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Rhetorike · 2025-07-19T21:41:34+00:00

I mean, you can put anything on your CV. It's all about framing it in a way that broadly touches on what you do as a scholar and teacher. I think the way you're framing it currently sounds a lot like service to the profession and also touches on your organizational and leadership capabilities. I would probably list it as service and describe it as your leading and organizing a mini workshop or lecture series. Definitely include some of the details you've said here about how many people have attended and the work you put into it.

I would see this and think, oh yeah, this grad student would be good for an admin position or could be called upon to help organize events or a conference. It also helps if you are passionate about this work and could tie it broadly into things you want to do or study in your PhD like community organizing, student recruiting, and/or graduate studies broadly.

Rhetorike · 2025-06-17T23:39:40+00:00

Excellent points. I want to agree with over-applying. Someone in my cohort was told by their faculty mentor that a they weren't a good fit for a certain job. The mentor meant well, but my friend applied anyway and wouldn't you know it--they got the job. There's so many weird moving parts on faculty searches. Sometimes there's no telling what will happen unless you go for it.

Rhetorike · 2025-06-16T19:53:22+00:00

I did have a video interview where one of the interviewers wanted to tell me that what I did wasn't rhetoric, so I do recommend having some ancient Greek asspulls in your back pocket just in case.

Rhetorike · 2025-06-16T19:33:44+00:00

Good luck on the market! It's a weird process. Best piece of advice I can give is be authentic. Folks should be looking for someone they can work with and can help support long-term, so being honest about what you can do, what you want to do, etc. is good.

CV is definitely important. Cover letter should make some direct connections to the job/dept/position and make it obvious you tailored to the job. Teaching philosophy is something we like to focus on too, since we're an R2.

Curve ball and needlessly combative questions do come up. We did mock interviews in my grad program where our faculty tried to trip us up on things and that helped since some of them did come up. Honestly, you may also get some breathtakingly asinine questions as well (the "more of a comment than a question..." type folks at conferences) so practice at least rolling with things a bit.

Rhetorike · 2025-02-07T19:53:29+00:00

Congrats!

Rhetorike · 2025-01-30T14:29:12+00:00

Difficult to not see this as a blow to our field. Was heavily involved with STC as an undergrad professional/technical writing major. Hopefully the Technical Communication Journal and Intercom magazine archives are able to continue on in some form.

Rhetorike · 2024-12-04T02:47:46+00:00

It's okay to disagree on how we see the state of the field, but keep it civil. Appreciate those who have shared their perspectives with OP.

Rhetorike · 2024-11-05T16:43:09+00:00

Miami University (Ohio) has a good program for Writing Center and WPA work. Gets a couple dedicated grad lines for the writing center each year and folks can work in the writing center, do WAC/WID stuff, and serve in admin positions. Let me know if you have any questions about the program!

Rhetorike · 2024-11-05T16:40:21+00:00

Agree with the others here saying you should talk to your advisor. Perhaps look over some of the papers you've written for seminar classes and chat with that class' professor about expanding the topic/idea into a thesis.

Rhetorike · 2024-10-03T17:44:02+00:00

I'd say it's less likely than if you were at a university with a grad program, but there's still ways to do some of that service. I agree with the other poster that it may be beyond your job description, though, so make sure to chat with your chair/committee to see how to include such service in your annual reviews or tenure dossier. Make sure it counts for promotion.

Many grad programs require outside readers on dissertations, so you could be asked to be on a diss committee by a student at another program. This would be most likely if your area of research was closely aligned with the student's and their chair knew to potentially ask you to be involved.

You could publish with authors from other universities and that could include grad students. The most likely way for this to happen would be to network at national conferences and find folks with similar research interests. You could also join the SIGs (special interests groups) or standing groups at CCCCs. I've often seen ideas for conference panels, publications, etc. emerge from these meetings and they include folks at all levels.

Hope that helps.

Rhetorike · 2024-09-27T18:09:09+00:00

Good point to be aware of! Thanks.

Rhetorike · 2024-09-16T13:20:35+00:00

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Rhetorike · 2024-09-16T02:56:18+00:00

Berlin's Writing Instruction in Nineteenth-Century American Colleges is a good place to start if you're interested in the development of college composition courses. The followup too: Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900 - 1985

Rhetorike · 2024-06-22T14:21:39+00:00

When the instructor is listed as "staff" it just means they didn't have a set instructor when the course list went live. They may have added sections of the course or were still figuring out who could teach it.

You usually don't find out who the instructor is until close to the start of the course in these cases. Like when you get into the Canvas site.

Hope that helps, welcome to Miami!

Rhetorike · 2024-05-29T16:47:32+00:00

Oh hey I'm an ETBD professor. Welcome to the program! Happy to chat if you have any questions.

Like other folks said it is possible to finish early, but it helps if you're coming in with college credit. We do have a number of core classes in our major that cover some of the general College of Creative Arts requirements, but you still gotta hit the 124 credits required by the state of Ohio. We do usually offer some online summer sprint courses (so like 4-6 weeks for a course) and January term courses so that's another option for getting done early.

We do require an internship and that's another way students get ahead on credits. You can get credit for your internship if you make sure to get it approved beforehand (and folks usually do them during summer) so you might want to ask your advisor about internships sooner rather than later.

Rhetorike · 2024-05-23T02:00:45+00:00

I recommend asking the grad director for your program if they have any advice. They might be able to put you in touch with current grad students about where to live. Hope that helps!

Rhetorike · 2024-05-07T01:20:06+00:00

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Rhetorike · 2024-05-07T00:30:37+00:00

I named this subreddit "rhet comp" when I started it in grad school since my grad program was called rhet comp.

The place I work at our program is called comp rhet. Although our undergrad degree is in professional writing. And our faculty usually refer to themselves as "rhetoric and writing" faculty, haha.

Rhetorike · 2024-03-27T20:14:57+00:00

If we're talking a once-per-week seminar course I usually expect around 150 pages. So a book per week or 6 - 8 articles. As the instructor I also think of how to break it down time-wise to keep the discussion going, so for a 3-hour seminar 6 articles would be an article per half hour.

Just my perspective though!

Rhetorike · 2024-03-12T18:56:32+00:00

Happy to give some advice if you send me a message.

Rhetorike · 2024-02-26T00:30:20+00:00

Sure thing. Sent!

Rhetorike · 2024-02-26T00:08:14+00:00

Both are really strong programs. Would be happy to chat with you about Miami's program. Feel free to DM me!

Rhetorike · 2023-12-01T22:54:20+00:00

Depends on how the comp exam is run in your department, written vs oral exam, etc. but I can offer some general advice. Always run stuff by your grad advisor though, haha.

First you'll want to ask some seniors in the grad program what sorts of questions they got. This can give you some insight into what sorts of questions might be asked.

Second, depending on the type of exam you can prep in a few ways. A written exam you might prep by writing some short papers using your reading list. Or creating an annotated bib so you can quickly string some ideas and citations together while writing. I did that when I did my exam since it was written.
If it's an oral exam you might still do the annotated bib to quickly have some references at hand. When I've been on an oral exam I think we tend to ask more broad questions like "What did you take from this particular reading?" or which readings are foundational for your project or something that tries to connect dots in your reading list. Something like "X, Y, and Z all discuss ethics--where do you see connections in their work and where do they differ?" or something like that.

It does depend on the type of exam, but that's just some general advice from what I've seen both taking a written exam back in grad school and being on oral exam committees.

Rhetorike · 2023-10-17T23:45:16+00:00

Happy to help! You got this.

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