The rhetoric and writing program in the Department of English at Western Michigan University is eager to share news on publications, awards and more.
Gogan Publishes article on threshold concepts
Dec. 11
This article reports results from an empirical study of seventy-five learners enrolled across four sections of a writing-intensive course, suggesting that the reading that occurs in a writing-intensive course is transformative across the disciplines.
Joe Silver
Joe Silver wins College Media Journalist radio award
Oct. 21
Rhetoric and writing studies major Joe Silver, who serves as the music director at WIDR, received the Rookie of the Year award from at College Media Journalist's Music Marathon. The award recognizes Silver's effective communication. Congratulations, Joe!
Re/Framing Identifications
Gogan's work included in Re/Framing Identifications
July 30
The collection Re/Framing Identifications is edited by Michelle Ballif and works to reframe generally accepted rhetorical constructions of identity (including those based on race, class and gender) in historical, contemporary, national and international contexts.
Ambrosia Neldon
Ambrosia Neldon featured in Inside Higher Ed
April 26
In this nationally distributed news article, rhetoric and writing studies student Ambrosia Neldon provides her perspective on funding for student media. Neldon serves as an editor for the Western Herald and spearheaded the successful Save Student Media campaign that protected student media outlets from imminent dissolution.
Craig Manning
Micah Carlson
Craig Manning and Micah Carlson receive Carlson prize
March 22
Craig Manning and Micah Carlson were named co-recipients of the Bernadine P. Carlson Prize for Professional Writing at the 2013 English Department Award Ceremony. The Prize recognizes the professionalism exhibited by and the superior written communication produced by Manning and Carlson.
Congratulations Craig and Micah!
Ambrosia Neldon named Excellence in Rhetoric and Writing Studies Award winner
March 22
Congratulations to Ambrosia Neldon, the 2013 recipient of the Excellence in Rhetoric and Writing Studies Award. The award recognizes exemplary work ethic and outstanding work in rhetoric and writing studies.
Neldon received the award at the English Department's 2013 Award Ceremony.
College Composition and Communication
Perryman-Clark's article appears in College Composition and Communication
Feb. 19
This article offers a case study of how three African American students enrolled in a first-year writing course employ Ebonics-based phonological and syntactical patterns across writing assignments, including those that also require students to compose multigenre essays.
Afrocentric Teacher-Research
Perryman-Clark's book published with Peter Lang
Jan. 8
Reviewers declare that the book "pushes our notions about what might constitute a common approach into a fresh new space by putting an Afrocentric worldview at the center of a writing curriculum that teaches students to value 'all' languages and language practices."