How to Become Better at Academic Networking
Step One: Become a DRC Fellow. If you’re anything like me, this should do the trick. Networking can be challenging for me. I came to Comp/Rhet late, when I was already halfway through my graduate...
View ArticleBy Way of Introduction: Heather Lang
I’ve always been fascinated by the power of the web to connect: things, ideas, words, people. I barely remember a time without the internet, and certainly don’t remember a world with computers. I was...
View ArticleBy Way of Introduction: Matt Vetter
What’s in a wiki? Wikis are the epitome of Web 2.0. They’re interactive, generative, collaborative spaces of commons-based peer production that are heterarchical rather than hierarchical. They disperse...
View ArticleHow I Can’t Not Study Digital Rhetoric: An Introduction
I have a challenge for you: pick three words you’d use to describe yourself. These could be words like “mother,” “son,” “teacher,” or “scholar.” These could also be words like “Muslim,” “bisexual,” or...
View ArticleWriting Centers, Digital Literacy, and Cats – an Introduction
I’m delighted to introduce myself to the DRC community. Below you’ll find my video introduction (now with cats).
View ArticleYear-End Reflection from the 2014-15 DRC Graduate Fellows
Image via Paula Miller. From left to right: Jenae Cohn, Naomi Silver, Matthew Vetter, Paula Miller, Laura Gonzales, Merideth Garcia, Brenta Blevins, Anne Gere. Not pictured: Lindsey Harding The 2014-15...
View ArticleIntroduction to Brandy Dieterle
Ever since my family first got a desktop with Windows 1995 on it, I’ve found myself intrigued and fascinated by the possibilities of computers and other digital technologies. What started out as using...
View ArticleIntroduction to Leigh Meredith
Depending on your standards for digital expertise, you’d probably consider me a digital amateur. At least in my personal life, that is. I could blame this on my age – which has me teetering on the edge...
View ArticleIntroduction: Neil Simpkins
After falling into a Tumblr community of disabled folks over years of blogging, I found myself interested in the digital rhetorical practices of disabled communities. Sites like Tumblr and Twitter,...
View ArticleIntroduction to Nathan Riggs
It never really occurred to me, until somewhat recently, that I learned how to “say” something complicated to a computer before I learned how to do the same thing effectively in more traditional,...
View ArticleApply to Become a Sweetland DRC Graduate Fellow!
Digital Rhetoric Collaborative (DRC) Graduate Fellows are graduate students currently working in some area of digital rhetoric who want practical experience in online publishing with a major university...
View ArticleBy Way of Introduction: Heather Lang
I’ve always been fascinated by the power of the web to connect: things, ideas, words, people. I barely remember a time without the internet, and certainly don’t remember a world with computers. I was...
View ArticleBy Way of Introduction: Matt Vetter
What’s in a wiki? Wikis are the epitome of Web 2.0. They’re interactive, generative, collaborative spaces of commons-based peer production that are heterarchical rather than hierarchical. They disperse...
View ArticleHow I Can’t Not Study Digital Rhetoric: An Introduction
I have a challenge for you: pick three words you’d use to describe yourself. These could be words like “mother,” “son,” “teacher,” or “scholar.” These could also be words like “Muslim,” “bisexual,” or...
View ArticleWriting Centers, Digital Literacy, and Cats – an Introduction
I’m delighted to introduce myself to the DRC community. Below you’ll find my video introduction (now with cats).
View ArticleYear-End Reflection from the 2014-15 DRC Graduate Fellows
Image via Paula Miller. From left to right: Jenae Cohn, Naomi Silver, Matthew Vetter, Paula Miller, Laura Gonzales, Merideth Garcia, Brenta Blevins, Anne Gere. Not pictured: Lindsey Harding The 2014-15...
View ArticleIntroduction to Brandy Dieterle
Ever since my family first got a desktop with Windows 1995 on it, I’ve found myself intrigued and fascinated by the possibilities of computers and other digital technologies. What started out as using...
View ArticleIntroduction to Leigh Meredith
Depending on your standards for digital expertise, you’d probably consider me a digital amateur. At least in my personal life, that is. I could blame this on my age – which has me teetering on the edge...
View ArticleIntro: Brandee Easter
Every semester, I search for new icebreakers for my class, and one always catches my eye: share your most embarrassing moment. I’ve never used it, but when thinking about how to introduce myself in...
View ArticleJason Luther is a computer: an introduction via Newhive
Hi all! I’ve been so excited to introduce myself to the DRC community that I took this as an opportunity to play around with a fun interface called NewHive, which Kristi Prins introduced me to at...
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