Posted on behalf of Belle/Xiaobo Wang:

Hi all! This is a message from my friend Zoë, which you will probably be interested in. Please come join us!

The Rhetoric Society of America student chapter will be holding its first meeting of the semester on Wednesday, September 17, at 11:00 AM, location TBA.

To learn more about RSA, check out the national website. For more information on our student chapter, check out our mission statement below and  join us next Wednesday! If you cannot attend the meeting, but would like more information, please email me so I can send you the minutes.

Mission Statement: The Rhetoric Society of America at Georgia State University establishes a space for graduate students to foster the study of rhetoric. It seeks to cultivate community between rhetoric scholars across disciplines and is committed to promoting civic engagement at GSU.

Best,

Zoë

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Zoë Hess Carney

2CI PhD Fellow, Department of Communication, GSU

Director of RSA Student Chapter at GSU

Graduate students in Rhetoric and Composition, based on the feedback and interests of peers, have created a new professional development series: Third Thursday Talks (with Tea). Intended as an extension of some of the events piloted last spring (comps & cocktails @ Twains and the 4Cs proposal workshop), this series of events promises to offer rhet/comp graduate students and faculty a time and space to socialize and informally discuss professional development topics. Mark your calendar, and we hope to see you there! As we plan for spring 2015 sessions, we welcome feedback on suggested topics, locations, and times of day for meetings: email Dr. Holmes (aholmes@gsu.edu).

September 18th

The beginning of a new semester is a great time to get involved with new things on campus and beyond, or a great time to share opportunities with others and help them get involved. Come out to chat with faculty members and organization representatives about ways service and committee work can make you stand out in the rhet/comp field.

Location: Troy Moore Library (25PP 2343)

Time: 4pm

October 16th

Anyone looking ahead towards the job market will want to be a part of this casual conversation with faculty and peers, where we’ll discuss the intricacies of entering the market.  It’ll also be informational for anyone with a rhet/comp concentration who is looking for jobs that are not university/teaching oriented!

Location: Troy Moore Library (25PP 2343)

Time: 4pm

November 20th

As comprehensive exams wrap up for the fall semester, this gathering will be a great time to talk about transitioning into prospectus writing with faculty and students who have been there. Come work out a plan before the euphoria of winter break sets in and mingle with people who could make up a great writing group.

Location: TBA

Time: 4pm

Rhetoric and composition graduate students and faculty will be gathering for a welcome back social event today at 5:00 PM at Slice Downtown, 85 Poplar St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303. We hope to see you there!

The deadline for proposing a panel at the Conference on College Composition & Communication has already passed, but there are still a couple more opportunities to present your work in Tampa next March at the conference.

1. Submit a work-in-progress at the Research Network Forum: Proposals due Oct. 31st. Read the full CFP for more details.
2. Submit a proposal for the Digital Pedagogy Poster sessions: Proposals due Oct. 13th. Apply online here.

These are both great opportunities for graduate students to present their work at a major national conference, especially because C’s 2015 will be fairly close-by. If you have questions about these opportunities or would like some feedback on a draft proposal, chat with a faculty member in Rhetoric and Composition. A number of GSU graduate students and faculty members have presented at RNF and/or the DPP, so feel free to ask around–perhaps at the Rhet/Comp graduate student social this Thursday!

Please mark your calendar for the rhetoric and composition graduate student welcome (back) social:

• Thurs., Sept. 4th, 5:00 PM
• Slice Downtown, 85 Poplar St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Rhetoric and composition graduate students and faculty will gather to get to know each other, meet newly admitted students, and discuss some exciting events we have planned for the fall semester. Tell your rhet/comp friends, and we hope to see you there!

If you are a graduate student looking to pick up another course this fall, EDRD 8310 Theoretical Models and Processes of Composition taught by Michelle Zoss would be an excellent choice.

The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the history of writing and composition research in education, delve into theoretical models that inform both research and teaching of writing, and provide room for students to develop projects related to this research and their own interests.

The class will meet on Wednesdays from 7:15 to 9:45 in room 106 of the College of Education. Please feel free to share this widely and encourage students to sign up by Friday August 8.

Posted on behalf of Dr. Burmester.

Dear Fellow Rhet/Comp Folks,

Thanks to everyone who turned up for the summer rhet/comp graduate student planning session at Twain’s on Friday, July 11. We had an excellent turnout and were able to throw around many professionalization ideas for the upcoming school year. Below is a list of agenda items we plan to enact:

Third Thursday Talks: we discussed the possibility of establishing a monthly, on-campus series of presentations and workshops geared toward professionalization based collaboratively on attendee and presenter needs. Topics may include:

• Upcoming conferences
• Comprehensive exams
• Prospectus writing
• Publishing
• Finding your research interest(s)
• Getting involved in committee work
• Research-driven GTA reflection 

August 28th “Welcome Back” social event: we started planning an informal social for the Thursday at the end of the first week of school for some reflection and relaxation, especially welcoming new rhet/comp graduate students. More details forthcoming.

Facebook Group: Laura Anderson is going to start a graduate student rhet/comp Facebook group. Click here to join.

Informative Document for Newcomers: we discussed a desire to create a collective document that serves to answer frequently asked questions by new graduate students.

Again, thank you to those who were able to make it to Twains. Please let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions that may contribute to our ongoing planning for the 2014-2015 school year.

Sincerely,

Rhet/Comp Group

rhetcompgroup@gmail.com

Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is hiring a Communications Editor, a Praxis Wiki co-editor, and several Assistant Editors. I’ve been serving as an Assistant Editor with Kairos since January 2013; I have learned so much about digital publishing and editing online content, and I enjoy keeping up with new and upcoming scholarship on digital rhetoric and pedagogy. I would be happy to answer questions about workload and my experiences as an AE if anyone is interested or curious (aholmes@gsu.edu). Serving as an Assistant Editor (or one of the other editor positions) would be a great opportunity for graduate students; our team of AEs is a good mix of graduate students and Assistant Profs from a range of institutions.

Read more about the jobs, qualifications, and how to apply by August 15th: http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/jobads.html.

If you’re in the early planning phases for your dissertation proposal or will be soon, consider applying for this Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program by October 15th. Thanks to Dr. Burmester for sharing!

The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program is an interdisciplinary training program that helps early-stage doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation research proposals. The program seeks students with an interest in learning how their proposals can be strengthened through exposure to the theories, literatures, methods, and intellectual traditions of disciplines outside their own. To that end, the program offers workshops, exploratory summer research, and writing opportunities guided by faculty mentorship and peer review.

Learn more about the fellowship and apply here: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-fellowship/.

Dear Rhet/Comp folks,

We hope you all are enjoying your summers and/or accomplishing everything on your to-do lists!

In an effort to increase connectivity among Rhet/Comp graduate students and faculty and provide more professionalization opportunities, the Rhet/Comp Group was formed in the spring of 2014. Supported by Rhet/Comp faculty members, we work to identify specific needs of Rhet/Comp graduate students so that they may get the most of their time at Georgia State University.

We encourage you to voice your needs for the 2014-2015 academic school year and look forward to any suggestions you may have. While we, in no way, want to rush your vacation, we would like to begin brainstorming for next year. What events should we plan? What topics would you like to learn more about? We are putting together a small gathering at

Twain’s on Friday, July 11th at 6 pm

to start sharing ideas. We would really love to see you there, if only to say hello! If you can’t make it, however, we encourage you to email us any ideas you hope get brought up in the night’s conversation at rhetcompgroup@gmail.com.

Enjoy your week,

Cristine and Kateland