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Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 20: Heather Vazquez - UCF Global / Florida Prison Education ProjectIn this episode we are joined by Heather Vazquez, a lecturer here at the University of Central Florida in our Department of Writing and Rhetoric. Heather is the Education Coordinator and an instructor with the Florida Prison Education Project, or FPEP, working with incarcerated Central Floridians to achieve an undergraduate degree. Additionally, Heather is one of our designated UCF Global instructors, teaching student populations of international students. Beyond FPEP and UCF Global, her teaching and interests include first-year composition, multilingual writing, language diversity, translingualism, and World Englishes.
2025-04-3056 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 19: Megan Lambert - Internship Program / Stylus / Professional EditingIn this episode we are joined by colleague Megan Lambert. Professor Lambert is currently an Associate Instructor for the Department of Writing & Rhetoric, where she teaches composition courses 1101 and 1102, , Professional Writing (ENC 3250), and Professional Editing (ENC 4212). She is the new Internship Coordinator for the Department of Writing and Rhetoric here at UCF. She has also been the editor of our first-year writing journal Stylus for four years.
2025-01-311h 05Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 18: Material Rhetoric & Craftivism with Dr. Rebecca WatkinsRebecca Watkins is a Lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at UCF. She holds a PhD in English from Florida State University, an MA in English from Indiana-University-Purdue-University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a BS in Secondary English Education from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work has appeared in Stoneboat, Touchstone, Pangyrus, and elsewhere. Her essay “Blonde Sugar” was nominated for Best of the Net Anthology. Professor Watkins’ pedagogical interests include visual and material rhetoric, and the interconnection of composition and creative writing.
2024-12-1952 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 17: (Not So) Total Eclipse of the Arts 2024For this episode, we are going to switch things up a little- to our very first episode sharing live recordings of students on a campus event at UCF. On Monday April 28th 2024 UCF hosted the Not So Total Eclipse event, organized by the Florida Space Institute, Department of Physics, and UCF Libraries in partnership with Office of Research. It was basically an eclipse watch party at the reflecting pond on our main campus. Attendees could get safe Eclipse viewing eyewear and participate in a community oriented opportunity to, if not celebrate, at least witness this celestial event. For our part...2024-08-2839 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 16: Dr. Shane Wood - Director of First-Year Composition and Host of PedagogueTranscript: Episode 16
In this episode we talk with Dr. Shane Wood, our current Writing Program Administrator (WPA) and Director of First-Year Composition here at UCF. He is also the host of Pedagogue, a podcast about teachers talking writing featuring established and emerging scholars in rhetoric and composition. Dr. Wood’s podcast Pedagogue won the 2021 Kairos John Lovas Award along with the Computers and Composition Outstanding Digital Production Award in 2019. Dr. Wood is also the author of Teachers Talking Writing: Perspectives on Places, Pedagogies, and Programs, published in 2023. He has authored and co-authored more than a dozen articles an...2024-04-121h 05Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 15: Knights Write Showcase 2024At UCF, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric holds an annual event called Knights Write Showcase to celebrate the work of student writers. This event began in 2010 as a place to highlight and share the research and writing occurring in the first-year writing program, and has since become a multi-day event that encompasses work in composition courses, writing across the curriculum, our three departmental publications Stylus, Convergence, and Imprint, and also The University Writing Center, undergraduate, and graduate student work.
In this episode, we talk with the following students who participated in the event:
(0.00-15:24...2024-03-061h 32Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 14: Natalie Madruga - Project POTENCIAL & TestimonioJoining us for this episode is Natalie Madruga, Instructor in writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida.
Natalie’s research interests include eulogistic rhetoric, public memory and memorialization, critical race theory, cultural rhetorics, and writing pedagogy, with a pedagogical philosophy centered on a foundation in testimonio. Natalie was published in 2023 in Writers:Craft and Context with the article “ What it’s like to lose Papi: A counterstory on Grief''. Natalie was chosen for HSI Faculty Fellowship through the Office for Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives for the 23-24 academic year, working with the Title 5 POTENCIAL grant to desi...2023-12-1248 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 13: Dr. Laurie A. Pinkert - Artificial Intelligence Certificate & Writing Across the CurriculumWe are joined today by Associate Professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum in the Center for Writing Excellence both at the University of Central Florida, Dr. Laurie A. Pinkert. In addition to these positions, Dr. Pinkert also coordinates an interdisciplinary fellowship-writing initiative that is supported by the College of Graduate Studies.
Dr. Pinkert's research aims to better understand relationships between writing and identity and to develop approaches to writing program design, development, and administration that can support writerly identity development.
Most recently Dr Pinkert has been at...2023-10-2553 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 12: Dr. Blake Scott and Professor Nathan Holic - Rhetoric of Health & Medicine / Comic TherapyUCF Department of Writing and Rhetoric faculty members Blake Scott and Nathan Holic discuss their project "Strengthening Hospital Nurses’ Mental Health Resilience Through a Peer Support Training Program Using Comic Testimonials" which focused on introducing comic therapy to healthcare professionals. This won the 2021 Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts and Innovation Award.
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Knights HistoryCastEpisode 28: The Florida-France Soldier Stories Project(Originally published by Sebastian Garcia on December 29th, 2022) The Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia spoke with the members of the Florida-France Soldier Stories Project research team to discuss the imperative and impressive work that they have done since 2015 to honor and commemorate Floridians that gave their lives to liberate France and defeat Germany in the Second World War.
Down below are the timestamps in which each of the different group segments begins:
Group 0: (03:27) Intro with Dr. Amelia Lyons (Principal Investigator)
Group 1: (12:42) Faculty/Staff, featuring
Dr. Lyons (PI)
Richard Harrison III (Research Librarian Consultant)
Richard Gause (Rese...2023-04-281h 50Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 11: Knights Write Showcase 2023At UCF, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric holds an annual event called Knights Write Showcase to celebrate the work of student writers. In this special episode we talk with several participants from the poster and panel presentations. The students and work featured in this episode are:
Jamie Salter “Learning to Keep Up” (0:00-19:04)
Megan Dever “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Theatrical Literacies” and Parker Bowles “Who to Trust? Building Authority in Rhetoric” (19:06-36:53)
Madison Fernandes “The Marketplace of Ideas” (36:54-51:27)
Arielle Fedee, Mark McCleskey, and Mekenzie McElroy – University Writing Center Panel (51:30-1:13:20)
Natasha Odom “Main Suspect: Crime Dramas” and Riah Smit...2023-03-241h 48Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 10: Anthony Lince - Writing about Writing / Labor-Based GradingAnthony Lince is a Latinx educator and scholar, and is currently a lecturer at University of California San Diego and other local institutions, teaching rhetoric and writing studies courses. His current work is focused on equitable assessment practices in higher education, which is the praxis in his courses where he utilizes labor-based grading. Anthony has published the journals California English and WPA Writing Program Administration, and has an upcoming chapter released in Effective Alternative Assessment Practices in Higher Education.
2023-02-0951 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 9: Dr. Jeremy Carnes - Indigenous Rhetorics and Comics StudiesDr. Jeremy Carnes is a Postdoctoral Scholar here at UCF specializing in Indigenous rhetorics, particularly visual and material rhetorics. He is working on his first book on comics by Indigenous creators and the rhetorical affordances of comics as a visual medium for considering land-based practices by Indigenous communities. In addition to indigenous rhetorics, Dr Carnes’ research interests include: Comics Studies, Media Studies, Fan Culture Studies, Translingualism, and the Digital Humanities. He is also currently working with Dr. Jamila Kareem, a past guest of ours on this podcast, on a grant funded by the Sam and Virginia Patz Foundation in pa...2022-11-221h 03Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 8: What Can You Do With a Degree in Writing? Featuring Jaclyn Gardiakos and Jessica WaltersIn this episode we talk with Jaclyn Gardiakos and Jessica Walters, who work in the field of professional writing and are both UCF Alumni. Jaclyn Gardiakos is the communications and public relations manager for Universal Engineering Sciences, the fastest-growing AEC firm in the US, and previously worked for Tupperware as a communications manager. Jessica Walters is a Content Strategist for Deloitte US, and similarly held a position with Tupperware as a content strategist. Our conversation touches on writing in professional environments, what it was like to be a part of the first DWR cohort of UCF, and the types...2022-10-271h 12Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 7: Dr. Martha Brenckle - Professor and AuthorWe are joined by Dr. Martha Brenckle, a full professor and the interim-first year writing director here at UCF. Dr Brenckle teaches FYW and Rhetorical Theory. Our conversation touches on course construction, in particular her class “Queer Rhetorics and Queering Writing”, theory, working with students, the writing process, and representation in the classroom. You can see a full listing of her substantial publications and accolades in her profile on the departmental website:
2022-10-011h 01Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 6: Olivia Solomon - Writing for Social ChangeIn this episode we talk to Olivia Solomon, a junior at the University of Central Florida and a double major in Writing and Rhetoric and Political Science. Olivia has demonstrated a passion for political activism as a collaborating member of March For Our Lives, as well as several published op-eds in both the Orlando Sentinel and the Tallahassee Democrat, integrating her writing skills to effect change. We discuss how writing allows a voice in arguments we are passionate about, as well as delving into her process from inspiration to publication. Olivia also shares impactful writing experiences from ENC 4353 – Writing fo...2022-05-0249 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 5: Sebastian Garcia -Knights Write & Stylus AuthorSebastian Garcia is a senior undergraduate at UCF completing a double major in History and Biomedical Sciences. His academic interests are history, writing, and research. Sebastian was selected as a panelist for UCF’s Knights Write Showcase in Spring of 2021 with his article “Is the Advanced Placement (AP) Program Really ‘Advanced”? A Critical Textual Analysis of an AP United States History Textbook” and was also published in the Spring 2022 issue of Stylus: A Journal of First Year Writing.
His future goals include attending grad school and becoming a university professor in history, so he may continue working in his are...2022-04-1356 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 4: Mekenzie McElroy and Lindsey Wright - Peer Tutors in the University Writing Center at UCFToday we take a peek inside the lives of peer tutors Mekenzie McElroy and Lindsey Wright, both undergraduates at UCF, who work in the University Writing Center. They also recently presented on a panel at the Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. This conversation offers us a student oriented perspective of what brought them into their roles and what it means to be a contributing member of the UWC, in their tutoring sessions as well as their research.
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2022-03-1553 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 3: Dr. Angela Rounsaville - Director of First-Year Composition at UCFThis conversation features Dr. Angela R Rounsaville, Associate Professor and Director of First-Year Composition here at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Rounsaville’s research works at the intersection of transnational literacy studies, rhetorical genre studies, and writing related transfer. In this episode we discuss the evolving needs of the composition classroom, and how we as professors are striving to support and empower our students to develop as writers. We also discuss the writing about writing pedagogy in college composition, and why mulitliteracies and linguistic diversity should be recognized and supported in first-year writing. The collaborative development of course ou...2022-02-171h 13Discussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 2: IMPRINT Editors Kealani Smith & Jarrett Webster with Dr. Arellano and Dr. KareemWe talk to the editors of the student-run publication IMPRINT, Kealani Smith and Jarrett Webster, about topics related to their latest issue. We are also joined by UCF Department of Writing and Rhetoric Professors Dr. Sonia Arellano and Dr. Jamila Kareem to discuss their work and collaboration.
2022-01-0645 minDiscussions on Writing and RhetoricEpisode 1: Dr. Stephanie Wheeler - Rhetorics and Pop CultureJoining us is Dr. Stephanie K. Wheeler for a conversation on her course Rhetorics and Pop Culture through a focus on Lady Gaga. We consider, why Gaga? Through what rhetorical lenses can we view this work? How does the study of pop culture lend itself to the study of rhetoric? #writingandrhetoric #rhetoric #rhetoricalstudy #ladygaga #mothermonster #studiesinpopculture
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