Episode 8: Looking into the Fish Tank: Tiny Encounters at CCCC

At the 2015 meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), I stuck a mic in people's faces and asked them what they care about.

The answers included ideas about specific groups outside our field that we should listen to, specific scholarly directions we could dig further into, and lots of invitations to take part in exciting work.

What do writing and rhetoric scholars care about?
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Episode 8: Looking into the Fish Tank: Tiny Encounters at CCCC

Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman ([email protected]; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you have ideas for future episodes, please contact me!

Transcript available here.

Part 1: Tiny Encounters

As I walked the 2015 meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, I stuck a mic in people's faces and asked them a simple question: what do you care about that you wish other people knew about?

You'll hear lots of answers in the episode from these people, in this order:

Heather Branstetter, Virginia Military Institute, @findheatherlee
Rachel Gramer, University of Louisville, @rachelgramer
Megan Faver Hartline, University of Louisville, @meganhartline
Steven Hopkins, Arizona State University, @seemylittleknee
Matthew Osorn, Clemson University, @hellojuice_
Caitlin Ray, University of Nebraska at Omaha, @ray_raycaitlin
Steven Hammer, St. Joseph's University, @patchbaydoor
Greg Wilson, Texas Tech University, @baconred
A.D. Carson, Clemson University, @aydeethegreat, aydeethegreat.com
Amanda Licastro, CUNY Grad Center, @amandalicastro, The Writing Studies Tree
Janice Walker, Georgia Southern University, @janicewalker, The LILAC Group
Scott Reed, Georgia Gwinnett College, @rhetoroxor, C's the Day on Facebook
Kate Pantelides, Eastern Michigan University, @klpanteli
Megan McIntyre, Dartmouth College, @rcmeg

Part 2: Say Something Silly Now, Please

I guess I did ask one other question: "What else could the letters CCCC stand for?"

You may or may not be surprised at the number of times cats were mentioned.

So there's that.

End Matter

The theme music at the beginning of the episode is by Cactus May, graduate student in rhetoric and composition.

You also heard two pieces from OverClocked ReMix (both water-related, natch): halc, "Another Seascape," and Disco Dan, "Bubble Man (Wants to Get) Funked Up." Both are free and part of a massive collection of videogame music remixes.