: August 2010
Application Information
Apply for this Position through My HigherEdJobs
Postal Address: Dean, Marion Roydhouse
School of Liberal Arts
Philadelphia University
Henry Avenue & School House Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497
Phone: 215-951-2965
Fax: 215-951-2269
Online App. Form: http://www.PhilaU.edu/humanresources
Email Address: liberalarts@philau.edu

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106. Phillip Glenn, Phillip_Glenn@Emerson.edu

The School of Communication at Emerson College seeks a tenure-line faculty member (rank open) in the Department of Communication Studies to serve as the Director of the Fundamentals of Speech Communication Course. The Department of Communication Studies offers undergraduate majors in Political Communication and Communication Studies and a Master's degree in Communication Management. The Fundamentals of Speech Communication course is required of all students at the College, and approximately 50 sections are offered throughout the academic year. The successful candidate will oversee course maintenance and assessment, lead instructors in enhancing overall course quality, conduct research in an area of academic expertise leading to publication, thoughtfully contribute to the collegial and intellectual environment of the department, and develop and teach both undergraduate and graduate courses within an area that aligns with the department mission. The appointment begins Septemb!
er 1, 2010.

Requirements
Doctorate in communication studies or related field by September 1, 2010; evidence of excellence in post-secondary teaching, with interest or experience in teaching targeted department areas such as argumentation and advocacy, leadership, intercultural communication, training and development, and communication theory. Evidence of publication potential is expected. Preferred qualifications include experience directing a large basic communication course, supervising basic course instructors, and leading outcomes assessment efforts. Grounding in instructional communication/ communication education is also highly desirable.

Application
Send letter of application, curriculum vita, selected prints or reprints of scholarship, and evidence of teaching effectiveness to Phillip Glenn, Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication Studies, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. Three letters of recommendation should arrive under separate cover from individuals who can attest to the candidate's value and potential. Review of applications will begin December 7, 2010 and continue until the position is filled. Please visit our faculty employment web page to view this position: [http://www.emerson.edu/academic_affairs/faculty/Faculty-Employment.cfm?&jobID=1911#position]

Emerson College
Emerson College is the nation's only four-year institution dedicated exclusively to majors in communication and the arts. The College enrolls approximately 3,000 full-time undergraduates and nearly 1,000 full and part-time graduate students in its School of the Arts and School of Communication.

Emerson College values campus multiculturalism as demonstrated by the diversity of its faculty, staff, student body, and constantly evolving curriculum. The successful candidate must have the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, and staff from diverse backgrounds. Members of historically under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Emerson College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages diversity in its workplace.

2009-10-26T22:46:00.001-05:00

105.

Assistant Professor, Composition and Rhetoric

Institution: Bradley University
Location: Peoria, IL
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/21/2009
Type: Full Time
The Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Composition and Rhetoric to begin August 2010.

Bradley University is a distinctive, medium-size, comprehensive private institution of higher learning. The University is located on an 85-acre campus in Peoria, the largest metropolitan area in central Illinois. With approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 800 graduate students, Bradley offers the opportunities and choices of a larger university (with over 130 programs in five colleges, plus a graduate school) and the quality, personal attention, and challenge of a small private college. Bradley is rich in tradition and full of promise to become one of the nation's best comprehensive universities. For additional information about the University visit www.bradley.edu.

Candidates must have a PhD or doctoral degree in Composition and Rhetoric in hand by August 15, 2010, teaching experience, and potential for publication. Preference will be given to candidates with training or experience in English Education or Linguistics. The successful candidate will also have the ability to teach in a general education curriculum (composition, literature, Western Civilization). Successful teaching and refereed publications required for tenure and promotion.

Qualified candidates should submit a letter of application addressing the qualifications for the position, current vita, (including a list of courses taught and numbers of sections for each course), and dossier (including at least two letters of recommendation that attest to successful teaching and potential for scholarly publication) to:

Professor Demetrice A. Worley, Search Chair
Department of English
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by November 13, 2009. Initial interviews will be conducted at MLA. Review of applications will continue
until the position is filled.

2009-10-26T22:34:00.001-05:00

104.

sst/Assoc Professor/Director of First Year Writing

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Institution: Lewis University
Location: Romeoville, IL
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/22/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
The Department of English at Lewis University (35 miles SW of Chicago) seeks a Director of First-Year Writing, specializing in Rhetoric/Composition, for a tenure-track position as an Assistant or Associate Professor (rank determined by teaching and administrative experience, and publication record). Ph.D. in hand at the time of application and three to five years of teaching and administrative experience are required. The successful candidate will teach 6 credit hours per semester and perform administrative duties related to ensuring curriculum coherence, enhancing assessment and the use of multi-modal and new media technologies, providing faculty development for and supervising adjuncts, and serving as a liaison to the university community. Additional administrative duties and some summer presence may be needed. The Department particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For possible interviews at MLA, applications must be received by November 20, 2009.
Application Information
Contact: Office of Human Resources
Lewis University
Online App. Form: https://jobs.lewisu.edu

2009-10-26T22:30:00.000-05:00

103. Thanks and/for the Modern Rhetoric Colloquium (1)

Thanks to the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota for funding this event, which included scholars in Writing Studies and Communication from across the United States (and Canada), all of whom gave generously of their intellectual time and work to make this colloquium happen. (At the Institute, under the direction of Dr. Ann Waltner, we thank Susannah, Karen and Angie.)

Thanks to the two dozen graduate students in English, Communication, and Writing Studies who attended, and to the diverse faculty who welcomed them. It was a remarkable environment of collaboration, of openness to questions as part of a collective construction of knowledge, rather than of competition. It would not have been such had the tone not been set by our opening speakers (James Aune, William Keith, Roger Graves) as they both modeled the dialogue among each other and continued the dialogue through the days.

2009-10-26T22:27:00.001-05:00

102.

Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/23/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
The English department at the University of Colorado Denver invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Composition and Rhetoric, pending budgetary approval. Specialty open (though interested in Professional Writing, English Education, New Media Studies, or Minority Rhetorics). The department offers an undergraduate major in rhetoric/writing and MA in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing. Responsibilities include an active research agenda, 2/2 teaching load, and university and department service. The department offers research opportunities with the Denver Writing Project, Writing Center, and the Composition Program. A PhD in Composition and/or Rhetoric or a related field is required by the August 2010 start date.

Minimum Qualifications: A PhD in Composition and/or Rhetoric or a related field is required by the August 2010 start date.

Preferred Qualifications: MA in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing

Salary is commensurate with skills and experience. The University of Colorado offers a full benefits package. Information on University benefits programs, including eligibility, is located at http://www.cu.edu/pbs/.

Review of applications begins November 1, 2009 and continue until position is filled.

Applications are accepted electronically at www.jobsatcu.com, refer to job posting #808556.

The University of Colorado Denver is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees prior to their employment.
Application Information
Contact: Michelle Comstock
English
University of Colorado Denver
Online App. Form: http://www.jobsatcu.com
More Information on University of Colorado Denver

2009-10-26T22:24:00.000-05:00

101.

Assistant/Associate Professor of English (Rhetoric)

Institution: Winston-Salem State University
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/23/2009
Application Due: 11/30/2009
Type: Full Time
Winston-Salem State University, one of the 17 constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina system, occupies a picturesque 110-acre campus overlooking the woodlands of Salem Lake in the heart of Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem State University has been listed as a top public liberal arts college in U.S. News & World Report's issue of America's Best Colleges for ten straight years (2001-2010). This Master's Level I university enrolls more than 6,400 diverse students and offers more than 40 bachelor's programs and ten master's programs.

The College of Arts and Sciences invite applications for a tenure-track position in English at the level of assistant, associate or full professor in the Department of English & Foreign Language.

Requirements: Ph.D. in English or Rhetoric from a regionally accredited institution. ABD will be considered for the rank of instructor. At least two years experience teaching composition, rhetoric, technical writing at the post-secondary level at a culturally diverse liberal arts institution. Demonstrated potential for scholarly productivity and evidence of professional involvement.

Duties: Teach 12 hours per semester, including distance learning classes, to day and evening student; teach composition, rhetoric, creative writing, and/or technical writing; perform departmental duties which may include curriculum development, serving on committees, and advising students; engage in scholarly research and/or grant writing, and other duties as assigned by the department chair.

Apply online at: https://jobs.wssu.edu

Deadline November 30, 2009

Complete applications include the following:
1. Online application form
2. Letter of application, including contact information for references
3. Curriculum vitae
4. Teaching philosophy and a brief description of research goals
5. Official transcripts of all college level work
6. Three (3) current letters of recommendation
7. Evaluations of foreign (non-US)transcripts by one of the organizations which provide such services

Materials that cannot be submitted online may be sent to the following address:

English/Rhetoric Faculty Search
c/o Dr. Shirley F. Manigault, Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
127 Carolina Hall
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
Application

2009-10-26T21:57:00.000-05:00

100. cfp

Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics:

Locations, Scholarship and Discourse

Minnesota State University--Mankato

Mankato, MN October 12-15, 2011

The 2011 Feminisms and Rhetorics conference, sponsored by the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, will be hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato.

The conference committee is strongly interdisciplinary and therefore our theme seeks to recognize the spaces between disciplines and communities. The conference theme is meant to acknowledge the academic and socio-discursive spaces that feminisms, and rhetorics on or about feminisms, inhabit. Major political, religious and social leaders have recently discussed feminism, including the Dalai Lama, but the discussion seems to revolve around cultural or essentialized discourses of feminism.

We seek proposals that speak to the challenges and diversities of feminist rhetoric and discourse, in public and private life, in the academy, and in the media. We welcome proposals on topics that significantly engage disciplines other than Rhetoric and Composition, and that have consequences for communities located outside of the academy.

For more information, contact Kirsti Cole at kirsti.cole [at] mnsu.edu or femrhet.cwshrc.org

Abstracts due: April 15, 2011

Submit at femrhet.cwshrc.org

2009-10-26T21:52:00.001-05:00

99. On the Insularity of NCA Journals.

(I post something like this, somewhere, every six months. Is there someone out there who can suggest a place to write this idea up (if it has legs)?

Tim Levine raises a good issue from the wrong direction.

Impact and citation are only secondarily a result of excellent, cutting-edge research. They are also a result of the availability of the texts through Google, Google Scholar, and the widely held databases in academic libraries.

The quality of NCA journals relative to other communication journals has not declined. Indeed, I think that it has remained stable or improved. (Hooray for good editors and peer reviewers, without whom this field would collapse!0

But the accessibility of those journals, relative to other communication journals, HAS declined, I think.

As little as 12 years ago, it would have been common for a scholar to consult the Matlon index (for those too young to remember, a paper index of communication journals), then painfully walk the steps to the paper copies in their libraries or interlibrary loan fuzzy xeroxes. Every journal in communication required a similar research process.

Eventually, NCA produced a CD-Rom with largely the contents of the Matlon index, with fulltext of the NCA journals. This was both a good and bad thing. It made it possible to access NCA journals without going to the library-- a good thing. It did so by dsconnecting much of the NCA content from other sources. CommSearch became a kind of "all you need" for grad students beginning comm research -- you could start a project by using the creaky keyword search in CommSearch and feel like you had the most relevant sources.

The contents of CommSearch have become the NCA Journals Archive, where NCA members can get historical access to the NCA research of the last century. However, that same material is not widely accessible to nonmebers. Indeed, when I teach "Research Methods" (an introductory class for advanced UG & MA students), I often find articles FOR my students, simply because they will not use an NCA journal if they have to walk to the library to get it when there are databases full of journals with the word "Comm" in the title that they can access from home.

It is my belief that the NCA Journals Archive is the best benefit to being a member, but that the failure to make NCA journals more widely accessible to non-NCA members via other databases may inadvertantly result in an apparent irrelevance of NCA research, by the measures that Levine suggests.

2009-10-24T01:31:00.000-05:00

97.

808556 - Assistant Professor

Institution: University of Colorado Denver
Location: Denver, CO
Category:
Faculty - Liberal Arts - English and Literature
Posted: 10/23/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
The English department at the University of Colorado Denver invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Composition and Rhetoric, pending budgetary approval. Specialty open (though interested in Professional Writing, English Education, New Media Studies, or Minority Rhetorics). The department offers an undergraduate major in rhetoric/writing and MA in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing. Responsibilities include an active research agenda, 2/2 teaching load, and university and department service. The department offers research opportunities with the Denver Writing Project, Writing Center, and the Composition Program. A PhD in Composition and/or Rhetoric or a related field is required by the August 2010 start date.

Minimum Qualifications: A PhD in Composition and/or Rhetoric or a related field is required by the August 2010 start date.

Preferred Qualifications: MA in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing

Salary is commensurate with skills and experience. The University of Colorado offers a full benefits package. Information on University benefits programs, including eligibility, is located at http://www.cu.edu/pbs/.

Review of applications begins November 1, 2009 and continue until position is filled.

Applications are accepted electronically at www.jobsatcu.com, refer to job posting #808556.

The University of Colorado Denver is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees prior to their employment.
Application Information
Contact: Michelle Comstock
English
University of Colorado Denver
Online App. Form: http://www.jobsatcu.com