Exploring the Field (2:2)

Special Guests!

Tonight, we are honored by several special guests: Drs. Barker, Lanigan, Busl, Bender, Brown, and Souris.

Let’s spend the first hour or so of class in conversation with them!

Discussion of readings

McComiskey, Ch. 4-6

• What did you learn about the field?
• What questions do you have?
• What ideas do you have?
• What resources can we find for each disciplinary area read about for tonight?
  • organizations
  • conferences
  • ?
  • Let’s add them to the resources page.

Booth, The Craft of Research, “From Topics to Questions” + “From Questions to a Problem” (Ch. 3 and 4)

Writing Assignment Workshop

Let’s talk a bit about the read-around. Have you made choices? Have you started? How may I help? What can we workshop tonight to help you with the read-around?

Do you want to explore the next one yet?

Prompts, Area 2: Getting to know the field

• Part 1: The Read-around (due 10/3, 10%)
• Part 2: Field-Forum-Audience Analysis(due 10/10, 5%)
• Part 3: Methodology Exploration Map + Description (due 10/31, 5%)

Planning for next time

Let’s go find some conference proceedings, online, for next week’s reading. (I have a few, but haven’t posted them yet. I’ll do so tonight!)

For next time

• Browse/explore/read conference proceedings: Making the Connection: Language and Academic Achievement among African American Students. Proceedings of a Conference of the Coalition on Language Diversity in Education OR Conference Proceedings, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society OR Rhetorics Change/Rhetoric’s Change (RSA, 2016) OR find one of your own!
• Search the internet and see if you can find examples of people delivering conference talks (preferably in our field).
• Locate a CFP (or two or three) for conference you are interested in. Search their websites for old convention programs (to read the abstracts for sessions).