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Episode 1:
Mike Rose (pt. 1)
Mike Rose (pt. 1)
In this episode, Mike Rose talks about his first experience teaching, how he's changed, the intimate connection between teaching and writing, and how he continues to feel a sense of unbelonging.
Episode 2:
Mike Rose (pt. 2)
Mike Rose (pt. 2)
In this episode, Mike Rose talks about valuing interdisciplinary knowledge in the classroom, he shares how he responds to student writing, he talks about what he’s reading, and his tentative title to his new book.
Episode 3:
Stephanie Vie
Stephanie Vie
In this episode, Stephanie Vie talks about using social media in the writing classroom, students' responses to social media writing assignments, and how she is mentoring graduate students and working closely with program directors to help support writing initiatives within her department.
Episode 4:
Steve Parks
Steve Parks
In this episode, Steve Parks talks about the writing classroom as a space for validating students' literacy, how he shifts his identity to help create a more inclusive classroom, and strategies for developing and sustaining community partnerships.
Episode 5:
Kyle Larson and Dana Comi
Kyle Larson and Dana Comi
In this episode, Kyle Larson and Dana Comi talk about their research and writing, what has surprised them most about graduate school and what advice has helped, how the grad seminar can be re-imagined, and being actively involved in their local communities.
Episode 6:
Nancy Sommers
Nancy Sommers
In this episode, Nancy Sommers talks about her first experience teaching, her work on responding to student writing, what comments best complement her teaching values, and she shares the importance of reflection in the writing classroom.
Episode 7:
Lisa King
Lisa King
In this episode, Lisa King talks about Native American and Indigenous rhetorics, how this approach to teaching changes the writing classroom, and she shares additional resources for teachers and allies.
Episode 8:
Jessica Nastal
Jessica Nastal
In this episode, Jessica Nastal talks about her approach to teaching writing at a two-year college, her transition from a public research university in the deep South to a community college in the south suburbs of Chicago, and her research on writing placement.
Episode 9:
Beverly J. Moss
Beverly J. Moss
In this episode, Beverly J. Moss talks about her research in African American churches and communities, how she embraces community literacies in teaching, and what it means to teach writing as an African American woman in a predominately white space.
Episode 10:
Megan Von Bergen and Liz Miller
Megan Von Bergen and Liz Miller
In this episode, Megan Von Bergen and Liz Miller talk about their research interests and what informs their teaching, mental health and disability studies, response and assessment practices, and using accessible pedagogies and practices.
Episode 11:
John Duffy
John Duffy
In this episode, John Duffy talks about ethics, how teachers are already engaged in teaching ethical communication, and he shares what "virtue ethics" can offer writing teachers and the writing classroom.
Episode 12:
Asao B. Inoue
Asao B. Inoue
In this episode, Asao B. Inoue talks about classroom writing assessment, whether labor is a more equitable measure than traditional classroom assessment standards, and students' perception on labor-based grading contracts.
Episode 13:
Chuck Bazerman
Chuck Bazerman
In this episode, Chuck Bazerman talks about what surprises him the most about teaching, he reflects on rhetorical genre studies and the impact genre has on teaching writing, and he talks about the importance of writing across the curriculum.
Episode 14:
Sharon Mitchler
Sharon Mitchler
In this episode, Sharon Mitchler talks about teaching at a rural community college in Washington, she shares approaches and practices for facilitating discussion in a diverse classroom, her research on Teaching for Transfer, and how teachers can work together across institutions.
Episode 15:
Shawna Ross and Douglas Dowland
Shawna Ross and Douglas Dowland
In this episode, Shawna Ross and Douglas Dowland talk about their work theorizing anxiety, how anxiety becomes an opportunity to better understand reading and writing practices, and how they invite students to talk about their anxieties in the writing classroom.
Episode 16:
Anna Hensley and Brian Bailie
Anna Hensley and Brian Bailie
In this episode, Anna Hensley and Brian Bailie talk about what it’s like teaching at a branch campus, they talk about their experiences in the classroom, and how their graduate school experience didn’t quite train them for their current positions.
Episode 17:
Staci M. Perryman-Clark
Staci M. Perryman-Clark
In this episode, Staci M. Perryman-Clark talks about writing program administration, Afrocentric and language rights pedagogies, institutional polices that embrace blackness as a cultural epistemological framework, and student success.
Episode 18:
Jennifer Grouling
Jennifer Grouling
In this episode, Jennifer Grouling talks about classroom writing assessment practices and values, AAC&U VALUE rubrics, the advantages and disadvantages of using technology to respond to student writing, and she shares strategies for new writing teachers.
Episode 19:
Candace Epps-Robertson
Candace Epps-Robertson
In this episode, Candace Epps-Robertson talks about social justice, race, and community literacies, facing resistance in the writing classroom, and her new research on public pedagogies and BTS.
Episode 20:
Vershawn Ashanti Young
Vershawn Ashanti Young
In this episode, Vershawn Ashanti Young talks about pedagogical experimentation and writing as performance, developing cultural and societal justice in the writing classroom, emphasizing self-reflection and ethical good through teaching, and understanding cultural identity and code meshing.
Episode 21:
Laura Gonzales
Laura Gonzales
In this episode, Laura Gonzales talks about Sites of Translation, teaching digital rhetorics and technical communication, language diversity and accessibility, and community literacies.
Episode 22:
Paula Mathieu
Paula Mathieu
In this episode, Paula Mathieu talks about mindfulness and contemplative practices, how writing teachers can foster kindness and self-reflection in the writing classroom, and she carefully examines the current state of writing studies and offers future direction.
Episode 23:
Darin Jensen
Darin Jensen
In this episode, Darin Jensen talks about teaching at Des Moines Area Community College, basic writing pedagogies and practices, the characterization of "basic writing," and how institutions and programs can better support and prepare teachers for two-year colleges.
Episode 24:
Cruz Medina
Cruz Medina
In this episode, Cruz Medina talks about multimodal composition, digital writing and multicultural rhetoric, social justice and social media, and integrating technology in the writing classroom.
Episode 25:
Chris M. Anson
Chris M. Anson
In this episode, Chris M. Anson talks about what got him interested in rhetoric and composition and teaching writing, he talks about teacher response and using screencasting technologies to respond to student writing, and he offers advice to first-time teachers.
Episode 26:
Tara Wood
Tara Wood
In this episode, Tara Wood talks about disability studies, ableism, crip time, and how to center disability studies in writing classrooms and programs.
Episode 27:
Iris D. Ruiz
Iris D. Ruiz
In this episode, Iris D. Ruiz talks about Chicanx studies and ethnic studies, examining histories and embracing diversity and inclusivity, decolonial theory, and antiracist practices.
Episode 28:
Frankie Condon
Frankie Condon
In this episode, Frankie Condon talks about centering writing classes and writing centers on antiracism, building sustainable spaces committed to language diversity, and how to incorporate class assignments that complement this kind of work.
Episode 29:
Christina V. Cedillo
Christina V. Cedillo
In this episode, Christina V. Cedillo talks about her teaching and research on affect and embodiment, critical embodiment pedagogies, invisible disabilities, connections between racism and ableism, disability studies and technology, and teaching basic writing.
Episode 30:
Jody Shipka
Jody Shipka
In this episode, Jody Shipka talks about how she got into teaching, multimodal pedagogy and multimodal assignments, and edible rhetoric and food studies in the writing classroom.
Episode 31:
David F. Green, Jr.
David F. Green, Jr.
In this episode, David F. Green, Jr. talks about teaching at Howard University, a private research HBCU in Washington D.C., writing program administration, writing assessment, language standards, and African American rhetoric and hip hop in the writing classroom.
Episode 32:
Les Hutchinson Campos
Les Hutchinson Campos
In this episode, Les Hutchinson Campos talks about cultural rhetorics pedagogy, strategies for building an inclusive class community, social media, and privacy and surveillance.
Episode 33:
Howard Tinberg
Howard Tinberg
In this episode, Howard Tinberg talks about what led him to Bristol Community College, the importance of teaching reading in the writing classroom, Teaching for Transfer, challenges facing two-year colleges, and future directions for two-year college research.
Episode 34:
Karen Keaton Jackson
Karen Keaton Jackson
In this episode, Karen Keaton Jackson talks about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the absence and silencing of HBCU voices and experiences in composition studies, teaching narratives in first-year writing, cross-institutional collaborations, and writing centers.
Episode 35:
Neal Lerner
Neal Lerner
In this episode, Neal Lerner talks about writing centers, writing center research and scholarship, training peer consultants, and constraints that affect writing center work.
Episode 36:
Charles Woods and Deb Young
Charles Woods and Deb Young
In this episode, Charles Woods and Deb Young talk about their teaching and research interests, digital rhetorical privacy and service-learning, managing grad school, podcasting, and integrated communication pedagogy.
Episode 37:
Jay Dolmage
Jay Dolmage
In this episode, Jay Dolmage talks about disability studies, ableism, accessible pedagogies and practices, and future directions for disability studies in rhetoric and composition.
Episode 38:
Temptaous Mckoy
Temptaous Mckoy
In this episode, Temptaous Mckoy talks about technical and professional communication, amplification rhetorics, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), embodiment, and future directions for rhetoric and composition as a field.
Episode 39:
Cecilia Shelton
Cecilia Shelton
In this episode, Cecilia Shelton talks about disrupting traditional technical and professional communication genres, embracing a Black Feminist pedagogical framework, digital and cultural rhetorics, social justice and antiracism, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Episode 40:
Holly Hassel
Holly Hassel
In this episode, Holly Hassel talks about feminist pedagogy, teaching online, two-year colleges, student success, and the future of rhetoric and composition.
Episode 41:
Beatrice Mendez Newman
Beatrice Mendez Newman
In this episode, Beatrice Mendez Newman talks about teaching at one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the U.S., integrating cultural and linguistic histories and identities in the writing classroom, problematizing traditional standards associated with language, and embracing translingual and multimodal practices.
Episode 42:
Eunjeong Lee
Eunjeong Lee
In this episode, Eunjeong Lee talks about multilingual writers, teaching second language writing, critical approaches to language and literacy studies, multimodality, and translingual practices.
Episode 43:
Rebecca S. Nowacek
Rebecca S. Nowacek
In this episode, Rebecca S. Nowacek talks about writing centers, cultivating and sustaining success in writing center work, advantages of co-directing a writing center, threshold concepts, and developing peer tutors.
Episode 44:
Chris Thaiss
Chris Thaiss
In this episode, Chris Thaiss talks about key moments in the history and development of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), issues and questions facing WAC programs, the importance of WAC work, and future directions in WAC.
Episode 45:
Dev Bose
Dev Bose
In this episode, Dev Bose talks about disability studies, accommodations, ethics and disclosure, his research on college writers with ADHD, and portfolio assessment.
Episode 46:
J. Michael Rifenburg
J. Michael Rifenburg
In this episode, J. Michael Rifenburg talks about writing classes and athletic programs, how writing teachers can develop more ethical, inclusive teaching practices that keep in mind student-athletes, and his more recent work on cadet writing.
Episode 47:
Melvin Beavers
Melvin Beavers
In this episode, Melvin Beavers talks about writing program administration (WPA), his research on online writing instruction and professionalizing part-time faculty to teach online, principles to online pedagogy, and he shares advice for those interested in WPA work.
Episode 48:
Kristi Prins and Jason Luther
Kristi Prins and Jason Luther
In this episode, Kristi Prins and Jason Luther talk about craft, materiality, multimodal pedagogies and practices, and the advantages of incorporating zines, podcasts, and other DIY projects in the writing classroom.
Episode 49:
Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt
Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt
In this episode, Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt talks about Yakima Valley College, a two-year college in Yakima, Wa., developmental writing courses, response to student writing, and the Two-Year College Association (TYCA).
Episode 50:
Jacob Babb
Jacob Babb
In this episode, Jacob Babb talks about writing program administration, spatial rhetoric, transitioning as a writing program administrator, supporting faculty, and bluegrass music in the writing classroom.
Episode 51:
Harry Denny
Harry Denny
In this episode, Harry Denny talks about identity politics, writing centers as sites for activism and empowerment, mentoring tutors, and fostering a sense of community in the writing center.
Episode 52:
Cody Hoover
Cody Hoover
In this episode, Cody Hoover talks about Clovis Community College, how he encourages students to write about their identities and communities, embracing and advocating for linguistic diversity, and his experiences as a teacher and student at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
Episode 53:
Suresh Canagarajah
Suresh Canagarajah
In this episode, Suresh Canagarajah talks about second language writing, transnationalism, translingualism, and using literacy autobiographies in the writing classroom.
Episode 54:
Linda Adler-Kassner
Linda Adler-Kassner
In this episode, Linda Adler-Kassner talks about literacy, threshold concepts, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), facilitating workshops with faculty across disciplines, and assessing WAC programs.
Episode 55:
Bryna Siegel Finer
Bryna Siegel Finer
In this episode, Bryna Siegel Finer talks about basic writing, pedagogical development, program placement, and building more sustainable writing programs.
Episode 56:
Elizabeth Wardle
Elizabeth Wardle
In this episode, Elizabeth Wardle talks about her experiences as a writing program administrator, what guides her administrative philosophy, the role of mentorship in administration, and the concept of transfer.
Episode 57:
Todd Ruecker
Todd Ruecker
In this episode, Todd Ruecker talks about second language writing programs and classes, meeting the linguistic needs of students, and supporting second language writers.
Episode 58:
Steven J. Corbett
Steven J. Corbett
In this episode, Steven J. Corbett talks about teaching at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, peer review and establishing a student-centered writing classroom, and how Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) can better serve their students.