Pedagogue: Recent Episodes
Pedagogue
Pedagogue is a podcast about teachers talking writing hosted by Shane Wood. Each episode is a conversation with a teacher (or multiple teachers) about classroom pedagogies and practices. Pedagogue amplifies teacher-scholar perspectives on teaching writing across contexts and positions and celebrates the labor teachers do inside and outside the classroom.
In this episode, the SIGDOC executive committee talks about the mission and vision of the organization, what to expect at the SIGDOC conference in Lubbock, Tx., how people can get involved, and why this work matters.
In this episode, Travis Margoni talks about teaching at Yakima Valley College in central Washington, technical communication, standardized English, teaching across different institutional contexts, from high school to senior centers to Two-Year Colleges, and sonic rhetoric.
In this episode, Sherri Craig talks about critical pedagogy, Black feminist studies, writing program administration and absent narratives, and contract grading.
In this episode, Maria Novotny talks about the ART of Infertility, public-facing scholarship, community literacies, and community-engaged pedagogies.
In this episode, Nouf Alshreif talks about teaching writing in Saudi Arabia, transfer, medical writing, multilingual writers, embodiment, and race.
In this episode, Melissa Tayles talks about teaching at Metropolitan Community College, she reflects on teaching at Two-Year Colleges for over twenty years, current issues facing higher education, basic writing, and trauma-informed pedagogy.
In this episode, Jacqueline Jones Royster talks about race, gender, cultural studies, resisting and reforming disciplinary histories and traditions, thinking sideways, what has surprised her the most about teaching and research, where writing studies should go next as a field, and her most recent book Making the World a Better Place.
In this episode, Cheryl Glenn talks about surprising moments in rhetoric and composition, silence and rhetorical listening, feminist pedagogies and practices, rhetorical feminism, hope, and mentorship.
In this bonus episode, Kristine Blair talks about the value of ePortfolios in graduate education.
In this episode, Saurabh Anand talks about second language writing and supporting multilingual writers, multimodality, writing center studies, and transnational practices.
In this episode, Kristine Blair talks about rhetoric and technology, AI and writing, online writing instruction, feminist pedagogies and practices, and leadership and administration.
In this episode, Kara Taczak talks about Writing Across Contexts, research on transfer, teaching transfer in different institutional contexts, and ePortfolios.
In this episode, Emily B. DeJeu talks about teaching business management communication, mixed-methods research, professional writing, research proposals, and generative AI.
In this bonus episode, Kara Taczak talks about the importance of transfer in first-year writing.
In this episode, Donnie Johnson Sackey talks about environmental rhetorics and travel writing, human participation within natural ecosystems, Black Technical and Professional Communication, and teaching information design.
In this episode, Annette Vee, Carly Schnitzler, and Timothy Laquintano talk about TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, AI literacies, assumptions about writing and AI, and responding to AI in first-year writing.
In this episode, David Coad and Michal Reznizki talk about Dynamic Activities for First-Year Composition and how new and experienced teachers can use this book as a resource for designing and planning classroom activities.
In this episode, Jessica Nichole Begay talks about building a future in rhetoric and composition where Tribal Colleges and Universities are recognized, supported, and celebrated, the American Indian Resource Center at the University of Utah, and Indigenous-centered first-year writing curriculum.
In this episode, Whitnee Coy talks about teaching at Oglala Lakota College, Lakota values, culturally sustaining pedagogy, community and kinship, multimodality, craft, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Alex Tallant talks about teaching at Navajo Technical University, developmental writing, literacy narratives, Indigenous approaches to teaching, and what he wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Anyea Hake talks about teaching at Leech Lake Tribal College, Anishinaabe values, empowering students, problematizing standardized English, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Anita Roastingear talks about teaching at Navajo Technical University, how her own experiences as a student at a Tribal College informs her approach to teaching, taking a Diné philosophy to assessment, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Jodi Burshia talks about teaching at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, analyzing texts and claiming Indigenous ancestry, drawing on lived experiences as meaning making and knowledge building, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Todd Van Deslunt talks about teaching at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, student success, writing assignments on Ojibwe culture, free writes, and what he wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Shaina A. Nez talks about teaching at Diné College, language and culture, sovereignty, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Tashina Emery talks about teaching at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, being a Tribal Court Associate Judge, resilience, art and writing, and what she wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Colton Wood talks about teaching at the College of the Muscogee Nation, first-year writing curriculum, storytelling, and what he wished people knew about Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, Elizabeth Losh, Sarah Z. Johnson, and Matthew Kirschenbaum talk about the MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI.
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In this episode, Alex Evans talks about disciplinary history and archives, multimodality, teaching at two-year colleges, neurodiversity, and critical distraction.
In this episode, Keshia Mcclantoc talks about agency, access, multimodal pedagogies, digital writing, queer and feminist rhetorics, and queer literacies in the rural South.
In this episode, Leigh Gruwell talks about teaching at Auburn University, digital rhetorics and digital publics, feminist rhetorics, and new materialist rhetorics.
In this episode, Jason Evans talks about teaching at Prairie State College, teaching developmental writing, advice for first-time developmental writing teachers, translingual practice, and code meshing.
In this episode, Jacob D. Richter talks about participatory counternarratives, multimodality and teaching composition, digital tools and technologies, collaborative learning, and being a visiting assistant professor.
In this episode, Brandy Lyn Brown talks about teaching at a professional military university, her administrative philosophy directing a leadership communication skills center, and feminist pedagogies and practices.
In this episode, Travis Webster talks about his book on LGBTQA writing center directors, advocacy, antiracism, writing across the curriculum, and mentoring tutors.
In this episode, Anthony Lince talks about Writing about Writing (WAW), teaching at two-year colleges, and student perceptions on labor-based grading.
In this episode, Stacy Wittstock talks about education studies, research methodologies, basic writing programs, institutional hierarchies, culturally responsive teaching, the myth of standardized English, and writing assessment.
In this episode, Patti Poblete talks about teaching at a two-year college in Washington, graduate education and pedagogical development, writing program administration, and using social media to document conferences.
In this bonus episode, Jason Tham talks about the Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices.
In this episode, Jason Tham talks about user-experience, design thinking, professional and technical communication, community-based service-learning activities, and multimodal social justice advocacy projects.
In this bonus episode, Allison Carr talks about Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) at a Small Liberal Arts College (SLAC).
Teachers Talking Writing is a collection of conversations about the theory and teaching of writing in postsecondary contexts. It might also be considered a composition anthology focused on practices and pedagogies in the 21st century. Open-access ebook: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/swr/talking/Print: https://store.ncte.org/book/teachers-talking-writing-perspectives-places-pedagogies-and-programs#_=_
In this episode, Sara Beam talks about writing program administration, assessment and reflection, anti-ableism, grading contracts, and student engagement.
In this episode, Sid Dobrin talks about artificial intelligence and writing, ecocomposition, ecocriticism, augmented reality, the Trace Innovation Initiative, and posthumanist theory.
In this episode, Jack Downs talks about being an academic support specialist, health sciences, genre and audience awareness, responding to writing, and interdisciplinarity.
In this episode, Estee Beck talks about critical digital literacy, technology, digital media, privacy, and surveillance.
In this episode, Naomi Simmons-Thorne talks about social justice movements, critical pedagogy, bell hooks, Midlands Technical College, and educational equity.
In this episode, Laura Hartmann-Villalta talks about transitioning from part-time to full-time faculty, contingent labor, Spanish literature, contemplative pedagogy and mindfulness in first-year writing.
In this episode, Brooke Carlson talks about teaching at Colorado Mesa University, adapting pedagogy across institutional contexts, contingent faculty, and the future of higher education.
In this episode, Steven W. Hopkins talks about teaching at Brigham Young University—Idaho, multimodality, metacognition and reflective teaching practices, and transfer.
In this episode, Nikki Caswell talks about her writing center philosophy at East Carolina University, affect and emotional labor in writing program administration, and writing center training and development.
In this episode, Alexandra J. Gold talks about teaching at Harvard University, #MeToo, social media and digital activism, and her book on contemporary poetry and art.
In this episode, Carl Whithaus talks about writing assessment, writing technologies, online writing instruction, trends and future directions in computers and composition research.
In this episode, Anna Mills talks about teaching at a two-year college, digital tools for annotation, artificial intelligence and writing, and open educational resources.
In this episode, Allison Carr talks about environmental rhetoric, writing pedagogy and failure, and revision.
In this episode, Michelle McMullin talks about teaching technical communication at NC State University, research methods, the Corpus & Repository of Writing (CROW), and sustainable and ethical graduate student mentorship practices in the 21st century.
In this episode, Spencer Bennington talks about martial arts and teaching writing, Eastern rhetorics and embodied rhetoric, and intertextuality in hip-hop and contemporary music.
In this episode, Rebekah Bennetch talks about teaching at the University of Saskatchewan in the School of Professional Development, technical communication, open educational resources, ungrading, and trauma-informed teaching practices.
In this episode, Millie Hizer talks about disability studies and disability rhetorics, academic ableism, rhetorical tactics of resistance, storytelling, and accessibility.
In this episode, John Gallagher talks about digital writing and rhetoric, usability and user design, technical writing, the afterlife of digital writing, and using digital technologies in research.
In this episode, Rebecca Weaver talks about building writing adaptability and fostering community in the writing classroom, teaching at Perimeter College outside Atlanta, and the hidden curriculum.
In this episode, Kendra L. Mitchell talks about teaching at a public Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Florida, antiracism, and writing centers.
In this episode, Anastatia Curley talks about the first-year writing program at the University of Virginia, curriculum and pedagogical development, mentoring instructors, and teaching a graduate practicum pedagogy course.
In this episode, Jennifer Whetham talks about the Washington State community and technical college system, advocacy, policy development, community organizing, and antiracism.
In this episode, Daniel Lawson and Genie Giaimo talk about writing center philosophies, linguistic justice and antiracism, labor and advocacy, challenges and joys of program administration, and burnout and wellness.
In this episode, Allison Hitt talks about disability studies, universal design for learning, technology, accessibility, multimodality, Rhetorics of Overcoming, and disability justice in first-year writing.
In this bonus episode, Crystal VanKooten talks about the Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (JUMP+).
In this episode, Crystal VanKooten talks about digital media and composing with videos in first-year writing, podcasts and audio production, and digital rhetoric and composition as a methodology.
In this episode, Ryan P. Shepherd talks about teaching for transfer (TFT), a TFT approach for graduate composition classes, digital literacy and multimodality in first-year writing, and using Reddit in class to teach students about discourse communities.
In this episode, Bethany Monea, Joselyn Andrade, and Mikaela Pozo talk about reimagining education through arts and activism, addressing linguistic discrimination and valuing linguistic diversity, multimodality, and the LatiNXT GEN project.
In this episode, Halcyon Lawrence and Liz Hutter talk about inclusive and accessible design, technical communication, usability, and pedagogical literacy frameworks.
In this episode, Tamika L. Carey talks about cultural rhetorics, African American rhetorics, teaching Black women’s writing at a predominantly White institution (PWI), rhetorical impatience, and rhetorical healing and wellness.
In this episode, Kaitlin Clinnin talks about gun violence and trauma, emotional labor and writing program administration, crisis management and response, trauma-informed pedagogy, and technology.
In this episode, Eric Detweiler talks about digital rhetoric and media, teaching video games and podcasting, assessing multimodal assignments, and his forthcoming book titled Responsible Pedagogy.
In this bonus episode, Charissa Che talks about race, language, and equitable writing placement.
In this episode, Kathleen Blake Yancey talks about her first experience teaching writing, offers advice for first-time teachers, describes a philosophy of reading and responding to student writing, discusses waves in writing assessment research and theory, and teaching for transfer.
In this episode, Amy J. Lueck talks about spatial rhetorics, public memory, archival research, dual credit and concurrent enrollment, and erasing borders between high school and higher education.
In this episode, Morgan Banville talks about technical communication, surveillance, feminist methodologies, terms of service agreements, and scientific writing.
In this episode, Laurie Cubbison talks about general education and the purpose of first-year writing, transfer and genre analysis, and national and local challenges to general education curriculum and reform.
In this episode, Andrew H. Yim talks about writing center pedagogy, the challenges and joys of writing center work, training and developing new tutors, and teaching and tutoring culturally and linguistically diverse students.
In this episode, Timothy Oleksiak talks about the purposes of peer review, feminist rhetorics, slow peer review, queer theory and rhetorical listening, and openness in rhetoric and composition.
In this episode, Ira Shor talks about critical pedagogy, questioning the status quo, the ethical responsibility of educators, how teaching has changed with a new generation of students, writing assessment and negotiation, and his friendship with Paulo Freire.
In this episode, Brandon M. Erby talks about Tougaloo College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Mississippi, his research on Emmett Till, racial violence and African American survival practices, and navigating conversations about race in first-year writing.
In this episode, Laura L. Allen talks about race and technology, professional writing, myths about literacy, and the rhetorical practices of Black family reunions.
In this episode, Alfie Kohn talks about the purpose of education, rewards and punishments, grades, standards and rigor, homework, and resisting traditional systems and structures.
In this episode, Kate Stephenson talks about community-engaged pedagogy, establishing partnerships with community organizations, community gardens and food justice, and institutional support for community-engaged learning.
In this episode, Will Duffy talks about inviting students to engage and reflect on writing, constructing assignment prompts, collaboration and authorship, and responding to collaborative writing projects.
In this episode, Ashley J. Holmes talks about public pedagogy, community literacies, visual and digital rhetoric, multimodality, and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC).
In this episode, Andrea Riley Mukavetz talks about cultural rhetorics, Indigenous rhetorics, writing as healing and resistance, decolonial theory, relationality, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
In this episode, J. Logan Smilges talks about access, anti-ableism, justice and agency, transfeminist rhetorics, queer studies, and disability.
In this episode, Jackie Hoermann-Elliott talks about embodied cognition, the relationship between mental and physical activity, writing program administration, and teaching at Texas Woman's University.
In this episode, Kristin Lacey talks about building community and fostering student agency, teaching reading, queer American literature, and transitioning to graduate school.
In this episode, Louis M. Maraj talks about antiracist pedagogies and practices, theorizing and centering Blackness and Black feminism, and notions of Blackness in historically White institutions.
In this episode, Charissa Che talks about translingual pedagogies, Asian and Asian American experiences in U.S. higher education, untold narratives, issues of language and power, and the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) National Conference.
In this bonus episode, Lauren Cagle talks about community engagement and establishing community partnerships.
In this episode, Lauren Cagle talks about environmental rhetoric and climate change, technical communication, scientific communication, and disability studies.
In this episode, Katherine Flowers talks about English-only policies, multilingual and translingual approaches to teaching, examining and resisting program language policies, and teaching professional writing.
In this episode, Mara Lee Grayson talks about the purpose of first-year writing, antiracist pedagogies and practices, facilitating classroom conversations on language and race, trigger warnings and trauma, and antiracist writing centers.
In this episode, Steph Ceraso talks about sensory rhetorics and sound studies, multimodality and multimodal listening, and why sonic education matters in the 21st century.
In this bonus episode, Sarah Z. Johnson talks about challenges, strategies, and sustainability of dual enrollment programs.
In this episode, Sarah Z. Johnson talks about Madison College, a two-year college in Wisconsin, classroom practices and strategies, writing center studies, and dual enrollment.
In this episode, Aja Y. Martinez talks about grad school, her first experience teaching writing, counterstory as theory and methodology, and national conversations on critical race theory.
In this bonus episode, Cheryl Hogue Smith talks about future directions for research and teaching in the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA).
In this episode, Cheryl Hogue Smith talks about teaching at Kingsborough Community College, first-year writing classroom practices, teaching basic writing, the importance of reading, and multimodal assignments.
In this episode, Elizabeth Boquet talks about the history of writing centers, post-disciplinarity, the tension between chaos and order in writing center work, and writing creative non-fiction.
In this episode, Gavin P. Johnson talks about multimodal pedagogies and practices, queer rhetorics, failure, and grades as a technology of surveillance.
In this episode, Ashanka Kumari talks about how she came to be a writing teacher, her pedagogies and classroom values, self-care and issues of power, collaboration, mobility, and graduate student professionalization.
In this episode, Steven Alvarez talks about taco literacy, food studies and composition, autobiographical writing and ethnography, and culturally and community-engaged practices.
In this bonus episode, Jim Ridolfo talks about Rhet Ops: Rhetoric and Information Warfare and contending with misinformation.
In this episode, Kenneth L. Johnson, II talks about incorporating hip-hop in writing classrooms, Black masculinity and memoirs, teaching at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Nkenna Onwuzuruoha talks about her motivations for pursuing a PhD, teaching at Salt Lake Community College and the University of Utah, her research on San Francisco State University’s student newspaper in the 1960s, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Christopher Peace talks about African American religious practices, rhizome theory, Hoodoo identity, The Project on the History of Black Writing, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Veronica Joyner talks about being a grad student and mother, Black maternal health, technical writing, teaching at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Melanie Davis-Sanchez talks about literacy and culture, Afrofuturism, hip-hop, Blackness, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Benesemon Simmons talks about her research on Black women’s experiences in grad classes, assessment biases, organizing and community activist work, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Ariana Brazier talks about Black joy, children and play-based learning and literacies, community-based work, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue reads from his blogpost titled, "What Does a Labor-Based Grading System Afford You as a Student and Learner in a Writing Course? What are Its Benefits?” This is the fifth and final post in a series of five blogposts turned podcast episodes. Each episode is meant to address questions about grading and grading contracts.
In this episode, James Eubanks talks about the racial, gendered, and geographic realities around being a graduate student in the deep South, writing program administration, misinformation, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue reads from his blogpost titled, "What is a Labor-Based Grading System, and How Will It Produce a Final Course Grade in a Writing Course?" This is the fourth of a series of five blogposts turned podcast episodes. Each episode is meant to address questions about grading and grading contracts.
In this episode, Charlesia McKinney talks about Black feminist theories, the politics of pleasure, Black women literacies, fat studies, embodiment, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue reads from his blogpost titled, "Do Grades Help Students Learn in Classrooms?" This is the third of a series of five blogposts turned podcast episodes. Each episode is meant to address questions about grading and grading contracts.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue reads from his blogpost titled, "Why Does Conventional Grading Feel So Unfair?" This is the second of a series of five blogposts turned podcast episodes. Each episode is meant to address questions about grading and grading contracts.
In this episode, KáLyn Banks Coghill talks about her origin story and teaching practices, being mentored by Black women, Hoodrat Scholarship, digital violence against Black women, and how the academy can support Black teachers, scholars, and students.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue reads from his blogpost titled, "Where Does Grading Come From?" This is the first of a series of five blogposts turned podcast episodes. Each episode is meant to address questions about grading and grading contracts.
In this episode, Genevieve García de Müeller talks about her approach to teaching, how she collaborates with students to build assignment prompts and rubrics, immigration policy and civil rights rhetoric, antiracism, and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC).
In this episode, Lori Shorr talks about teaching and research on policy and practice, community-engaged pedagogies, service learning, educational policy, and the gap between K-12 and higher education.
In this episode, Jesse Stommel talks about the purpose of first-year writing, ungrading, technologies, fostering collaboration and engagement, and the future of higher education.
In this episode, Megan McIntyre talks about writing program administration (WPA), antiracist pedagogies and practices, supporting linguistically diverse students, digital rhetorics and activism, and making WPA labor more visible.
In this episode, Elisabeth Kinsey talks about online pedagogy, increasing student engagement, adult learners, and taking a creative writing approach to teaching composition.
In this episode, Khirsten L. Scott talks about Black feminist epistemologies and pedagogies, hip hop and African American rhetorical traditions, multimodality, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
In this bonus episode, Genevieve García de Müeller talks about reading and teaching policy.
In this episode, Brice Nakamura talks about teaching in a two-year college and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in central California, placement, transfer, student success, collaborative classroom practices, and online teaching.
In this episode, Sherry Rankins-Robertson talks about online pedagogy, mentoring, writing program administration, self-care, and prison writing.
In this episode, Kim Fahle Peck talks about teaching online, strategies for overcoming challenges to synchronous teaching, HyFlex models, redefining community in online teaching, and multimodal writing center practices.
In this bonus episode, Khirsten L. Scott talks about Digital Black Lit and Composition (DBLAC), an online and in-person network of Black-identified graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in fields related to the study of language.
In this episode, Kevin Brock talks about teaching and preparing graduate students to teach technical writing, digital rhetorics, and how understanding the construction of software coding impacts teaching writing.
In this episode, Stephanie Wade talks about ecological approaches to teaching writing, garden writing and food justice, community-engaged work, and opportunities and challenges teaching at a private liberal arts college in Maine.
In this episode, Edward M. White talks about how he got interested in writing assessment, holistic scoring, validity and reliability, portfolios, current trends in writing assessment research, and the state of English departments and writing programs.
In this episode, Beck Wise talks about teaching technical and professional communication at the University of Queensland in Australia, feminist and critical pedagogies, medical rhetoric, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
In this episode, Susan Naomi Bernstein talks about the history of basic writing programs, challenges and advantages of basic writing, educational justice, and future directions for basic writing studies.
In this episode, Ginny Crisco talks about culturally sustaining pedagogies, practices that help foster student success, universal design for learning, and directed self-placement.
In this episode, Paul Kei Matsuda talks about second language writing programs and classes, resources for teaching second language writers, and the future of second language writing theory and practice.
In this episode, Alexandria Lockett talks about Spelman College, a private liberal arts Historically Black College and University (HBCU) for women, the racial, gendered, and technological politics of digital labor, and how HBCUs are situated in rhetoric and composition.
In this episode, Alisa Russell talks about Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), how WAC programs contribute to institutions, her research in rhetorical genre studies, and the politics of academic language.
In this episode, Steven J. Corbett talks about teaching at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, peer review and establishing a student-centered writing classroom, and how Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) can better serve their students.
In this episode, Todd Ruecker talks about second language writing programs and classes, meeting the linguistic needs of students, and supporting second language writers.
In this episode, Elizabeth Wardle talks about her experiences as a writing program administrator, what guides her administrative philosophy, the role of mentorship in administration, and the concept of transfer.
In this episode, Bryna Siegel Finer talks about basic writing, pedagogical development, program placement, and building more sustainable writing programs.
In this episode, Linda Adler-Kassner talks about literacy, threshold concepts, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), facilitating workshops with faculty across disciplines, and assessing WAC programs.
In this episode, Suresh Canagarajah talks about second language writing, transnationalism, translingualism, and using literacy autobiographies in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Cody Hoover talks about Clovis Community College, how he encourages students to write about their identities and communities, embracing and advocating for linguistic diversity, and his experiences as a teacher and student at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
In this episode, Harry Denny talks about identity politics, writing centers as sites for activism and empowerment, mentoring tutors, and fostering a sense of community in the writing center.
In this episode, Jacob Babb talks about writing program administration, spatial rhetoric, transitioning as a writing program administrator, supporting faculty, and bluegrass music in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt talks about Yakima Valley College, a two-year college in Yakima, Wa., developmental writing courses, response to student writing, and the Two-Year College Association (TYCA).
In this episode, Kristi Prins and Jason Luther talk about craft, materiality, multimodal pedagogies and practices, and the advantages of incorporating zines, podcasts, and other DIY projects in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Melvin Beavers talks about writing program administration (WPA), his research on online writing instruction and professionalizing part-time faculty to teach online, principles to online pedagogy, and he shares advice for those interested in WPA work.
In this episode, J. Michael Rifenburg talks about writing classes and athletic programs, how writing teachers can develop more ethical, inclusive teaching practices that keep in mind student-athletes, and his more recent work on cadet writing.
In this episode, Dev Bose talks about disability studies, accommodations, ethics and disclosure, his research on college writers with ADHD, and portfolio assessment.
In this episode, Chris Thaiss talks about key moments in the history and development of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), issues and questions facing WAC programs, the importance of WAC work, and future directions in WAC.
In this episode, Rebecca S. Nowacek talks about writing centers, cultivating and sustaining success in writing center work, advantages of co-directing a writing center, threshold concepts, and developing peer tutors.
In this episode, Eunjeong Lee talks about multilingual writers, teaching second language writing, critical approaches to language and literacy studies, multimodality, and translingual practices.
In this episode, Beatrice Mendez Newman talks about teaching at one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the U.S., integrating cultural and linguistic histories and identities in the writing classroom, problematizing traditional standards associated with language, and embracing translingual and multimodal practices.
In this bonus episode, Alisa Russell talks about the WAC Graduate Organization (WAC-GO) and how WAC-GO helps mentor and support graduate students.
In this episode, Holly Hassel talks about feminist pedagogy, teaching online, two-year colleges, student success, and the future of rhetoric and composition.
In this episode, Cecilia Shelton talks about disrupting traditional technical and professional communication genres, embracing a Black Feminist pedagogical framework, digital and cultural rhetorics, social justice and antiracism, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
In this episode, Temptaous Mckoy talks about technical and professional communication, amplification rhetorics, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), embodiment, and future directions for rhetoric and composition as a field.
In this episode, Jay Dolmage talks about disability studies, ableism, accessible pedagogies and practices, and future directions for disability studies in rhetoric and composition.
In this episode, Charles Woods and Deb Young talk about their teaching and research interests, digital rhetorical privacy and service-learning, managing grad school, podcasting, and integrated communication pedagogy.
In this episode, Neal Lerner talks about writing centers, writing center research and scholarship, training peer consultants, and constraints that affect writing center work.
In this episode, Karen Keaton Jackson talks about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the absence and silencing of HBCU voices and experiences in composition studies, teaching narratives in first-year writing, cross-institutional collaborations, and writing centers.
In this bonus episode, Joanne Baird Giordano talks about practices and strategies that have allowed her time to write while managing heavy teaching loads and professional service commitments.
In this episode, Howard Tinberg talks about what led him to Bristol Community College, the importance of teaching reading in the writing classroom, Teaching for Transfer, challenges facing two-year colleges, and future directions for two-year college research.
In this episode, Les Hutchinson Campos talks about cultural rhetorics pedagogy, strategies for building an inclusive class community, social media, and privacy and surveillance.
In this episode, David F. Green, Jr. talks about teaching at Howard University, a private research HBCU in Washington D.C., writing program administration, writing assessment, language standards, and African American rhetoric and hip hop in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Jody Shipka talks about how she got into teaching, multimodal pedagogy and multimodal assignments, and edible rhetoric and food studies in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Christina V. Cedillo talks about her teaching and research on affect and embodiment, critical embodiment pedagogies, invisible disabilities, connections between racism and ableism, disability studies and technology, and teaching basic writing.
In this episode, Frankie Condon talks about centering writing classes and writing centers on antiracism, building sustainable spaces committed to language diversity, and how to incorporate class assignments that complement this kind of work.
In this episode, Iris D. Ruiz talks about Chicanx studies and ethnic studies, examining histories and embracing diversity and inclusivity, decolonial theory, and antiracist practices.
In this episode, Tara Wood talks about disability studies, ableism, crip time, and how to center disability studies in writing classrooms and programs.
In this episode, Chris M. Anson talks about what got him interested in rhetoric and composition and teaching writing, he talks about teacher response and using screencasting technologies to respond to student writing, and he offers advice to first-time teachers.
In this episode, Cruz Medina talks about multimodal composition, digital writing and multicultural rhetoric, social justice and social media, and integrating technology in the writing classroom.
In this episode, Darin Jensen talks about teaching at Des Moines Area Community College, basic writing pedagogies and practices, the characterization of "basic writing," and how institutions and programs can better support and prepare teachers for two-year colleges.
In this bonus episode, Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt talks about two-year colleges and she offers advice for those interested in teaching at two-year colleges.
In this episode, Paula Mathieu talks about mindfulness and contemplative practices, how writing teachers can foster kindness and self-reflection in the writing classroom, and she carefully examines the current state of writing studies and offers future direction.
In this episode, Laura Gonzales talks about Sites of Translation, teaching digital rhetorics and technical communication, language diversity and accessibility, and community literacies.
In this episode, Vershawn Ashanti Young talks about pedagogical experimentation and writing as performance, developing cultural and societal justice in the writing classroom, emphasizing self-reflection and ethical good through teaching, and understanding cultural identity and code meshing.
In this episode, Candace Epps-Robertson talks about social justice, race, and community literacies, facing resistance in the writing classroom, and her new research on public pedagogies and BTS.
In this episode, Jennifer Grouling talks about classroom writing assessment practices and values, AAC&U VALUE rubrics, the advantages and disadvantages of using technology to respond to student writing, and she shares strategies for new writing teachers.
In this bonus episode, Emma Kostopolus talks about how she incorporates gaming in the writing classroom as a means for developing and enriching skills like reading, writing, and critical thinking.
In this episode, Staci M. Perryman-Clark talks about writing program administration, Afrocentric and language rights pedagogies, institutional polices that embrace blackness as a cultural epistemological framework, and student success.
In this episode, Anna Hensley and Brian Bailie talk about what it’s like teaching at a branch campus, they talk about their experiences in the classroom, and how their graduate school experience didn’t quite train them for their current positions.
In this episode, Shawna Ross and Douglas Dowland talk about their work theorizing anxiety, how anxiety becomes an opportunity to better understand reading and writing practices, and how they invite students to talk about their anxieties in the writing classroom.
In this bonus episode, Chris M. Anson talks about his interest in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and how he leads workshops with faculty across disciplines.
In this episode, Sharon Mitchler talks about teaching at a rural community college in Washington, she shares approaches and practices for facilitating discussion in a diverse classroom, her research on Teaching for Transfer, and how teachers can work together across institutions.
In this bonus episode, Mike Rose talks about what gets covered about higher education and brings attention to issues concerning representation, or who is and who isn't writing about education in mass media.
In this episode, Chuck Bazerman talks about what surprises him the most about teaching, he reflects on rhetorical genre studies and the impact genre has on teaching writing, and he talks about the importance of writing across the curriculum.
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue talks about classroom writing assessment, whether labor is a more equitable measure than traditional classroom assessment standards, and students’ perception on labor-based grading contracts.
In this episode, John Duffy talks about ethics, how teachers are already engaged in teaching ethical communication, and he shares what "virtue ethics" can offer writing teachers and the writing classroom.
In this bonus episode, Mandy Olejnik talks about her experience applying to graduate programs, and she shares advice for students planning and/or currently in the process of applying to grad school.
In this episode, Megan Von Bergen and Liz Miller talk about their research interests and what informs their teaching, mental health and disability studies, response and assessment practices, and using accessible pedagogies and practices.
In this bonus episode, Lori Ostergaard talks about how to identify a journal for your article, she provides insight on the peer review process, and shares tips for writing a successful article.
In this episode, Beverly J. Moss talks about her research in African American churches and communities, how she embraces community literacies in teaching, and what it means to teach writing as an African American woman in a predominately white space.
In this episode, Jessica Nastal talks about her approach to teaching writing at a two-year college, her transition from a public research university in the deep South to a community college in the south suburbs of Chicago, and her research on writing placement.
In this bonus episode, Antonio Byrd talks about the dissertation and offers advice for graduate students planning and/or writing their dissertation.
In this episode, Lisa King talks about Native American and Indigenous rhetorics, how this approach to teaching changes the writing classroom, and she shares additional resources for teachers and allies.
In this bonus episode, Les Hutchinson talks about her experiences on the job market and shares potential strategies or tips for those on the market.
In this episode, Nancy Sommers talks about her first experience teaching, her work on responding to student writing, what comments best complement her teaching values, and she shares the importance of reflection in the writing classroom.
In this bonus episode, Nancy Sommers talks about creating a classroom community, thinking and responding as a writer, and teaching one lesson each day.
In this episode, Kyle Larson and Dana Comi talk about their research and writing, what has surprised them most about graduate school and what advice has helped, how the grad seminar can be re-imagined, and being actively involved in their local communities.
In this bonus episode, Steve Parks talks about how English graduate education can be better formed to prepare and train students for academic and non-academic purposes.
In this episode, Steve Parks talks about the writing classroom as a space for validating students' literacy, how he shifts his identity to help create a more inclusive classroom, and strategies for developing and sustaining community partnerships.
In this episode, Stephanie Vie talks about using social media in the writing classroom, students' responses to social media writing assignments, and how she is mentoring graduate students and working closely with program directors to help support writing initiatives within her department.
In this episode, Mike Rose talks about valuing interdisciplinary knowledge in the classroom, he shares how he responds to student writing, he talks about what he’s reading, and his tentative title to his new book.
In this episode, Mike Rose talks about his first experience teaching, how he's changed, the intimate connection between teaching and writing, and how he continues to feel a sense of unbelonging.