Dr. Godwin Agboka will meet with the department and present “The Question of (In)justice: Incorporating Social Justice into Technical Communication Research” at 2 – 3 PM.
Dr. Godwin Agboka will be giving a presentation titled “Injustice and Privilege in Technical Communication: Social Justice Strategies for Programmatic Development” on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Because of restrictions on large gatherings, his talk will be delivered through Webex. Dr. Godwin Agbokais an Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Communication at the University of Houston … Continue reading Godwin Agboka is scheduled to give a research presentation on November 18th
Christina Cedillo will be presenting “Contesting Monstrous Representations: Latinx Multimodal Rhetorics of Resistance” on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Because of restrictions on large gatherings, her talk will be presented through Webex. Christina V. Cedillo is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at the University of Houston-Clear Lake where she teaches first year and advanced … Continue reading Christina V. Cedillo is scheduled to give a research presentation on October 7th
Krista Klocke was interviewed by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric on her Outstanding Student Paper, “Sacred Kairos and Secular Chronos: Angelina Grimke’s Negotiation of the Temporal and Eternal in the ‘Pennsylvania Hall Address.’” She argues that understanding lessons from the history of rhetoric and applying them to current events, such as to … Continue reading Krista Klocke interviewed by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric
Transition to new Area Coordinator and clarification of committee membership.
Jo Mackiewicz, Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication, was given the International Writing Centers Association’s Outstanding Book Award for Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study at their 2019 conference. Congratulations, Jo! In the last 15 to 20 years, writing centers have placed greater importance on tutor training, focusing on teaching tutors best practices in fostering … Continue reading Jo Mackiewicz Wins the IWCA Outstanding Book Award
Beginning of the year social gathering for graduate students and faculty at Torrent Brewery. Finger foods will be provided. Please come to relax, chat and celebrate fall and a new school year. Looking forward to seeing you soon,
On April 19, 2019, Deb Dimond Young (RPC) and her colleague Rachel Morgan received the Research-Based Project Award at the University of Northern Iowa Community Engagement Celebration Day for her project “Let Us Tell Your Story: Critical Service-Learning and Student Understanding of Audience.” Community Engagement Celebration Day is an annual event honoring all community engagement … Continue reading Deb Young wins the Research-Based Project Award at the University of Northern Iowa Community Engagement Celebration Day
Congratulations to Professor Charlie Kostelnick for winning the Kitty O. Locker Outstanding Researcher Award at the Association for Business Communication (ABC) conference in October. At the conference, he also presented Pervasive and Perplexing Pies: Our Uneasy Relationship with a Data Display Genre.