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“Material.” Key concept of feminist rhetorical scholarship in Peitho: The Journal of the Coaliti... more “Material.” Key concept of feminist rhetorical scholarship in Peitho: The Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. 25th CFSHRC Anniversary issue.

When designing a lesson on fake news detection, it’s important to remember that our students need... more When designing a lesson on fake news detection, it’s important to remember that our students need to be guided in how to use our most powerful information resource. Simply growing up online doesn’t make one savvy in flushing out questionable content; encouraging students to challenge a digital text and ask questions about its validity in several ways can help us train students to be media literate during the age of fake news online.

This study explores the 2013 iOS game Type:Rider, a platformer that sends the player through the ... more This study explores the 2013 iOS game Type:Rider, a platformer that sends the player through the history of typography, from its origins in cuneiform, to the Gothic beginnings of the printing press, to Times in the twenties, and ending in the digital world of fonts. Players control a colon, which jumps and rolls across platforms and over crevices, all of which are constructed from the alphabetic letters themselves. Type:Rider takes the history of typography and places it into a video game space, through which the player progresses at will, picking up bits of facts about each era of typeface design as they play. The representational meaning of letters and punctuation is constructed as a physical game space to navigate, a space in which text becomes image. This study explores the transgressive nature of the gamespace, studying the ways in which the act of navigating space in Type:Rider unmakes meaning and resists interpretation, while at the same time working to conflate form and function through the subject of typography. This study uncovers the ways the design of Type:Rider functions rhetorically, discussing how the “late age of print” interprets the rhetorical impact of typography in our culture.

“My Dinner with Abed: Postmodernism, Pastiche, and Metaxy in ‘Critical Film Studies.’” A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom. Ed. Ann-Gee Lee. Jefferson, NC: McFarland P, 2014., 2014

My Dinner With Abed: Postmodernism, Pastiche, and Metaxy in "Critical Film Studies"

Examining Lois Lane: The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart, Sep 2013

Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion, Oct 15, 2012

Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, 2010

CCCC 2013 Presentation

Once Around the Pan: Cooking Measurements in the Women's Rhetorical Tradition Rachael Ray, TV coo... more Once Around the Pan: Cooking Measurements in the Women's Rhetorical Tradition Rachael Ray, TV cooking personality and cookbook author, uses a characteristic set of phrases when estimating measurements on her show. "Once around the pan," used when adding oil to a frying pan or wine to a sauce, visually estimates the amount of this ingredient, relying on the user to "eyeball it." In fact, most instructional cooking shows on television skip over the use of specific measurements, preferring to give estimated measures or referring to their book or website for "the details," implying that measurement is of secondary importance. In contrast, Alton Brown uses very specific measurements in his show Good Eats, which are supported by detailed explanations of the science behind his method. Here, measurement is of primary importance, allowing for precision and reliability.

“Material.” Key concept of feminist rhetorical scholarship in Peitho: The Journal of the Coaliti... more “Material.” Key concept of feminist rhetorical scholarship in Peitho: The Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. 25th CFSHRC Anniversary issue.

When designing a lesson on fake news detection, it’s important to remember that our students need... more When designing a lesson on fake news detection, it’s important to remember that our students need to be guided in how to use our most powerful information resource. Simply growing up online doesn’t make one savvy in flushing out questionable content; encouraging students to challenge a digital text and ask questions about its validity in several ways can help us train students to be media literate during the age of fake news online.

This study explores the 2013 iOS game Type:Rider, a platformer that sends the player through the ... more This study explores the 2013 iOS game Type:Rider, a platformer that sends the player through the history of typography, from its origins in cuneiform, to the Gothic beginnings of the printing press, to Times in the twenties, and ending in the digital world of fonts. Players control a colon, which jumps and rolls across platforms and over crevices, all of which are constructed from the alphabetic letters themselves. Type:Rider takes the history of typography and places it into a video game space, through which the player progresses at will, picking up bits of facts about each era of typeface design as they play. The representational meaning of letters and punctuation is constructed as a physical game space to navigate, a space in which text becomes image. This study explores the transgressive nature of the gamespace, studying the ways in which the act of navigating space in Type:Rider unmakes meaning and resists interpretation, while at the same time working to conflate form and function through the subject of typography. This study uncovers the ways the design of Type:Rider functions rhetorically, discussing how the “late age of print” interprets the rhetorical impact of typography in our culture.

“My Dinner with Abed: Postmodernism, Pastiche, and Metaxy in ‘Critical Film Studies.’” A Sense of Community: Essays on the Television Series and Its Fandom. Ed. Ann-Gee Lee. Jefferson, NC: McFarland P, 2014., 2014

My Dinner With Abed: Postmodernism, Pastiche, and Metaxy in "Critical Film Studies"

Examining Lois Lane: The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart, Sep 2013

Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion, Oct 15, 2012

Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, 2010

CCCC 2013 Presentation

Once Around the Pan: Cooking Measurements in the Women's Rhetorical Tradition Rachael Ray, TV coo... more Once Around the Pan: Cooking Measurements in the Women's Rhetorical Tradition Rachael Ray, TV cooking personality and cookbook author, uses a characteristic set of phrases when estimating measurements on her show. "Once around the pan," used when adding oil to a frying pan or wine to a sauce, visually estimates the amount of this ingredient, relying on the user to "eyeball it." In fact, most instructional cooking shows on television skip over the use of specific measurements, preferring to give estimated measures or referring to their book or website for "the details," implying that measurement is of secondary importance. In contrast, Alton Brown uses very specific measurements in his show Good Eats, which are supported by detailed explanations of the science behind his method. Here, measurement is of primary importance, allowing for precision and reliability.