Please share with folks who may be interested! Submit an application by Feb. 15th to be considered for Fall 2017 admission.

The Georgia State University Department of English’s Rhetoric & Composition faculty invite applicants for our M.A. and Ph.D. programs for Fall 2017 admittance. You can learn more about our curriculum that encourages study in history and theory, as well as contemporary approaches to writing in both academic and non-academic settings, at our website: http://sites.gsu.edu/rhetcomp/.

We’ve graduated hundreds of M.A. and Ph.D. students over the past 20 years who consistently find work in academia, professional/technical writing, and academic administration; all of our recent graduates have found full-time employment. Some students in our M.A. program apply to continue their Ph.D. studies in our program.

Our faculty includes Beth Burmester, Lynée Lewis Gaillet, Baotong Gu, Michael Harker, Mary Hocks, Ashley Holmes, Elizabeth Lopez, Ben Miller, George Pullman, Malinda Snow, and Robin Wharton. Our eleven faculty members with broad research and teaching specializations make our program one of the largest Rhetoric & Composition programs in the Southeast. Every member of our faculty is recognized for scholarship, teaching excellence, and national service.

Graduate students who have a familiarity with history of rhetoric are invited to contact Dr. Lynee Gaillet (lgaillet@gsu.edu) regarding a paid opportunity to put together an index for an academic book.

Congratulations to current GSU Rhetoric and Composition PhD student Helen Cauley who has been named the 2016 recipient of the Beacon Society Award, an annual prize that goes to “an individual, society or organization that has made a significant contribution to exposing young people to the study of Sherlock Holmes stories.” The award is presented by the Beacon Society, an international organization and subset of the Baker Street Irregulars, the “enthusiasts” group founded in 1934 with chapters around the world. Its mission is to “serve as a link to other scion societies, providing teachers with local resources to bring the magic of Sherlock Holmes to life in the classroom.” Helen will be traveling to New York in January to accept the award during the Society’s meeting.

Helen is currently working on her dissertation research related to the study of Sherlock Holmes and his works. Congrats, Helen!

If you are a graduate student (MA or PhD) in the Rhetoric and Composition program at GSU, please take a few minutes to take the survey at the link below. The faculty are hoping to use your responses to track student progress in the program, to gauge interest in courses and additional programming, and to gather your feedback on your experiences. We appreciate your time and participation, and welcome your honest feedback. Thank you in advance!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5HC5B5M

If you have any questions about the survey, please send them to Ashley Holmes at (aholmes@gsu.edu).

College juniors, seniors and graduate students are invited to apply to the Dow Jones News Fund for paid summer 2017 internships in data journalism, digital media, business reporting and interactive news editing. The application deadline is Nov. 1.

Visit the Dow Jones News Fund Internship Hub

The Dow Jones News Fund trains journalists in the newest newsgathering, editing and storytelling technologies.  All our programs emphasize emerging media trends and train interns to write for the web, adopt a data state of mind and use social media metrics.

In 2016, we placed 96 interns in 64 media organizations. In 2017, we are doubling our data and digital media programs and bolstering our interactive news editing program with a design hub.

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will train data journalists at the University of Missouri to work with spreadsheets, databases, software, FOIA requests and apps to unlock stories.

Digital media interns will brush up on podcasting, video production plus content management, responsive web design, social media best practices and audience development at Arizona State University in Phoenix.

The News Fund renamed its copy editing program interactive news editing with emphasis on Search Engine Optimization, page design and responsive web design. Interactive news editing interns will be trained at Temple University, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. Business reporting interns will train in New York City.

The University of Texas, Austin, will serve as the Fund’s interactive news editing design hub, with special emphasis placed on page design, headline writing, and data visualization.

The Fund and sponsoring media cover travel costs to and from training and to newsrooms. Interns are responsible for their housing and commuting costs during the internship. Students who return to school after successful internships will receive $1,000 college scholarships. Applicants must take a one-hour business reporting, editing or data/digital test(s) in addition to completing the online applications for the programs to which they are applying.

Visit our internship website  for more information about the residencies and internship programs and to find a test monitor on campus.

The program is open to U.S. students studying abroad. Students with questions can email djnf@dowjones.com.

Dow Jones News Fund

4300 Route 1 North

Monmouth Junction NJ 08852

A nonprofit foundation promoting media careers in the digital age.

Please share this information widely with folks who may be interested. Our department recently approved Spring admissions for our M.A. graduate programs, and we are currently accepting applications through Nov. 15, 2016 for Spring 2017.

The Georgia State University Department of English’s Rhetoric & Composition faculty invite applicants for our M.A. program for January 2017 admittance. You can learn more about our curriculum that encourages study in history and theory, as well as contemporary approaches to writing in both academic and non-academic settings, at our website: http://sites.gsu.edu/rhetcomp/.

We’ve graduated hundreds of M.A. and Ph.D. students over the past 20 years who consistently find work in academia, professional/technical writing, and academic administration; all of our recent graduates have found full-time employment. Some students in our M.A. program apply to continue their Ph.D. studies in our program.

Our faculty includes Beth Burmester, Lynée Lewis Gaillet, Baotong Gu, Michael Harker, Mary Hocks, Ashley Holmes, Elizabeth Lopez, Ben Miller, George Pullman, Malinda Snow, and Robin Wharton. Our eleven faculty members with broad research and teaching specializations make our program one of the largest Rhetoric & Composition programs in the Southeast. Every member of our faculty is recognized for scholarship, teaching excellence, and national service.

GSU Rhet/Comp-ers:

You have 3 opportunities with upcoming deadlines for presenting in Portland just before the CCCC in March 2017. The QRN and RNF are open to all researchers but are especially great for graduate students interested in getting some feedback on a work-in-progress, and ATTW is great for folks interested in professional and technical writing. We’ve had GSU grad students and faculty present at all of these in the past.

• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) Conference: Deadline is Oct. 15th, read details and the CFP on their website
• Research Network Forum (RNF): Deadline is Oct. 31st, details are on their website
• Qualitative Research Network (QRN): Deadline is Nov. 21st, see the CFP

Contact any of the Rhetoric and Composition faculty if you’d like to discuss ideas for your proposal or to receive feedback on a draft proposal.

RSAatGSU is the Rhetoric Society of America’s GSU grad student chapter.  We try to create a space for rhetoric and a collaboration between the Communication and English departments.

Who:RSAatGSU

What: First meeting of the Fall 2016 semeter

When: Friday, August 26 10:30 am

Where: 25 Park Place, Rm. 1113