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Special Courses for Spring 2021

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric is offering the following special courses in the spring of 2021 (enrollment is limited):
Switching your FYS

Spring 2021 advice for students who want to switch between FYS courses.
Student Consultants Win Award for Helping Nonprofits

"Campus Compact of New Hampshire" recognizes outstanding community service.
Associate Professor of Speech Josh Compton earns top paper award in Health Communication

In their study, Mason and Compton examine the efficacy of public health risk information messages during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
RWIT - Winter Writing Group for students

In collaboration with Clara Lewis, RWIT, the peer writing center, will be hosting an online writing group for students in Winter 2021.
Sharing A Statement of Solidarity from RMS

The Consortium of Studies in Race, Migration, and Sexuality recently shared a message of solidarity, providing support and resources to our communi
Jennifer Sargent Appointed Chair of NH Parole Board

Full story at Dartmouth News.
The Institute Moved into New Offices

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric will permanently move offices on Monday 9/9/19 from Baker Library to 37 Dewey Field Road, room 233.
The Institute Welcomes New Faculty

The Institute for Writing and Rhetoric welcomes three new faculty members to our ranks this year: Annika Konrad, Clara Lewis, and Kate Rose
Dobson and Mosteirin Publish Moonbit

Institute Director Jed Dobson and his wife Rena Mosteirin have co-authored a book of experimental poetry and cultural criticism based on the code that ran the Apollo 11 guidance computer.

Recent Publications

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Access Fatigue: The Rhetorical Work of Disability in Everyday Life

Annika M. Konrad

College English 83, no. 3 (2021)
A Tale of Two Teams: Next Generation Strategies for Increasing the Effectiveness of Global Virtual Teams

Cristina B.Gibson, Svetlana (Yana) V. Grushina

Organizational Dynamics 50, no. 1 (2021)
Prophylactic versus therapeutic inoculation treatments for resistance to influence

Josh Compton

Communication Theory 30, no. 3 (2019)
Shifting Blame: C. Everett Koop's AIDS rhetoric of guilt and redemption

Darlene K. Drummond

KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society 14, no. 1 (2019)

Events

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Aug 04

10:00AM
First-year Seminar Faculty Workshop
online Zoom workshop

A workshop is designed for faculty new to the FYS program or proposing a new topic, but experienced faculty are also welcome.