RCID Student Publications in 2012

A selection of RCID student publications in 2012: 

Byrum, Kristie, “How (and Why) to Create A Corporate Social Responsibility Platform.” A Guide to Best Practices in Corporate Social Responsibility & Green PR. Vol. 4. by PR News. Access Intelligence, 2012.

Colton, Jared. “Articulating a Politics of a Reticulated Community.” Review Article of Reticulations: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Networks of the Political, Philip Armstrong. Enculturation. (May 2012) Web.

Colton, Jared. Review of Inessential Solidarity: Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations, Diane Davis. Rhetoric Review, Volume 31, Number 1 (January 2012), pp. 88-92. Print.

Fancher, Patricia. “Review of Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work by Douglas Coupland” Enculturation 9:2 (2011), 21 December 2011.  

Henry, Sharon. “Guest Editors’ Introduction: Crossroads, not Cross Purposes: Contingency, Vulnerability, and Alliances in the Contemporary Writing Program.” Co-authored with Seth Kahn, West Chester U of PA and Amy Lynch-Binieck, Kutztown U of PA. Open Words – Special Issue 6.1 2012: 1-5.

Holmes, Steven. “Would Socrates Approve this Message? From Social Realism to Rhetorical 'Allegorithms' as Gaming Activism in Markus Persson's Minecraft.” Games of Words. Ed. Zachary Waggoner. Macmillan, 2012.

Holmes, Steve. “Wither Ecocriticsm in the Era of Hyperobjects?” Review of Ecology Without Nature and The Ecological Thought, by Timothy Morton. Journal of Ecocriticism (2012).

Lind, Stephen J. (2012). “Un-defining Man: The Case for Symbolic Animal Communication.” In E. Plec (Ed.) Perspectives on Human-Animal Communication: Internatural Communication. New York: Routledge.

Lind, Stephen J. (2012). “Teaching Digital Oratory: Public Speaking 2.0.” Communication Teacher 26 (3), 163-169. DOI:10.1080/17404622.2012.659193. 

McFarlane, Nicole. “Digital Memory and Narrative through 'African American Rhetoric[s] 2.0'” Review of Keepin’ It Hushed: The Barbershop and African American Hush Harbor Rhetoric by Vorris Nunley and Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age by Adam Banks. Enculturation (2012).

Stowe, S. Andrew. “The Inherent Interdisciplinarity of Multimodal Composition” Integrative Pathways, The Association for Interdisciplinary Studies quarterly newsletter. October 2012. 

Great work, everyone!

S3S December Gathering

Much fun and festivities were had at the annual S3S Christmas Party.  Jan and Cynthia were kind enough to host the festivities and the decorations were excellent.  Many Kudos to Jimmy and Lauren Butts for carrying on the tradition of making the Collamati meatballs.  After enjoying the grub and Jan’s Grog, the traditional white elephant gift exchange ensued.  Some of the favorites included 1980’s exercise tapes, a roll of bubble wrap, and a sack of onions.

Halloween Costume Party!

The gang put on their best re-presentations of that which they weren't last weekend for the annual S3S Halloween Party!

Ashley, Hayley, and Lauren with munchkin accompaniment

Jimmy presents the Best Costume Award...

...to Brian and Lauren, who easily secured victory as women in binders

The spooky spectacular included but was not limited to orange rice krispy treats, corporeally interactive html5, smores, a DIY ping pong table, David Blakesley as Dexter, and Jan Holmevik as himself: a rad biker. Great thanks to our marvelous hosts, Jimmy and Lauren Butts, whose lawn decorations both confuse and delight!

RCID Students Awarded Teaching Distinctions and Grant Funding

Congratulations to our many Graduate Teaching Assistants who received a Clemson "Difference Makers" award! An anonymous survey conducted by University Housing gave on-campus students the opportunity to identify a particularly impacting faculty or staff member. We are happy to boast seven such mentors in our ranks. Congratulations to Jimmy Butts, Kristie Byrum, Jared Colton, Patricia Fancher, Michael Lucas, Lauren Mitchell, and Glenn Southergill!

Additionally, many of our students will hit the road with some funding provided by the Clemson's Professional Enrichment Grant (PEG) initiative for a variety of professionalization experiences. We're pleased to congratulate the following PEG recipients: Kristie Byrum, Patricia Fancher, John Jay Jacobs, Stephen Lind, and Drew Stowe!

Lind used this opportunity for a trip to California to conduct original interviews and archive research for his dissertation. "The competitive funding provided through the Graduate Student Government is an essential component of Clemson's support of graduate research," said Lind, making possible "research and presentations that often simply would not happen otherwise."

Congrats, all!

Day of Service with ReWiGo

S3S members reached out to the community last weekend in constructing a wheelchair ramp for an Easley, SC household. Check it out:

J. Butts & P. Fancher at the saw

G. Southergill

H. Christiansen, S. Lind, P. Fancher, J. Butts, M. Osborn

The finished product! K. Elrick, G. Southergill, J. Colton, A. Colton

The day of service was coordinated by ReWiGo Ministries Program Director Sara Newton, who earned her degree in Architecture right here in Tiger Town! More pictures and additional information at Facebook.com/ReWiGo.

Thank you for a great year!

S3S wants to congratulate this year's graduates as well as thank our generous hosts who provided warm hospitality for our S3S parties throughout the year.  

Many thanks to our hosts ---

Sharon, Don, and Cheyenne Henry

Dave and Julie Blakesley (and family)

Patricia Fancher and Kelly Cooper

Anthony and Keri Collamati (and family)

Victor, Toni, and Roman Vitanza

Jimmy and Lauren Butts

We look forward to another great year starting in August -- See you then!

(Jimmy Butts, Kelly Cooper, and Lauren Butts
at the April S3S Party hosted by the Blakesleys)

4th-Years Accept Faculty Positions

Congratulations to 4th-year RCID candidates (and soon-to-be graduates) on their newly accepted faculty positions across the country:

Nicole McFarlane has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English (Rhetoric/Composition) position at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC.

Nicole Snell has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in the Department of Information Design and Corporate Communication (IDCC) at Bentley University in Waltham, MA.

Anthony Collamati has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of New Media Studies in the interdisciplinary Communication and New Media Studies program at Alma College in Alma, MI.

Curtis Newbold has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Communication, New Media and Technical Communication in the Professional Communication program at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT.