Intro to Sara West
I’m a fangirl. It’s important to know in this context because that can pretty much explain my interest in social media and community. I sort of grew up in Internet fandom. Yes, I did fanart,...
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My history with social media is complex. Although I used AOL Instant Messenger in middle school, I didn’t use the ever-booming MySpace during high school, and I was late to the Facebook game, joining...
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,...
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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 ArticleDRC Fellows End-of-Year Reflection
Paula Miller In the 1970s, freelance journalist Ralph Lee Smith referred to the internet as an “electronic highway,” and through the 90s, we called the internet the “information superhighway,” a place...
View ArticleIntroduction to Kristin Ravel
Communicating with social media has never been easy or simple for me. Though I understand the technology (I can retweet, tag, Snapchat, edit a photo on Instagram, and make a photo album dedicated to my...
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 ArticleCarleigh Davis Introduction
My interest in digital writing first began when I was an undergraduate, convinced that I would finish my degree work and find a job as an editor at a publishing company. As a way of getting some...
View ArticleIntroduction to Lauren Garskie
I feel as if my story is one that many of us in graduate school (or many of us who have found ourselves in academics) have told. We have that aha! moment where we realize this is probably where we are...
View ArticleIntroduction to Lauren Brentnell
As a queer academic and a trauma survivor, digital spaces have often been my go-to areas for support, recovery, and community. My process of “coming out” as both queer and a survivor was largely...
View ArticleIntroduction to Jason Tham
My views and evaluation of digital rhetoric are rooted in the practices and disciplines through which I have traversed. My early encounters with computers happened both in school and at home. Along...
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Communicating with social media has never been easy or simple for me. Though I understand the technology (I can retweet, tag, Snapchat, edit a photo on Instagram, and make a photo album dedicated to my...
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...
View ArticleIntro to Sara West
I’m a fangirl. It’s important to know in this context because that can pretty much explain my interest in social media and community. I sort of grew up in Internet fandom. Yes, I did fanart,...
View ArticleIntroduction to David Coad
My history with social media is complex. Although I used AOL Instant Messenger in middle school, I didn’t use the ever-booming MySpace during high school, and I was late to the Facebook game, joining...
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 ArticleDRC Fellows End-of-Year Reflection
As their time with the DRC draws to a close, the 2016-2017 DRC Fellows offer reflections on their time, what they’ve learned, and where they go from here. David Coad The DRC has been a wonderful...
View ArticleApply to be 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 ArticleDRC Fellows End-of-Year Reflection
As their time with the DRC draws to a close, the 2017-2018 DRC Fellows offer reflections on their experiences, what they’ve learned, and where they go from here. Jason Tham It’s a privilege to work...
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