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The Big Rhetorical Podcast

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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187: Beth Shelburne

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/11/17

Keywords: Prison Reform, Documentary Filmmaking, Non-Fiction, Social Justice, Alabama. Beth Shelburne is a journalist and writer with over two decades of experience in media. She specializes in investigative and long-form narrative non-fiction. She co-produced The Alabama Solution, a 2025 documentary now available on HBO. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

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186: Dr. Liane Malinowski

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/11/04

Keywords: Feminist Rhetorics, Labor Rhetorics, Chicago, archival research, rhetorical history. Dr. Liane Malinowski is assistant professor of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities where she teaches and researches feminist rhetorics, archival research, and rhetorical history. She is the author of City Housekeeping: Women’s Labor Rhetorics and Spaces for Solidarity, 1886-1911. Her book follows Progressive reformers and garment workers who came together in Chicago’s early women’s

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00:33:35

185: Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/10/27

Keywords: Hurricane Helene, Asheville, North Carolina, Crisis Communication, Institutional Response. Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell is Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Asheville. She joins TBR Podcast to discuss Hurricane Helene and UNC-Asheville's response to the crisis and future trajectory of the university. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

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184: Dr. Todd Craig

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/10/21

Keywords: DJing, Hip Hop Studies, Literacy, Writing, Sound Studies. Dr. Todd Craig is the Marks Family Senior Director of the Marks Family Center for Excellence in Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests lie at the intersection of writing and rhetoric, sound studies, and Hip Hop studies. He is the author of “K for the Way”: DJ Rhetoric and Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies, which received the 2024 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of

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183: Dr. Angela Laflen

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/10/13

Keywords: Data, Data Storytelling, Data Literacy Multimodal Composition, Writing. Angela Laflen is associate professor of English at California State University, Sacramento. Her scholarship has been published in Computers and Composition, Kairos, Assessing Writing, The Journal of Response to Writing, Pedagogy,and Writing Spaces. Critical Data Storytelling in the Composition Classroom is available now from the University of Colorado Press.. I hope you enjoy my interview with Dr. Angela Laflen. Visit

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182: 2025 Emerging Scholar Award CFP

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/10/07

Keywords: Podcast, Graduate Students, Awards, Podcast Carnival, Rhetoric and Writing. Episode 182 features the CFP for the TBR Podcast Emerging Scholar Award. More information here: https://tinyurl.com/23y6wzcj. Nominations are due to thebigrhetorical@gmail.com by November 24, 2025. Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

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181: (Un)Tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics,...

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/10/06

Keywords: Podcast, Podcast Carnival, Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, Control. Episode 181 features the CFP for the 6th annual TBR Podcast Carnival. The 2025 theme is, "(Un)Tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control." Visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

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01:04:57

180: Ethics in Contact Rhetoric

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/09/25

Keywords: Communication Theory, Communication Ethics, Rhetorical Theory, Contact, Touch. Ethics in Contact Rhetoric re-orients communication theory by centering touch and de-centering symbolic acts. Ethical interactions are defined as bio-relational dances arcing steps of nurture, respect, justice, and too often, violence. Centering humanity’s physical mutuality is a vital move today. This book re-balances rhetorical theory by enabling critique of embodied relational patterns. Critical case studies

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179: Dr. Sydney Sullivan

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/09/18

Keywords: Digital Rhetoric, Digital Literacy, Technology, Wellness, Media Literacy. Dr. Sydney Sullivan is a Lecturer in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies department at San Diego State University. Her research focuses on integrating digital rhetoric into educational curricula to enhance student engagement and well-being. Dr. Sullivan advocates for critical media literacy as a means to empower students to navigate and contribute thoughtfully to the digital world. Her recent publication, “Rethinking

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00:46:59

178: SIGDOC

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/09/10

Keywords: Design, Communication, Academic Conference, Technical Communication, Lubbock. SIGDOC’s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encourage the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication. The ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication provides a forum for researchers and practitioners of the design of communication, including information architecture, information design, user assistance, help, and documentation (traditional and

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177: Live from Conference on College Composition and...

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/04/21

Keywords: Conference on College Composition and Communication, Baltimore, Composition, Academic Conferences, Interviews. Episode 177 of TBR Podcast features interviews and soundscapes from the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Baltimore, Maryland, from April 9-12, 2025. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and @thebigrhet across social media platforms.

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176: Dr. Caddie Alford (Keystone Perspectives)

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/03/12

Keywords: Doxa, Opinions, Digital Rhetoric, Social Media, Internet Culture. Caddie Alford is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing in the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of the book Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality (2024). She is a digital rhetoric expert who researches emergent forms of persuasion, sociality, and the changing state of information vis-à-vis social media platforms and technological developments and ideologies. Some of her work

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00:56:20

175: Félix Maradiaga & Dr. Steve Parks

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/03/03

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. Steve Parks is a Professor in the Writing and Rhetoric Program, Department of English, University of Virginia. He is the

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174: Dr. Charlie McMartin

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/02/17

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 pedagogies, community writing, student activism, and NextGen faculty leadership. His work has been published in College

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173: Hannah Hopkins

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/01/20

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 texts. Her work offers that rhetoric’s multimodal, more-than-visual sensing practices help us attune to the fundamental

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172: Dr. Cindy Tekobbe

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2025/01/13

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 scholar, and her interdisciplinary research includes feminist, digital, environmental, and Indigenous rhetorics; media and

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171: Erin Green

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2024/12/18

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 composition, she specializes in literacy studies, writing program/center administration, community-engaged writing, and

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170: Dr. Kendall Gerdes

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2024/11/26

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 lifetime member of the Rhetoric Society of America. Kendall is also the president of her university's AAUP chapter and a

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169: Trent Wintermeier

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2024/11/18

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 and Research Lab, and he’s a Presentations Coordinator for UT Austin’s University Writing Center. Besides his research on

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00:49:32

168: 2025 C&W Conference Organizers

The Big Rhetorical Podcast ·

2024/11/11

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 courses in the Department of English. Lindsey Harding is the Director of the Writing Intensive Program. Nate Kreuter is an

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