From Thomas Breideband and the GSU chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America (flyer attached with the details):

RSA Fall Colloquium[1]

Congratulations to our talented Rhetoric and Composition students featured in Dr. Hall-Godsey’s Lower Division Studies GTA kudos report, excerpted below:

Publications and Awards:

Thomas Breideband’s TED talk “What Gardening Has Taught Me About Social Media” has been published.

Additionally, Thomas will be presenting his paper “(Re)Configuring Twitter: The Transgressive Potential of New Media to Challenge Political and Corporate Branding” at the Annual Conference of Internet Research in Phoenix, Arizona in October.

We would like to highlight the work Kateland Wolfe is doing with the Office of First Year Programs.  Her work with Ghost Map is thoughtful, and incredibly helpful for all of us teaching in LDS.

Nathan Wagner’s review of Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing can be seen in the most recent issue of Composition Forum.

Helen Cauley’s editorial “Hard Work and HOPE” ran in the July 20^th issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Jobs:

Many of our GTAs are working at other Universities now (and we miss them)!  We would like to recognize Jennifer Forsthoefel’s and Katy Harrison’s new positions as Brittain Fellows at Georgia Tech.  Congratulations!

Conferences:

Congratulations to Paige Arrington, Cristine Busser, Kateland Wolfe, and Kristen Ruccio for their symposium proposal acceptance by the NCTE WLU Literacies for All Summer Institute.

Cristine Busser has been accepted to the 2016 4Cs to present on a panel titled “Retention and Student Success: Taking Action in Writing Programs and Classrooms.”

Kristen Ruccio will present her paper “Taking Action about Ableist Language in Composition Studies” at the 2016 4Cs.  Her session is scheduled for the 7^th from 4:45-6:00 pm.

Roger Austin will be presenting at 4Cs in 2016.  Stop in to hear his paper “Taking Action Through the Archives: Standardizing Writing Center Archive Profiles for Praxis, Knowledge, and Continuity”  on the 7^th at 12:15.

If you have additional Rhet/Comp kudos, please send the information to Ashley Holmes (aholmes@gsu.edu) so we can celebrate your accomplishments, too!

We have had Rhetoric and Composition students win this award in the past. Please consider applying if you have an officially approved dissertation project.

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The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the release of the Call for Proposals for the fiscal year 2016 Dissertation Grant Program.  Proposals are due no later than 5 pm on Friday October 23, 2015. This internal grant mechanism provides up to $2,000 for doctoral level graduate students who have an officially approved dissertation thesis on project.  The Call for Proposals provides all the details about submitting a proposal to this program and can be found on URSA’s Internal Grant Programs webpage at: http://ursa.research.gsu.edu/ursa/funding/funding-opportunities/internal-grant-program/.  The Call for Proposals is also linked on the Internal Grants homepage in the Research Portal where all proposals must be submitted.  If you have questions about this funding opportunity, please contact Dr. Kelly Stout in URSA (kpowellstout@gsu.edu or 404-413-5475).

Don’t forget to submit to RSA (the Rhetoric Society of America Conference), which will be held in Atlanta in May 2016. The due date for submissions is July 15. Pass the word along. This is a great opportunity for us all to have the conference in town.
http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/node/7480

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Elizabeth B. Jamison who successfully defended her dissertation and graduated in May 2015.

Dissertation Title: 1890-1969 – Early History of the Advanced Placement Program: An Argument for Reform of the AP Language and Composition Exam

Dissertation Committee: Drs. Lynee Lewis Gaillet (Chair), Mary Hocks, and George Pullman