The Big Rhetorical Podcast

Mar 03 2025 214 ep. 51 mins 18

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

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175: Félix Maradiaga & Dr. Steve Parks

Mar 03 2025 56 mins

Keywords: Democracy, Activism, Community Partnerships, DEI, Higher Education. Félix Maradiaga is an academic, political activist, and former presidential candidate from Nicaragua. His numerous accolades include various academic appointments, government positions, founding co-director of the ⁠Civil Society Leadership Institute⁠, and a nomination for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

174: Dr. Charlie McMartin

Feb 17 2025 44 mins

Keywords: Composition Studies, Community Writing, Student Activism, Leadership, Pedagogy. Charles McMartin is an Assistant Professor of English specializing in Composition at Utah State University Tooele (pronounced Too-will-ah). He earned his PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona. His research focuses on culturally sustaining peda

173: Hannah Hopkins

Jan 20 2025 53 mins

Keywords: Digital Rhetorics, Infrastructure, Digital Writing, Sensory Rhetorics, Pedagogy. Hannah Hopkins is a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric & Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research engages the material infrastructures of digital writing, extending from the personal device to the vast landscapes of server farms and data centers that support and circulate digital

172: Dr. Cindy Tekobbe

Jan 13 2025 51 mins

Keywords: Indigenous Rhetorics, Feminist Rhetorics, Digital Rhetorics, Identity, Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Cindy Tekobbe is assistant professor of critical feminist science and technology at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she is co-appointed in Gender and Women’s Studies and Communication. She is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a feminist media schola

171: Erin Green

Dec 18 2024 36 mins

Keywords: Queer Community Literacies, Prison/Police Abolition Movements, Writing Program Administration, Graduate School, University of Montevallo. Erin is a PhD Candidate in English (Language, Writing, and Rhetoric track) at the University of Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of Montevallo and holds a BA in English literature. Working primarily in rhetoric and composit

170: Dr. Kendall Gerdes

Nov 26 2024 46 mins

Keywords: Sensitive Rhetorics, Academic Freedom, Rhetorical Theory, Campus Activism, Rhetoric. University of Pittsburgh Press Discount Code 29GERDES for Sensitive Rhetorics active until 12/18/24. Kendall Gerdes is associate professor of writing and rhetoric studies at the University of Utah. Kendall is coeditor of Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and a life

169: Trent Wintermeier

Nov 18 2024 43 mins

Keywords: Digital Rhetorics, Sound, Methods, Community Literacy, Digital Humanities. Trent Wintermeier is a PhD student in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests broadly include sound, digital rhetorics and digital humanities methods, and community literacy. Currently, he’s an Assistant Director for the Digital Writing

168: 2025 C&W Conference Organizers

Nov 11 2024 49 mins

Keywords: Computers and Writing, Digital Rhetoric, Writing Studies, University of Georgia, Athens. The 2025 Computers and Writing Conference Organizers include Elizabeth Davis, Lindsey Harding, and Nate Kreuter from the University of Georgia. Elizabeth Davis (M.A., NYU; Ph.D., Alabama) is the Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Writing Certificate Program and teaches writing cours

167: Dr. Lisa Corrigan/TBR Podcast Carnival Keynote

Oct 31 2024 63 mins

Keywords: Politics, Rhetorics, Democracy, Culture, US Presidential Election. This episode of The Big Rhetorical Podcast was produced as part of the 2024 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Politics/Rhetorics: Navigating Crisis, Culture, & Civility." New podcasts are released each day October 28-31, 2024. Dr. Lisa M. Corrigan is a Professor of Communication and Director of the Gender Studies

Everyone's Writing With AI (Except Me!)/TBR Podcast Carnival 2024

Oct 31 2024 40 mins

This episode of Everyone's Writing With AI (Except Me!) was produced as part of the 2024 TBR Podcast Carnival, "Politics/Rhetorics: Navigating Crisis, Culture, & Civility." New podcasts are released each day October 28-31, 2024. For more information visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.