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Peer-reviewed publications by Jessica L Shumake

The Writing Instructor, Jul 3, 2015

I describe an encounter with artifacts as they come to life for me in a moment of archival serend... more I describe an encounter with artifacts as they come to life for me in a moment of archival serendipity.

Re/Framing Identifications, 2014

In this chapter I explore rhetorical agency or a rhetor’s ability to effect change under circumst... more In this chapter I explore rhetorical agency or a rhetor’s ability to effect change under circumstances of constraint by socio-political forces. I develop the term posthumous rhetorical agency, which I define as a process enacted by the living to take up the work of the deceased through public protest, social commentary, and archival practice. Postmortem agency helps scholars in the field of rhetoric understand how the context of massive cultural loss, as a result of the AIDS crisis and the homophobia that framed it, propelled the deceased David Wojnarowicz to recent national attention.

Waveland Press holds the copyright on this chapter, which was published in Re/Framing Indentifications.

Guidance & Counselling 17.4, 2002

Given that feminists raise concerns regarding adversarial model for conducting communicative and ... more Given that feminists raise concerns regarding adversarial model for conducting communicative and rhetorical exchanges, an interpretation and critique of alternative models of communication and rhetoric is needed. The models I focus on reject adversariality for the goal of reciprocal communication. I investigate Sally Miller Gearhart's (1979) view that the womanization of rhetoric has the potential to lead to understanding communication as an act of co-creation, as opposed to persuasion. I also explore Sonja Foss and Cindy Griffin's (1995) theory of invitational rhetoric. Finally, I discuss Rogerian rhetoric, as developed by Carl Rogers (1961), in an attempt to demonstrate that understanding another's position requires reflection, listening, and withholding judgment.

This article underwent blind peer review, was published in 2002. It was reprinted with permission in the anthology Powerweb: Public Speaking in 2003.

Textbook Chapters by Jessica L Shumake

In this chapter I scaffold the process of developing counterarguments and arraying multiple persp... more In this chapter I scaffold the process of developing counterarguments and arraying multiple perspectives to demonstrate one's rhetorical awareness and argumentative skill. The chapter features an undergraduate student who engages in conversations about the death penalty and other topics with his roommates. This student uses heuristics to test his dialectical awareness of alternative viewpoints. In the chapter I explore classical stasis theory, as an applied invention technique, to discover argumentative and rhetorical commonplaces.

Hayden McNeil holds the copyright for the chapter, which appears in the textbook Writing Public Lives: From Personal Interests to Public Rhetoric.

Review Essays by Jessica L Shumake

In this review essay, I focus on the rhetorical and affective dimensions of archives in Jani Scan... more In this review essay, I focus on the rhetorical and affective dimensions of archives in Jani Scandura's Down in the Dumps: Place, Modernity, American Depression (2008) and Marita Sturken's Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero (2007).

Refereed Conference Proceedings by Jessica L Shumake

Throughout the series of mailing list exchanges, I analyze how silence functions rhetorically and... more Throughout the series of mailing list exchanges, I analyze how silence functions rhetorically and pragmatically to express discomfort with using a style of communication that advances conflict and aggression among participants.

This paper discusses the experiences of several women in the most male-dominated field in the hum... more This paper discusses the experiences of several women in the most male-dominated field in the humanities. These women's experiences led to the creation of a working group known as Women in Philosophy. The group was formed to combat the alienation and hostility many female graduate students experienced through providing a space to read and discuss the work of women and other visible minorities in philosophy.

Papers by Jessica L Shumake

At the 2015 RSA Summer Institute, several authors of this White Paper convened at the Whither “So... more At the 2015 RSA Summer Institute, several authors of this White Paper convened at the Whither “Social Movement” in Rhetorical Studies? Workshop (organized and co-lead by Christina R. Foust, University of Denver and Charles E. Morris, III, Syracuse University). This white paper, collectively authored by The RSA 15, asks relevant questions to the study of social movements: What is at stake in the loss of “social movement” in rhetorical studies? For rhetorical critics who see the value of “social movement” (in interdisciplinary connections and public relevance, for instance), what must be done to rehabilitate the term? More particularly, what is the relationship between social movement as a phenomenon, noun, or “thing” and others’ treatments of social movement as a verb, process, or indicative of meaning change? How might reclaiming “social movement” for rhetorical studies invigorate work across different disciplinary domains, and the public?

The RSA 15:
Suzanne Berg, Newman University
Betsy Brunner, University of Utah
Josue David Cisneros, University of Illinois
Doug Cloud, Colorado State University
Michael Eisenstadt, University of Kansas
Kelly Jakes, Wayne State University
Michelle Kearl, IUPU-FW
Dominic Manthey, Pennsylvania State University
Jade Olson, University of Maryland
Milene Ortega, Georgia State University
Erin J. Rand, Syracuse University
Alyssa Samek, California State University Fullerton
Jessica Shumake, University of Arizona
Ian Summers, University of Utah
Justine Wells, University of South Carolina

To cite this paper in APA: RSA 15 (2016). Whither Social Movement in Rhetorical Studies? A White Paper. Presented at the Rhetoric Society of America conference, Atlanta, GA, May 26-29, 2016. For inquiries, please contact Christina Foust (cfoust@du.edu)

Community Literacy Journal, 2014

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The Writing Instructor, Jul 3, 2015

I describe an encounter with artifacts as they come to life for me in a moment of archival serend... more I describe an encounter with artifacts as they come to life for me in a moment of archival serendipity.

Re/Framing Identifications, 2014

In this chapter I explore rhetorical agency or a rhetor’s ability to effect change under circumst... more In this chapter I explore rhetorical agency or a rhetor’s ability to effect change under circumstances of constraint by socio-political forces. I develop the term posthumous rhetorical agency, which I define as a process enacted by the living to take up the work of the deceased through public protest, social commentary, and archival practice. Postmortem agency helps scholars in the field of rhetoric understand how the context of massive cultural loss, as a result of the AIDS crisis and the homophobia that framed it, propelled the deceased David Wojnarowicz to recent national attention.

Waveland Press holds the copyright on this chapter, which was published in Re/Framing Indentifications.

Guidance & Counselling 17.4, 2002

Given that feminists raise concerns regarding adversarial model for conducting communicative and ... more Given that feminists raise concerns regarding adversarial model for conducting communicative and rhetorical exchanges, an interpretation and critique of alternative models of communication and rhetoric is needed. The models I focus on reject adversariality for the goal of reciprocal communication. I investigate Sally Miller Gearhart's (1979) view that the womanization of rhetoric has the potential to lead to understanding communication as an act of co-creation, as opposed to persuasion. I also explore Sonja Foss and Cindy Griffin's (1995) theory of invitational rhetoric. Finally, I discuss Rogerian rhetoric, as developed by Carl Rogers (1961), in an attempt to demonstrate that understanding another's position requires reflection, listening, and withholding judgment.

This article underwent blind peer review, was published in 2002. It was reprinted with permission in the anthology Powerweb: Public Speaking in 2003.

In this chapter I scaffold the process of developing counterarguments and arraying multiple persp... more In this chapter I scaffold the process of developing counterarguments and arraying multiple perspectives to demonstrate one's rhetorical awareness and argumentative skill. The chapter features an undergraduate student who engages in conversations about the death penalty and other topics with his roommates. This student uses heuristics to test his dialectical awareness of alternative viewpoints. In the chapter I explore classical stasis theory, as an applied invention technique, to discover argumentative and rhetorical commonplaces.

Hayden McNeil holds the copyright for the chapter, which appears in the textbook Writing Public Lives: From Personal Interests to Public Rhetoric.

In this review essay, I focus on the rhetorical and affective dimensions of archives in Jani Scan... more In this review essay, I focus on the rhetorical and affective dimensions of archives in Jani Scandura's Down in the Dumps: Place, Modernity, American Depression (2008) and Marita Sturken's Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero (2007).

Throughout the series of mailing list exchanges, I analyze how silence functions rhetorically and... more Throughout the series of mailing list exchanges, I analyze how silence functions rhetorically and pragmatically to express discomfort with using a style of communication that advances conflict and aggression among participants.

This paper discusses the experiences of several women in the most male-dominated field in the hum... more This paper discusses the experiences of several women in the most male-dominated field in the humanities. These women's experiences led to the creation of a working group known as Women in Philosophy. The group was formed to combat the alienation and hostility many female graduate students experienced through providing a space to read and discuss the work of women and other visible minorities in philosophy.

At the 2015 RSA Summer Institute, several authors of this White Paper convened at the Whither “So... more At the 2015 RSA Summer Institute, several authors of this White Paper convened at the Whither “Social Movement” in Rhetorical Studies? Workshop (organized and co-lead by Christina R. Foust, University of Denver and Charles E. Morris, III, Syracuse University). This white paper, collectively authored by The RSA 15, asks relevant questions to the study of social movements: What is at stake in the loss of “social movement” in rhetorical studies? For rhetorical critics who see the value of “social movement” (in interdisciplinary connections and public relevance, for instance), what must be done to rehabilitate the term? More particularly, what is the relationship between social movement as a phenomenon, noun, or “thing” and others’ treatments of social movement as a verb, process, or indicative of meaning change? How might reclaiming “social movement” for rhetorical studies invigorate work across different disciplinary domains, and the public?

The RSA 15:
Suzanne Berg, Newman University
Betsy Brunner, University of Utah
Josue David Cisneros, University of Illinois
Doug Cloud, Colorado State University
Michael Eisenstadt, University of Kansas
Kelly Jakes, Wayne State University
Michelle Kearl, IUPU-FW
Dominic Manthey, Pennsylvania State University
Jade Olson, University of Maryland
Milene Ortega, Georgia State University
Erin J. Rand, Syracuse University
Alyssa Samek, California State University Fullerton
Jessica Shumake, University of Arizona
Ian Summers, University of Utah
Justine Wells, University of South Carolina

To cite this paper in APA: RSA 15 (2016). Whither Social Movement in Rhetorical Studies? A White Paper. Presented at the Rhetoric Society of America conference, Atlanta, GA, May 26-29, 2016. For inquiries, please contact Christina Foust (cfoust@du.edu)

Community Literacy Journal, 2014

ABSTRACT