Pedagogue

Episode 174: Special Interest Group for Design of Communication

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the SIGDOC executive committee talks about the mission and vision of the organization, what to expect at the SIGDOC conference in Lub...

Episode 173: Travis Margoni

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Travis Margoni talks about teaching at Yakima Valley College in central Washington, technical communication, standardized English, te...

Episode 172: Sherri Craig

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sherri Craig talks about critical pedagogy, Black feminist studies, writing program administration and absent narratives, and contrac...

Episode 171: Maria Novotny

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Maria Novotny talks about the ART of Infertility, public-facing scholarship, community literacies, and community-engaged pedagogies.

Episode 170: Nouf Alshreif

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Nouf Alshreif talks about teaching writing in Saudi Arabia, transfer, medical writing, multilingual writers, embodiment, and race.

Episode 169: Melissa Tayles

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Melissa Tayles talks about teaching at Metropolitan Community College, she reflects on teaching at Two-Year Colleges for over twenty ...

Episode 168: Jacqueline Jones Royster

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jacqueline Jones Royster talks about race, gender, cultural studies, resisting and reforming disciplinary histories and traditions, t...

Episode 167: Cheryl Glenn

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Cheryl Glenn talks about surprising moments in rhetoric and composition, silence and rhetorical listening, feminist pedagogies and pr...

Pedagogue Bonus: ePortfolios in Graduate Education (w/Kristine Blair)

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Kristine Blair talks about the value of ePortfolios in graduate education.

Episode 166: Saurabh Anand

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Saurabh Anand talks about second language writing and supporting multilingual writers, multimodality, writing center studies, and tra...

Episode 165: Kristine Blair

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kristine Blair talks about rhetoric and technology, AI and writing, online writing instruction, feminist pedagogies and practices, an...

Episode 164: Kara Taczak

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kara Taczak talks about Writing Across Contexts, research on transfer, teaching transfer in different institutional contexts, and ePo...

Episode 163: Emily B. DeJeu

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Emily B. DeJeu talks about teaching business management communication, mixed-methods research, professional writing, research proposa...

Pedagogue Bonus: The Importance of Transfer in First-Year Writing (w/Kara Taczak)

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Kara Taczak talks about the importance of transfer in first-year writing.

Episode 162: Donnie Johnson Sackey

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Donnie Johnson Sackey talks about environmental rhetorics and travel writing, human participation within natural ecosystems, Black Te...

Episode 161: Annette Vee, Carly Schnitzler, and Timothy Laquintano

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Annette Vee, Carly Schnitzler, and Timothy Laquintano talk about TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, AI literacies...

Episode 160: David Coad and Michal Reznizki

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, David Coad and Michal Reznizki talk about Dynamic Activities for First-Year Composition and how new and experienced teachers can use ...

Episode 159: Jessica Nichole Begay

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jessica Nichole Begay talks about building a future in rhetoric and composition where Tribal Colleges and Universities are recognized...

Episode 158: Whitnee Coy

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Whitnee Coy talks about teaching at Oglala Lakota College, Lakota values, culturally sustaining pedagogy, community and kinship, mult...

Episode 157: Alex Tallant

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Alex Tallant talks about teaching at Navajo Technical University, developmental writing, literacy narratives, Indigenous approaches t...

Episode 156: Anyea Hake

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anyea Hake talks about teaching at Leech Lake Tribal College, Anishinaabe values, empowering students, problematizing standardized En...

Episode 155: Anita Roastingear

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anita Roastingear talks about teaching at Navajo Technical University, how her own experiences as a student at a Tribal College infor...

Episode 154: Jodi Burshia

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jodi Burshia talks about teaching at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, analyzing texts and claiming Indigenous ancestry, dra...

Episode 153: Todd Van Deslunt

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Todd Van Deslunt talks about teaching at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, student success, writing assignments on Ojibwe cultur...

Episode 152: Shaina A. Nez

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shaina A. Nez talks about teaching at Diné College, language and culture, sovereignty, and what she wished people knew about Tribal ...

Episode 151: Tashina Emery

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tashina Emery talks about teaching at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, being a Tribal Court Associate Judge, resilience, art an...

Episode 150: Colton Wood

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Colton Wood talks about teaching at the College of the Muscogee Nation, first-year writing curriculum, storytelling, and what he wish...

Episode 149: Elizabeth Losh, Sarah Z. Johnson, and Matthew Kirschenbaum

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Elizabeth Losh, Sarah Z. Johnson, and Matthew Kirschenbaum talk about the MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI.

Program Announcement

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Big Rhetorical Podcast featuring Shane Wood: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/pod/show/the-big-rhetorical/episodes/Episode-137-Dr--Shane-A--Wood...

Episode 148: Alex Evans

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Alex Evans talks about disciplinary history and archives, multimodality, teaching at two-year colleges, neurodiversity, and critical ...

Episode 147: Keshia Mcclantoc

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Keshia Mcclantoc talks about agency, access, multimodal pedagogies, digital writing, queer and feminist rhetorics, and queer literaci...

Episode 146: Leigh Gruwell

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Leigh Gruwell talks about teaching at Auburn University, digital rhetorics and digital publics, feminist rhetorics, and new materiali...

Episode 145: Jason Evans

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jason Evans talks about teaching at Prairie State College, teaching developmental writing, advice for first-time developmental writin...

Episode 144: Jacob D. Richter

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jacob D. Richter talks about participatory counternarratives, multimodality and teaching composition, digital tools and technologies,...

Episode 143: Brandy Lyn Brown

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Brandy Lyn Brown talks about teaching at a professional military university, her administrative philosophy directing a leadership com...

Episode 142: Travis Webster

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Travis Webster talks about his book on LGBTQA writing center directors, advocacy, antiracism, writing across the curriculum, and ment...

Episode 141: Anthony Lince

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anthony Lince talks about Writing about Writing (WAW), teaching at two-year colleges, and student perceptions on labor-based grading.

Episode 140: Stacy Wittstock

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stacy Wittstock talks about education studies, research methodologies, basic writing programs, institutional hierarchies, culturally ...

Episode 139: Patti Poblete

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Patti Poblete talks about teaching at a two-year college in Washington, graduate education and pedagogical development, writing progr...

Pedagogue Bonus: Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices (w/Jason Tham)

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Jason Tham talks about the Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices.

Episode 138: Jason Tham

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jason Tham talks about user-experience, design thinking, professional and technical communication, community-based service-learning a...

Pedagogue Bonus: WAC at a Small Liberal Arts College (w/Allison Carr)

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Allison Carr talks about Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) at a Small Liberal Arts College (SLAC).

Teachers Talking Writing

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Teachers Talking Writing is a collection of conversations about the theory and teaching of writing in postsecondary contexts. It might also be conside...

Episode 137: Sara Beam

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sara Beam talks about writing program administration, assessment and reflection, anti-ableism, grading contracts, and student engagem...

Episode 136: Sid Dobrin

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sid Dobrin talks about artificial intelligence and writing, ecocomposition, ecocriticism, augmented reality, the Trace Innovation Ini...

Episode 135: Jack Downs

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jack Downs talks about being an academic support specialist, health sciences, genre and audience awareness, responding to writing, an...

Episode 134: Estee Beck

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Estee Beck talks about critical digital literacy, technology, digital media, privacy, and surveillance.

Episode 133: Naomi Simmons-Thorne

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Naomi Simmons-Thorne talks about social justice movements, critical pedagogy, bell hooks, Midlands Technical College, and educational...

Episode 132: Laura Hartmann-Villalta

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura Hartmann-Villalta talks about transitioning from part-time to full-time faculty, contingent labor, Spanish literature, contempl...

Episode 131: Brooke Carlson

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Brooke Carlson talks about teaching at Colorado Mesa University, adapting pedagogy across institutional contexts, contingent faculty,...

Episode 130: Steven W. Hopkins

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Steven W. Hopkins talks about teaching at Brigham Young University—Idaho, multimodality, metacognition and reflective teaching prac...

Episode 129: Nikki Caswell

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Nikki Caswell talks about her writing center philosophy at East Carolina University, affect and emotional labor in writing program ad...

Episode 128: Alexandra J. Gold

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Alexandra J. Gold talks about teaching at Harvard University, #MeToo, social media and digital activism, and her book on contemporary...

Episode 127: Carl Whithaus

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Carl Whithaus talks about writing assessment, writing technologies, online writing instruction, trends and future directions in compu...

Episode 126: Anna Mills

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anna Mills talks about teaching at a two-year college, digital tools for annotation, artificial intelligence and writing, and open ed...

Episode 125: Allison Carr

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Allison Carr talks about environmental rhetoric, writing pedagogy and failure, and revision.

Episode 124: Michelle McMullin

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michelle McMullin talks about teaching technical communication at NC State University, research methods, the Corpus & Repository of W...

Episode 123: Spencer Bennington

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Spencer Bennington talks about martial arts and teaching writing, Eastern rhetorics and embodied rhetoric, and intertextuality in hip...

Episode 122: Rebekah Bennetch

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebekah Bennetch talks about teaching at the University of Saskatchewan in the School of Professional Development, technical communic...

Episode 121: Millie Hizer

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Millie Hizer talks about disability studies and disability rhetorics, academic ableism, rhetorical tactics of resistance, storytellin...

Episode 120: John Gallagher

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, John Gallagher talks about digital writing and rhetoric, usability and user design, technical writing, the afterlife of digital writi...

Pedagogue Bonus: Environmental Humanities (w/Sid Dobrin)

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Sid Dobrin talks about environmental humanities.

Episode 119: Rebecca Weaver

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rebecca Weaver talks about building writing adaptability and fostering community in the writing classroom, teaching at Perimeter Coll...

Episode 118: Kendra L. Mitchell

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kendra L. Mitchell talks about teaching at a public Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Florida, antiracism, and writ...

Program Announcement

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Program Announcement by Pedagogue

Episode 117: Anastatia Curley

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anastatia Curley talks about the first-year writing program at the University of Virginia, curriculum and pedagogical development, me...

Episode 116: Jennifer Whetham

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jennifer Whetham talks about the Washington State community and technical college system, advocacy, policy development, community org...

Episode 115: Daniel Lawson and Genie Giaimo

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Daniel Lawson and Genie Giaimo talk about writing center philosophies, linguistic justice and antiracism, labor and advocacy, challen...

Episode 114: Allison Hitt

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Allison Hitt talks about disability studies, universal design for learning, technology, accessibility, multimodality, Rhetorics of Ov...

Pedagogue Bonus: JUMP+ (w/Crystal VanKooten)

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Crystal VanKooten talks about the Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (JUMP+).

Episode 113: Crystal VanKooten

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Crystal VanKooten talks about digital media and composing with videos in first-year writing, podcasts and audio production, and digit...

Episode 112: Ryan P. Shepherd

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ryan P. Shepherd talks about teaching for transfer (TFT), a TFT approach for graduate composition classes, digital literacy and multi...

Episode 111: Bethany Monea, Joselyn Andrade, and Mikaela Pozo

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Bethany Monea, Joselyn Andrade, and Mikaela Pozo talk about reimagining education through arts and activism, addressing linguistic di...

Episode 110: Halcyon Lawrence and Liz Hutter

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Halcyon Lawrence and Liz Hutter talk about inclusive and accessible design, technical communication, usability, and pedagogical liter...

Episode 109: Tamika L. Carey

20 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tamika L. Carey talks about cultural rhetorics, African American rhetorics, teaching Black women’s writing at a predominantly White...

Episode 108: Kaitlin Clinnin

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kaitlin Clinnin talks about gun violence and trauma, emotional labor and writing program administration, crisis management and respon...

Episode 107: Eric Detweiler

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Eric Detweiler talks about digital rhetoric and media, teaching video games and podcasting, assessing multimodal assignments, and his...

Pedagogue Bonus: Equitable Writing Placement (w/Charissa Che)

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Charissa Che talks about race, language, and equitable writing placement.

Episode 106: Kathleen Blake Yancey

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kathleen Blake Yancey talks about her first experience teaching writing, offers advice for first-time teachers, describes a philosoph...

Episode 105: Amy J. Lueck

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Amy J. Lueck talks about spatial rhetorics, public memory, archival research, dual credit and concurrent enrollment, and erasing bord...

Episode 104: Morgan Banville

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Morgan Banville talks about technical communication, surveillance, feminist methodologies, terms of service agreements, and scientifi...

Pedagogue Bonus: Queer Theory and Composition (w/Timothy Oleksiak)

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Timothy Oleksiak talks about queer theory and composition.

Episode 103: Laurie Cubbison

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laurie Cubbison talks about general education and the purpose of first-year writing, transfer and genre analysis, and national and lo...

Episode 102: Andrew H. Yim

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andrew H. Yim talks about writing center pedagogy, the challenges and joys of writing center work, training and developing new tutors...

Episode 101: Timothy Oleksiak

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Timothy Oleksiak talks about the purposes of peer review, feminist rhetorics, slow peer review, queer theory and rhetorical listening...

Episode 100: Ira Shor

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ira Shor talks about critical pedagogy, questioning the status quo, the ethical responsibility of educators, how teaching has changed...

Episode 99: Brandon M. Erby

09 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Brandon M. Erby talks about Tougaloo College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Mississippi, his research on Emme...

Episode 98: Laura L. Allen

02 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Laura L. Allen talks about race and technology, professional writing, myths about literacy, and the rhetorical practices of Black fam...

Episode 97: Alfie Kohn

26 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Alfie Kohn talks about the purpose of education, rewards and punishments, grades, standards and rigor, homework, and resisting tradit...

Program Announcement

12 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Program Announcement by Pedagogue

Pedagogue Bonus: Ethics and Teaching Writing (w/Will Duffy)

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, Will Duffy talks about ethics and the teaching of writing.

Episode 96: Kate Stephenson

29 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kate Stephenson talks about community-engaged pedagogy, establishing partnerships with community organizations, community gardens and...

Episode 95: Will Duffy

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Will Duffy talks about inviting students to engage and reflect on writing, constructing assignment prompts, collaboration and authors...

Episode 94: Ashley J. Holmes

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ashley J. Holmes talks about public pedagogy, community literacies, visual and digital rhetoric, multimodality, and Writing Across th...

Episode 93: Andrea Riley Mukavetz

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andrea Riley Mukavetz talks about cultural rhetorics, Indigenous rhetorics, writing as healing and resistance, decolonial theory, rel...

Episode 92: J. Logan Smilges

01 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, J. Logan Smilges talks about access, anti-ableism, justice and agency, transfeminist rhetorics, queer studies, and disability.

Episode 91: Jackie Hoermann-Elliott

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jackie Hoermann-Elliott talks about embodied cognition, the relationship between mental and physical activity, writing program admini...

Episode 90: Kristin Lacey

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kristin Lacey talks about building community and fostering student agency, teaching reading, queer American literature, and transitio...

Episode 89: Louis M. Maraj

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Louis M. Maraj talks about antiracist pedagogies and practices, theorizing and centering Blackness and Black feminism, and notions of...

Episode 88: Charissa Che

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Charissa Che talks about translingual pedagogies, Asian and Asian American experiences in U.S. higher education, untold narratives, i...