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Maryland to Host 2019 RSA Summer Institute


June 3, 2019 to June 8, 2019
9:00 – 5:00 PM
Tawes Hall

The members of the rhetoric faculty in the departments of Communication and English at the University of Maryland are thrilled to host the eighth biennial Rhetoric Society of America Institute in summer 2019. As with Institutes before it, UMD will offer two ways for scholars to participate:

  • 8 week-long seminars Monday, June 3 to Thursday, June 6
  • 24 weekend workshops Thursday, June 6 to Saturday, June 8

Read more here. Submit an application for a seminar or workshop.

Fall 2018 Coffee and Klatch Series

Welcome back, Terps!

We hope you had a wonderful summer. Now that the fall semester is in full swing, we cordially invite you to join us for our Coffee and Klatch series.

You may be asking, what is a Coffee & Klatch?

 “A social gathering, especially for coffee and conversation.”

These informal sessions are designed to build community and develop ideas. And drink coffee. Don’t like coffee? No worries. We are emphasizing the community building aspect of the klatch. Keep your eyes peeled for the specific locations, but mark your calendars for our fall schedule:

Friday, Sept. 7 | 11:00 to noon
“Accountabili-buddies”
Establishing productive work habits is a battle. We get it. Join us for help setting up a buddy to keep you accountable for those deadlines.
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Tuesday, Oct. 2 | 1:30 to 3:00 PM
Article Swap
Whatcha workin’ on? Hang out with fellow smarties to get some feedback on that project you’ve been trying to get out forever.
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Thursday, Nov. 1 | 2:00-3:30 PM
Conference Prep
Y’all ready for NCA? Come get ready with us.

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Wednesday, Dec. 12 | 4 to 5 PM
Happy Hour Edition

‘Nuff said!
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Remember, “Klatch” is pretty darn close to “clutch.” We hope you take advantage of this series!

Register for Archival Symposium, April 13 – 15, College Park, MD

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Register for Archival Symposium, April 13 – 15, College Park, MD

Cheló̱na RSA, the University of Maryland’s graduate student chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America, is thrilled to announce the creation of the Cheló̱na RSA Archival Symposium, hosted at the University of Maryland, College Park from Thursday, April 13 to Saturday, April 15.

This three-day event aims to prepare graduate students for archival research, including a trip to one of the many archives in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Graduate students with an interest in archival research will have the opportunity to learn from UMD archivists and experienced faculty members about archival research. While graduate students often recognize departmental or disciplinary expectations to conduct archival research, they frequently lack the training or opportunity to do so. This symposium aims to help close this gap and empower students in their own research areas.

This symposium will include paneled talks with faculty and archivists, as well as a working trip to an archive of the participants’ choice in the Washington, D.C. area. Participants will be able to use public transportation from the University of Maryland. The symposium will close with facilitated roundtable discussions about the opportunities, challenges, and specific research agendas associated with archival research.

Cheló̱na RSA intends this symposium to be an interdisciplinary place where students from across the university are welcomed to learn, explore, and share their work with each other in a collaborative atmosphere. For those who are new to archival research (as many graduate students are) entering the archive can be a daunting task, while those who have sat long hours in reading rooms can attest to the challenges inherent in archival work. With Washington, D.C. as the picturesque backdrop for this meeting of the minds, the Cheló̱na RSA Archival Symposium invites collaboration while supporting a future generation of scholars in their quest for archival literacy.

The symposium will be capped at 30 participants to facilitate a productive, working environment. Interested applicants need to complete the Cheló̱na RSA Archives Symposium Application Form (Name, Institutional information, brief research statement, and archival interest) by 5:00pm Wednesday, March 15. Accepted applicants will be notified by Monday, March 20.
Please direct questions to the Conference Committee Chair, Jaclyn Bruner (jbruner@umd.edu).

Click here to view the symposium schedule.

Fall Reading Group Details Announced!

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You are invited to join our reading group!

The Chelona RSA reading group was created to help us stay up-to-date with recent publications in our field. We are starting with Rhetoric Society Quarterly’s first issue of 2016 (46:1). We will meet once a month on Tuesdays: September 20th (Skinner 2127), October 11th, and November 15th (Skinner 3117) from 4:00-5:30 pm.

RSQ’s new editor, Susan Jarratt, comments that “rhetoricians have developed increasingly refined strands of scholarship. These refinements certainly produce ever more interesting pockets of research, but these gains also simultaneously open up distance between scholarly subfields. Where do we meet across those differences?” Her proposal is that we read each issue of RSQ not as four disparate articles, but as “islands… linked into an archipelago” (2). To that end, each issue of RSQ includes a short response that attempts to map common threads and synthesize the articles.

To capitalize on this new format, we will discuss one issue of RSQ at each reading group meeting. But don’t worry; you need only choose one article to read (sign up here), then read Christa Olson’s Response. UMD already has electronic copies of all articles, so they should be easy to access.

Come to the reading group prepared to discuss the article you signed up for. Think particularly about:

  • how the article fits into the field of rhetorical scholarship
  • what it adds to our knowledge of rhetoric
  • points that were especially compelling to you
  • Jarratt’s proposal that we look for intersections in even disparate scholarship and Olson’s response to that (What do we gain by taking this approach? What might we lose?)

See you on September 20th!

Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie Nichols
Chelona RSA Reading Group Chair
alnich@umd.edu

Don’t forget to check out our organization’s calendar and add it to your own Google Calendar to see all of the events, meetings, and deadline reminders in one convenient place!

 

Terps Talk Politics: Symposium on the 2016 Presidential Election

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Terps Talk Politics: Symposium on the 2016 Presidential Election

Register for Terps Talk Politics!

The 2016 Presidential Election has brought us Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the first woman candidate for a major party, Donald Trump’s unexpected success, and a wealth of things to discuss!

As such important civic and democratic exercises, elections are vital to understanding and reflecting on the significance of communicative and rhetorical actions. Fortunately, there are many scholars at the University of Maryland and the surrounding region whose research centers on these very important topics! 

Chelóna RSA is proud to host an exciting symposium-style workshop for the University of Maryland campus community the evening of October 27th, 2016 in Francis Scott Key Hall.

This event is sponsored by the University of Maryland Pepsi Enhancement Fund and presented in coordination with the Department of Communication’s Oral Communication Center (OCC). The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Leticia Bode, assistant professor of political communication and new media at Georgetown University. In addition to Dr. Bode’s address, Terps Talk Politics will feature simultaneous panel presentations and discussions throughout the event.

Hors d’oeuvres and souvenirs will be provided for all attendees.

Admission to this event is completely free, though we do require attendees to register at this link. Once you’re registered, please RSVP on Facebook and share the event with your friends and colleagues! We look forward to a rhetorical discussion of the 2016 Presidential Election with you!

Full program details:

Session 1: 5:00-5:25pm

Key 0103: “The Gender Politics of the 2016 Presidential Debates,” Dr. Carly Woods (COMM)

Key 0120: “Why did Mr. Khizer Khan’s Speech at the DNC go viral?,” Dr. Kathleen Kendall and Dr. Sahar Khamis (COMM)

Session 2: 5:30-5:55pm

Key 0103: “Corpus Approaches to Analyzing Rhetorical Commonplaces in Primary Speeches,” Cameron Mozafari (English)

Key 0120: “Children are Watching”: Political Media Literacy in the 2016 Presidential Election, Thomas McCloskey (COMM)

Session 3: 6:00-6:25pm

Key 0103: “Trump, Twitter, and Public Argument,” Dr. Damien Pfister (COMM)

Key 0120: “’Just so you understand, OK?’: Donald Trump’s Interactive Rhetoric,” Dr. Linda Coleman (English)

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Leticia Bode: 6:30-7:30pm, Key 0106

 Session 4: 7:35-8:00pm

 Key 0103: “Donald Trump: The Orange Herring,” Hagar Attia and Lauren Hunter (COMM)

Key 0120: “’What are you afraid of?’: Strategic, Civic, and Moral Dimensions of Non-Participation in Presidential Campaign Debate,” Taylor Hahn (JHU) and Jade Olson (COMM)

Key 0106: “’Good news, we’re all moving to Canada’: The 2016 Presidential Election and Political Satire,” Kim Hannah-Prater (COMM)

Session 5: 8:05-8:30pm

 Key 0103: “Fear and Loathing in New Hampshire,” Devin Scott, Katie Brown, and Will Howell (COMM)

Key 0120:“Campaign Rhetoric in the Digital Age,” Dr. Sarah Oates (Journalism)

Key 0106: Presentation of PARCS, Presidential Advertising White Paper: Campaign 2016

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Join us and the author on 3/7 for our Reading Group!

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Chelóna RSA is excited to announce the launch of our reading group! On March 7 at 2PM in Tawes 2115, we will be meeting to discuss Steph Ceraso’s 2014 College English article, “(Re)Educating the Senses: Multimodal Listening, Bodily Learning, and the Composition of Sonic Experiences.”

Steph Ceraso will be joining us to discuss her work and answer any questions!

Steph Ceraso, an Assistant Professor at UMBC, is the 2015 recipient of the Richard Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Award. To whet your appetite, here’s what the award committee said about Ceraso’s article: “The judges found Professor Ceraso’s essay fresh, timely, and engaging—a piece that will have an impact on the field for its vision and accessibility. Her essay, woven throughout with connections to pedagogy and composition, pushes the boundaries of multimodal composition as Professor Ceraso challenges us to reimagine how soundscapes can change the writing classroom—that is how we can incorporate ‘productive, quality sonic experiences’ that build on students’ past experiences.”

You may access the article via our members page or the College English website.

**Access note: The meeting will be held in Tawes 2115, the Faculty Lounge on the second floor. When you enter Tawes from the front of the building (the side facing Anne Arundel Hall), you may take the stairs straight ahead or take the elevator down the hall on the right. Once you are on the second floor, turn left toward the Grad Office. Room 2115 is the first room down the hallway. I am happy to share that the basement floor of Tawes now has two gender-inclusive accessible bathrooms and a lactation room. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns related to accessibility.**