Eloquentia Perfecta Ex Machina

In this recording from our Practical Pedagogy roundtable series, three instructors from SLU's writing program (Geoff Brewer, Lexie Broemmer, and Brook Shatto) discuss their tactics for surviving the end of the semester, from scaffolding syllabi to composing dopamine-inducing lists.

Welcome back! In our first episode of the fall, Sheila Coursey sits down with Lauren Terbrock Elmestad and Byron Gilman-Hernandez to discuss their use of legos as tools of multimodal composition. Our thanks to Byron and his students for recording their real-time reactions to the LEGO activity during class, which you can hear excerpted throughout this episode.

Welcome back! After a brief hiatus last spring, we have an exciting new lineup of episodes this fall. Our first episode features Katie Gutiérrez-Glik in conversation with Meha Gupta about transnational identity in the classroom. During her first semester teaching English 1900, Meha reflects on some of the tools and techniques she has used as an international instructor at SLU. Meha is the co-editor of "The Lit Archive," an Instagram-based literary blog and book club. You can find it here: https://www.instagram.com/thelitarchives/?hl=en

Welcome back! In this week's episode, Katie Gutiérrez-Glik sits down with fellow SLU graduate instructors Lexie Broemmer and Sal DiBono to discuss how and why they seek to diversify the curriculum and decenter the literary canon in their 1900 and 2000-level courses at SLU.

In this week's episode, we have a brief and temporary Michigan invasion! Sheila Coursey interviews friend and former colleague Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg about her work on serial narratives, from Victorian novels to contemporary pop concert tours, and the way that seriality shapes fan writing and engagement. They also discuss how practices of reading and writing fanfiction have influenced their own pedagogy as writing instructors. For those not in the know about the Michigan RhetComp texts mentioned in this episode, they are: Mark Gaipa. "Breaking into the Conversation: How Students Can Acquire Authority for Their Writing." Pedagogy 1 October 2004; 4 (3): 419–437. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-4-3-419 Mike Bunn. "How to Read Like a Writer" in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing Vol. 2. Edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky (Parlor Press, 2011): 71-86. You can read it here: https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/writingspaces2/bunn--how-to-read.pdf

In this week's episode, Lauren Terbrock-Elmestad sits down with Dr. Amanda Barton to discuss Amanda's recent transition from teaching for the Writing Program to a new position with the Billikens' First Chapter Program. They spend time thinking about their academic interest in the medical humanities, particularly as it affects their ideas about Cura Personalis and the First-Year student.

This week's episode is a recording of the Lab's virtual roundtable on ADHD Advocacy and Social Media, organized and hosted by SLU Graduate Instructor and Ph.D. Candidate Carol Hogan-Downey. Carol invited Jennifer Parker and Michael Ruffin to discuss their work creating peer advocacy networks on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Jennifer Parker started her page, Jenn Has ADHD, in 2019 to learn more about her ADHD and to advocate for herself. Now, she has reached over 260,000 followers on Facebook, 35,000 on Instagram, and two ADHD support groups with a combined 40,000 members. Jenn's content draws on her studies in art, her love of memes, and her Maori heritage to promote ADHD awareness and advocacy through peer support. While she works on her own content, she also promotes the work of other neurodiversity advocates and leads a team of moderators in her peer-support group, We Have ADHD—all working toward her goal of ending the stigma about ADHD and furthering awareness of adult ADHD and its many presentations. Michael Ruffin is an ADHD coach and social-media advocate. He entered into ADHD advocacy after developing a following in 2020 as a Dungeons and Dragons Twitch streamer and TikTok personality @Words for Sale. In September of 2020, he was diagnosed with ADHD and started to pursue a career in mental health by becoming a Peer Support Specialist. While becoming more and more educated on neurodiversity, he discovered the similarities and differences between ADHD and ASD that resonated with his own experiences and was diagnosed with ASD in July of 2021. He began posting about neurodiversity in early 2021, amassing over 73,000 followers on TikTok as Words_and_ADHD. Michael incorporates his skills as a writer and actor to spread awareness about neurodiversity and its overlaps with topics of gender, mental health, creativity, and geek culture.

Our first episode of Season Seven is not about the classic 1996 basketball film starring Michael Jordan (perhaps next season). We are, however, featuring three SLU English instructors discussing the role of space in their courses, assignments, and research projects: Jonathan Sawday and the space of the page, Jo Rho and the space of the theater, and Nathaniel Rivers and the process of mapping space.

In our final COVID-themed episode of this season, Sheila Coursey sits down with Martha Allen, a librarian at Pius Library who liaises with Writing Program courses. They discuss how Pius Library has worked with "The Great Pivot" of March 2020 as well as hybrid research resources and practices we might keep for future semesters.

In this week's episode, Sheila talks with Assistant Professor of English Andy Harper about his Fall 2021 course, Spies and Secret Societies in American Literature. They discuss, among other things, Harriet Tubman's role as a spy, early American secret societies, and rhetorical techniques of spycraft.

This week, Byron Gilman-Hernandez and Lauren Terbrock- Elmestad are reprising an episode they recorded in Fall 2018 that addressed ‘stealing’ in the context of pedagogy. They returned to this conversation to explore what has changed about networks of stealing after a year of virtual and hybrid instruction.

In today’s episode, Sheila Coursey sits down with Anessa Kemna and Carol Hogan-Downey to talk about their journeys in getting diagnosed with ADHD. Carol and Anessa share particular techniques or support structures that have been valuable to them as both students and instructors, and they discuss what we might do to make higher education more equitable for neurodivergent students. In this episode, we discuss Kirby Conrod's article "So you're ABD and you're beginning to suspect you have ADHD," which can be found here: https://kconrod.medium.com/so-youre-abd-and-also-you-re-beginning-to-suspect-you-have-undiagnosed-adhd-661c57e99b7d Anessa Kemna's blog, Addapting in the Dark, can be found here: https://addaptinginthedark.com/

In our first episode of season six, Sheila Coursey interviews Katie Gutiérrez about what it means to her to be a visibly queer instructor. They talk about two texts that have influenced Katie’s pedagogical practices, particularly in courses like "Gender, Identity, and Rhetoric" that center conversations about intersectional identity.

In this final episode of Season Five, Sheila Coursey sits down with Colten Biro and Laura Hardin Marshall to discuss giving feedback to and receiving feedback from students in online or hybrid courses this past semester.

In this week's episode, Sheila Coursey sits down with four undergraduate staff members from the Compass Lab: Clayton Hill, Eva France, Lydia Estrada, and Wes Ragland. They discuss past and present work in the Writing Program and Lab and reflect on the last two semesters from a student perspective.

In this week's episode, Sharee Langenstein interviews third-year Ph.D. student Rachel Shields about how research in the medieval digital humanities shapes her approaches to teaching first-year writing. They discuss what it means to be a digital native, techniques for introducing students to the history of academic resource organization, and the importance of tangible objects in the classroom, from rare books to sea otter puppets. This episode was edited and mixed by Eva France.

In this week's episode, Sharee Langenstein sits down with third-year Ph.D. student Nicholas Gomez to discuss his experience as a first-generation college student. Nicholas reflects on how his educational background has shaped his pedagogy, especially when it comes to showing and receiving vulnerability.

In this episode, Lindsay Adams and Rachel Shields discuss how their backgrounds in creative writing shape their approaches to teaching rhetoric and composition.

For today's episode, Sheila Coursey interviews Katie Eck about her experiences as both an instructor and a student during the Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 semesters. Sheila and Katie discuss their techniques for online and hybrid teaching, the importance of centering student access, and the permanent changes that COVID-19 might bring to their pedagogy.

In this first episode of EPEM Season Five, Lauren Terbrock-Elmestad, Nathaniel Rivers, and Sheila Coursey explore the Compass Lab's longstanding relationship with the writing program and the rapid evolution of the lab amidst COVID-19 as we reimagine multi-modal education and composition.

For our final episode of the season, we have a conversation between our outgoing and incoming Writing Program Administrators, Paul Lynch and Nathaniel Rivers, on their aims and agendas with the Writing Program at St. Louis University.

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̶̪̙͉͍͙͔͆͠c̶̯̈́̂͌͒̇̇ủ̸̝͇̆̓̀̆̐̊̉l̶̢̨̛̺̥͇̳͕̄́͂͊̒̓̀̍t̸̳̞̖̬̐̈u̷̹̅͗͋̽̈̓̉͝͠ṛ̵̱̉̚͘a̵̜̥͓̲͔̤̋̽l̴̰͇̳̋ͅ ̶̬͐́̔ỉ̴̢̩̳͈͎̓́m̸͚̞̬̟̠̠͎̍͆̔̽͊͝p̴̡̛̛̻̣͍͖͎̗͓̊̍̇͒̌͌̕͜a̶̡͖̱͐̀̆͜c̸͖̺͚̖̟͙̣̯͋͊̉̉̀t̸͚̔,̸̢̧͉̮͙͔̹͇͐̊̐̈̈̍͗̚ͅ ̵̥̂́̈́̏͊͝͝ạ̸̹̽̐̋̎̑͝n̴͎̲̥̖̈́̑͑͗͐̑̀͋̓d̵͉͙͙̺̦͚͉̱̐͜ ̸͙̫̼̘̰͉̠̊͐̓͂́͠ò̷̡̢̢̮̥͚̮͛̓͆̏̀u̷̢̮̜͌͝r̵͍̝͍̙͙̞̂̽̈́̊̀ ̷͓̬̩̟̌̎̽͂̀s̸̢̹͙͓̈̈́̀̌̈̾̚͝ͅt̸̨̤͔̝͙̜͇͓̓̅̉̑̊̓ư̶̧̼̮̹͔͓̅͗̆̈́͒d̵͚̗̲̲͚̠̹̽͌̑͐͝e̷̦̺̣̞̹͌͛̀̈͒̂̉ͅn̴̛͕͎̮̱̣̼̑̾̑̃̅̆̒t̸̯̭̺̟̤̋̃͊́̆̽͝s̸̼̦͓͖̖̙̐͜ ̶̧͔̗̘̤̮̈̏̀̓̚͜͜a̷̪͙̓͑͆̃͜ŗ̶̳̱̤̈͘e̵̛̖̫͉̙͈̓̆̊̆̕͜ ̸̡̠̿̈́̂̊i̴̢̞̟͗͐̃̈́͝n̸̰̗̝̫͔̹͒͐̀̓t̷̢̳̟̳͔̗̲̊͆̂͜͠e̸̼̠͙͉͌́̀̽̎̇̎̐͠r̸̹̘̺͇͇̅̌͗ę̴̛̫̤̫̪̩̖̮̃̄͊͋s̷͈̙̹͠t̵̨̡̥͓͖͔̲̤̓͂̄͛͋͜ë̴̘̮̫̱́̐̀́̾̇ͅd̴̢̖̦̩͌̑͆̚͝͠ ̵̨̡̳̥̺͉̻̭̍͒͜i̵̻̠͙̘̫̹̜̔̿́͂ṅ̸̡̗̤̩̩̻̼͉̑̀̓̏͆̽̒͘ͅ ̴̨̧̩̖̪́̊̔̏t̷̻̦͑́ȟ̸̡͈̻͓̭̟͗́̌̑͛͜ͅe̵͙̦̜̱̎ś̸͈͖͖̥̰̀̌̽͋̉͆̊̒ë̶̡̨̯̳̭͍̰͇́̓͆̀ ̵̢͓͙̤͚̞͐̾̆͜t̶̨͈̔̀̎̍̿̾̉o̶̳̤̘̭͕̦͓̾̐̽p̸̢̯̮̳̔̏̋̍͋ͅͅį̶͚̙̫̜͂̿̆͊ĉ̸͔͔͙̰̍̈͝s̴̡̞̯̣͎̱͂̈̀͋̊̊̂̕.̵̫͇͂͆͐̊̀͐͊̂ ̶̛͙̐̌͝͝S̷̩̟͖̲̻̾͋̈́̆̃͠ͅǫ̷͚̩̆̃̀́͊̀m̷̡̫̙̩͛́̓͒̓́̄e̷̛̲͔̘̲̔̔͆̀̓̆͜ ̶̠̖̭̖͓͇̄o̶̥̹̫̖̓̈́̈́̍́͛̐̚f̷̰̦͐́̒̈́̿̆̏͠͝ ̸̡̡̤̗͎̯̘͈̭̔͌ǫ̶̙̠̓̕u̶̹̖̾͐̈́̈́͊̕̕ṛ̸̬̯͓̰͈̳̬͋̐̓̈́͝ ̸̡͖̮̀̈́͆s̵͚̣̯̈́̏̽̔͝t̵̢͓͍͙̹̽̄̾̔̿͌̌̌u̸̗͙͎̓d̴͍̜͓̑̈e̸̢̡͇͓̺̰̍͜n̴̜̟̠̹̥͋t̴͍͈̀̒̌͝s̶̥̰̦̐͠ ̸̹̞͉̪͌̓̈́͌͆̚͜h̸͎̽̔̽͒a̶̯̐̅̄͘͜͝͝ͅv̸͎̂̈ē̷̲̗̳̾̂ ̷̙̂͊͋͂̾͆̎̿c̴̩̠͖͈̰̠͌͊͗́̾̓̍̕͜h̵̡̩͈̻̥͓̿̂̄̽͜o̵̧̡̹̱̹͕̠̍͜s̷̨͚̜̗̭͈͉̯̄́͌̀è̸̲͚͇͇̖̦̥̓n̷̙͚̪̼̞͍̑͊́͂̌ ̶̭͈͔͛t̵̺͗̈̎̏̐̂̋͊o̴̢̮͕͚͔̼͉͎̗̅̆͂̽̍̄͝ ̷̢̨̟͉̖̙͑̓̎̑͑̚̕̕͠r̷̭̠͈̜͌̿͐͜͝ͅe̴̢̬͎̦̻̮̻̟̾̄̓̎s̸̛̖̠̥̗͖̑̅̒̑̎̑̕e̴͖̟̰͔͓͎͈͚̳͂̿͝ą̸̯̹̜̞̳̣̣́͊̓͗́̊̀͘͜ř̴̡̜͈̖̗̳͖̗̤̓̋͒̄̊c̶̭̭̯̩̯̙̩͇̏͛͌̎̀̆̇h̸̟͈̞͛̓͑̈̄̉̕͜ ̴̦̯̮͔͇̯͙̂̉ĝ̶͖̻̪́̎̔ạ̶̛̪̯͑͐m̸̢̞͙̜̙͉̣͔̈́ě̶͔̖̦̠̈́̋͛-̵̢̙̟̗̙̩̂̄ç̷̜͈̽̀̅̉͊̂̌͝ų̷͎̯͓̙̬͔͓̀͜l̶̮͔̰̩̋͘t̴̡͍̪̿̊̆̌͌͒̌ú̶̝̠͛͋̊r̷̛̯̆̐̀̀̄̀ẻ̶̹̩̝̠̣̙̊́̿̽͛ ̷̹̺̔́̍ͅc̸̣͊o̷̰̦̮̟͚̚n̵͚̬̼̣̹͒̐̅ͅͅf̵̗̟̞̳̼̱̮͗̈͛͗́́͝l̴̨̜͕͈̩̈́͆͋̍͂̉i̶͈̙̭̝̪͚̟̞͐̐̉͊c̸͇̫̝̤͔͙̅͒͆̓̎t̴̤̺̦̙̼̩̱͍̍̓̐̇͒͒́̈͜s̴̠̭̹̝͚̭̾̊̓̀̈́̕̕ ̷̧͖̝̼̭̤̎̉̓̾̏͝l̸̨̡̯͈̯̥̳̺̻͌̀́̀̌̇̄i̵̡̻̗̻͇̙͐̎̐͠k̸̙̘̻̹͉̦̫̫͇͐͐̿͐͌͆e̷͚̐͗̾͘͠ ̸̡̨̠̗́̿͒̏̌G̸̡̣̲͎̈́͌͊̚ͅȁ̴̘̱̳̮̫̋́m̴̧̞͕̺͇̘͍̲͂̓̃͊ͅe̵̳͇̝̋͜r̴̼̎g̴̳̏̒́̏̌̀̈́͘̕a̶͈̖͕̜̮͎̝̭̾̿̊̅̈́͒͜ṫ̷̝̒͂ȩ̴̧̫͇̬̭͙̏͝,̴̨̡̦̠̹͌͛̽̅ ̶̡̛̝̖̜͔̦̤̽̓̾̏̕͜͠͝ą̷̣͚̘͆̓̏̇̒̋̕͜n̷̛̛̻̗̼͐̍̆̈́̓v̵̪̬̤̟̺͈̙̜̐̓̉͐̔o̶̬̎̚͜n̶͇̳͇̄́̿̂̀̽̅͝g̵̢̺̰͖̍͑͘o̸͉̟̬̎̎̄̍͜͝ͅi̸̯̤̜͕̟͉̹̝̯͛̅͂͒̓ņ̶̨̨̛͖̗̊̾͋͊g̵̻͖̤̩͚̻̲̅̈́͜ ̴̖̟̺̙̥̗̝̅̿̾̄̄d̴̯̰̲̺̾́ͅé̸̞͎͚͓̟̣͌̕b̸̨̨͓͙̬̬͈̞͓̓̊̋̾a̶̯̒̈͗̋͗͑̕͠t̴̢̩̙͉̟̳̱͚͖̀̓̑̾̃e̶̡̥͍͚͙͈͉͐̅͆̚͜ ̴̨̨̢̣̺̞͙̎͋̄̈͛̾̈͛͆ä̴̫͎́͊n̴̻̾̓͆̉̀̀͛͌d̵̢̥̺͉̞̣̩͔͌̏̽̌͝͠ ̶̢̜̖̮̤̳̥͎̈̍̒͐̓̓̌̕m̵̹̗͉͙͎̃̊̐͊̆͘ͅo̴̳̥̙͆̀̈́̑͗͝ṿ̷̡̱̜̠̳̩̬̀̃͊͑̇̕͘͘͜͠e̷͚͈͗͛͗͋̓͜͜͝m̴̧̛̬̺̍̒͌̇͋͜ͅe̸͍͇͉̞̥͗̌͊͜n̷̢͓̭̰͖͈̻̊̀̎͋͝ͅt̷̡̤̜̖͋͐̈́̽́̃͜ ̷̢̱̺̦̗̳̬͍͐̎̿̓̓̾ͅr̷̬̫͖̥̼͓̃͊͜͝͠e̵̛͖̠g̵̦͒ä̴̖̼́̓́͆ṙ̵̭̊͑̓́d̸̜̟͔̩͚̮̖̥́͊̉̈́̑̔͆͘͝î̸̡̦̬͇̆͆͂͆̊̿n̴͔͇̟͈̑̓̇̈́̀̀̽̚͝ͅģ̸͓̬̲̞̪̙̩̋̐̓͌͝ ̶̧̡̹̦̤̩̊͊̉ṱ̶̲̤͔̤͚͍̹̄̒̑͒͘h̶̞̙̼̤͉̭͇̊̒̊̆̌e̵̱̼̜͆̿́͠ ̶̝̤̳̠̱̼̺̣͛͛͒̎̂͠r̶̢̢͇͇̤̿͗e̴̢͝p̶͖̲̤͈̼̫̊́̏͜ř̸̛̘̤̉̑͆͊̋ȩ̴̨̦̺̽̔͌̉̕ş̷̧̞̬̀̏͆̕̚͠e̷͓̤͔̭͙͎̓ň̷̰͍̖͉̝̦̯̌̅̿̽̈́t̴͉͇̏̿͂a̵̹̱̺̞͂̾̿̆̓̓̀͠͝t̷̛͎̥͍͉͈̽̓̾i̴̗͓͒͋͋̑̈̒̐̕ȏ̵̬̔͊̄̑̇̚n̵̡͎̰͇̥̘̭̼̆͗̆̃̈́̔͠͝ ̷͚͇̹̅̒͊̃a̷̢̛̜̭͕͎̙̍̂̅̀̈́̈́̓̇n̶͇͉̼̍͑͛d̶͔̫̻̞̥͙͋͗̌ ̴̦̯̠͐͗t̴̛̩̬̯̉̈͊͂̊́͒r̶̹͓͔͚̓̽̀̏̒͒e̴̝̰̿͊̄̋a̶̼̖̎̈t̴̘͚̰͗̐͛͑̈́̆̈́̚m̷͕͋e̷̡̢̺̼̭̠̩̱̽̃̌̎͑̋͜͝n̸̘̻̭͉̝͉̠͇͆͒t̶͔͑͑́̍͌͛͗̄̉ ̶̜͋̍̓͠ǫ̵̨̱͕͍̜̦͔̀͐f̴̗̤͚̋͊̂̐̏͘͝͝ ̴͉̖̻͉͍̻̉̑̽̕͝ͅw̶̧̛̺̟͚̘̠̩̜̺̌͋̔͌͊̍͌o̸̧̨̡͉̞͙̝͊̏͛͐͘̕m̷̭̥͍͂̏͗̅͜͠ͅe̷͙̻̜̻̲̦̅̀͆͠ͅn̶͎̜͉̹͇̥͔̪̾͠ ̶̫͈͕̖̏͌̃̈́͌͂͘͝i̷͓̦͂̋͑̿͒̈́̚n̴̝̙͈̺̯̹̋̓̇͛͝ͅ ̷͕̻͇̘͆̑͒̂̾͘v̸̢̳̥̟̘͇̠̏̋̔̀͛̈́̈́̓͝i̶̟̇͐̍̀͗̓̒̍d̴̼́̿̊͘e̷̬͔̯̺̪͉͖̰͋̈̍͛o̵̻̘͚̼̬̅͆̇͑̓ͅ ̴̢̝̗̹̻̪̻̭͑̀͜g̶̨̞͚̑͒̓͗͛̏̑̅̎a̷̧̧̢̺͓̬̳̳͒̽̔́͛̍̅͝m̶̨̖̉̀̉̓̚e̶̢̡̠̯̗̜̘̙͛̀͑s̵̱͇̩̻̥̭̋͑͊̾͘.̷̰͔̬̼͙̩̭̳͐̆̃ ̵̲͔̣͍̱̼̣̠̈́́͒̽͠A̸̦̳̙̙͚̘̩͇̼͐̈́̒c̶̡̩̣̭̮̜͍̐͂͆̇̓͒̀̕͝c̵̖̯̭͉̺̰̯͝ẽ̶̢͔͓̜̦̮̣̋̔͛s̷̡͔̗̖̝̟͖̼̙͑͋̈́̈̄̎͑̏s̷̡̡̹̟̜͉̈́̅͐͗͗̿ ̶̨̢͓̪̣̈́̉́͐ẗ̷̞̯̱͇̖͕͍́̌͋o̴͙̥̭͆ ̵̢̜̣̙̤́ṿ̶̖̆̈́̇̑́ͅi̸̧̾̀͋̓̑͠d̸̢̡̧̛̝̱̻̬̳̺̈́̽̅͛̿̿̏͝ḙ̵͚͎͉͇̺̑͘̕͝o̸̮͎̤̠̯̅̉͝ ̸̨̨͍̱͈̌̏ģ̵̩͊̆̏̿ạ̴̩̞̫̙͔̃m̸̧͇͓͖̰̦̜̐e̷̡̧̦̖͈̣͎͗͐̈͜ ̷̢̼͍̣̙͙̜̗̐̇̄̚c̵̥͓̒̿ö̷̥̭̰̩̰͙͎̾̓̃̚͠ͅn̸̮̮̠̉̉̀́̿̀͜͠͠s̵͔͐͑̅̚ŏ̸̫͆͗l̴̼̬̜̤̯͂̍̓̏̈́̒̌̕͜ͅe̶̺̬͗̈́̉͘ș̵̫͚̆̀̈́ͅ ̴̬̘͈̓̄́͛̊̚ĩ̶͎͎͎̽͆́́n̴̢̡̞̺̞̈́̄͋͌̍͂̀̈́ͅ ̵̖̟̀̈͋̌͑͂̌̽ţ̵̹͔̘͓̹̿̅̆͆̉̅͆͝͠ḩ̵̡̲̰͇͚͉̈́ẹ̴̮̾ ̶̨̢̩͓͙̫̙͔͙̒͗͌͌̈́c̵͔̗̅̒̈́̉͝l̵͈̜̒͌̈̐̎̏͐̐ä̴̛̪̻̮́̄͊͒̂̒͌̕ṣ̷̡̼̦̀̀̿͆̃͆͠s̴͉̗͉̑r̶̢̭͉͓̭̯̩͍̐̈́͊̒͗ͅo̴̬̹̿̅̍̂̽͝o̵̧̞͔̗̙̬̻͌̐͒͊̂̅̚m̸̛͍͈̫͆̌͘ ̵͐̒̔̓̆̾̕̚͜͝w̸̡̤̬̉͗̈́̓̕ͅọ̴̡͍̦̼̠̔͊u̶̳̾̈́͐͒́l̸͉͖̝̎̑̔̾̿̕̕̕ḑ̶̢͈̗̺̻͐̀͆͋̂͜͜ ̵̣̘͍̠̭̯̙̝͊̍̓̈́a̶̯̱͇̜̬͔͋̃̊́̅̓̐̅͛l̷̻̝̺̗̤͈̼̺̮̐̈́́̔̂̕͝l̵͖̞͓̩̮͍̠̟̣̃̏͒̄̏o̵̢͇̗̞͖͎̝͙̳̔̾̍̔̍͂̏̚w̴̥̗͑̀͋́̐͌̃̈ ̵̧͈͙͓̖͍̓͋̇̀͜ų̵̳̠̰̪̝̹̞̽̔͠ͅs̷̱̟͋̇ ̸̛̱̻̖̓̒͑́̽͒͑̈́t̸̰͚̠͔͇̖̠̥̖̊̈̒̕ȍ̸͖͈̱̯̼̹͙̥ͅ ̴͇͈̅͆̊͠b̴̢̤̩̝̱́́́͝͝ȩ̴̰̙̘̩͉̥̩̠̒͌̎̽̔̒t̴̖̯̩͙̺̑̽̓̑̈́̎͌t̶̼̙̞͓̤͉̥̤͛̃͂́ȩ̴̟̖̹̱̝̬͚̲̈̈̂̅̈́̾̂͝ř̴̨̨͚͎͔̦̭̯͌̉̏̂͂ͅ 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For today’s episode, Byron Gilman-Hernandez spoke with two of Saint Louis University’s newest instructors, Abbey Jarvis and Katie Eck, about how their experience teaching in a High School setting informs their teaching in the University. In this episode, we discuss the difference between both classrooms, the lessons High School and Collegiate teaching have for each other, and the role of support systems, like iMentor, for students, as well as teachers.

Today’s episode features a dialogue between Lindsay Adams, author of “River Like Sin” and winner of the 2016 Judith Barlow Prize, and Alicen Moser, co-founder of Poor Monsters and co-author of “Useful and Necessary Ingredients,” on applying their backgrounds in theatre and playwriting in the rhetoric classroom.

This episode of Eloquentia Perfecta features a discussion of the English Major, refugees, and the immigrant experience, with Joya Uraizee, Professor of Postcolonial Literature and Regional Emmy Award-winner, Haris Fazlić, a Bosnian-American graduate student. In the episode, they discuss St. Louis’s Bosnian community, the challenge of preserving language, and including under-represented regions in literature classes.

In this episode, Amy Nelson interviews Anessa Kemna about her experiences as a blind teacher and graduate student. They discuss adapting materials for accessibility, the intersections of non-normative mental and physical conditions, and the concept of inspiration porn. Anessa Kemna’s blog, The Adjunct in the Dark, can be found here (https://adjunctinthedark.com).

In this episode, Natalie Whitaker and Kathryn Polizzi discuss with Byron Gilman-Hernandez their experiences establishing ethos in the classroom. They discuss how gender and age affect the dynamic of their classrooms, and particularly comment on how this might be relevant for new teachers.

For our first episode of Season 4, Dr. Tarrell Campbell, lead organizer of the 2018 Belle da Costa Greene Conference, discusses his experience with planning and developing a conference for Medievalists of Color. In particular, Tarrell charts the process of collaborating with multiple individuals and organizations, the impact of video recording and social media on conferences, and the importance of holding a conference on Belle da Costa Greene.

Following our previous episode, Anessa Kemna and Byron Gilman-Hernandez further developed an Intro to Rhetoric course built around Service Learning. In this episode, they discuss their experiences with the class, ranging from the process and benefits of co-development, making use of new ideas, like the Field Journals or the Service Map of the city, and considerations they’re making for the coming semester.

In this episode, looking to share her experiences using service learning in the composition classroom, Anessa Kemna sits down with Colten Biro to talk about how she structured her course, some of her biggest successes, and her goals to further this work in the class she’s teaching this semester, as well as how others can incorporate service learning into their own classes.

Looking to learn more about the Vatican Film Library, Carol Hogan-Downey sits down with Amy Nelson to talk about her role working with The Metascripta Project, biblioclasms, and very large, very old books. Bridging media technologies of the 21st, 20th, and much, much earlier centuries, Amy shows how an often-overlooked library resource can be valuable to multiple disciplines.

In our final episode of the (Witch)Craft of Writing, a Pentacle of perspectives from Amy Nelson, Anessa Kemna, Natalie Whitaker, Carol Hogan-Downey, and Byron Gilman-Hernandez is brought together around a fire on a chilly October night to discuss the power and practices of rituals. As the finale of our series, this episode ranges from mystical cults of Missouri, the rituals of essay writing in Freshman composition, expressions of grief, and mystic practices to defeat Hitler.

In our second episode of The (Witch)Craft of Writing, Byron Gilman-Hernandez has a conversation with Natalie Whitaker about magic as a language act and what assumptions that brings of an able body. In her experiences teaching contemporary Young Adult authors like Nnedi Okafor, Tomi Adeyemi, and J.K. Rowling, as well as historical attitudes towards witchcraft, Natalie looks to how magic, even as a liberating force, can reinforce assumptions of the Other.

In our first episode of our October series, "The (Witch)Craft of Writing," Byron Gilman-Hernandez has a conversation with Carol Hogan-Downey on The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's influence on Irish theatre in in the 19th Century. Their discussion looks at the Order's mystical practices of tarot and word vibration in philosophy, theatre, and Irish nationalism, and how rhetoricians from Gorgias to Kenneth Burke understood the relationship between Rhetoric and Magic.

For our first episode of Season 3, Carol Hogan Downey and Natalie Whitaker enjoy a brief discussion on the use of incorporating social media into the classroom and rhetoric assignments. They cover the opportunities and potential pitfalls associated with discussions from audience awareness in the composition of a text message to the language choices of dating profiles created for hypothetical characters.

In this episode, Matt Holder and Dr. Toby Benis continue their conversation about the Reacting to the Past pedagogy in an English 1900 context. For part two, they turn to discussing the specific assignments and rhetorical principles at play in the game, its strengths and limitations, and potential adaptations for future classes. Dr. Benis closes by providing some useful resources for any instructors looking to incorporate the games into their own courses.

In this episode, Matt Holder sits down with Dr. Toby Benis to discuss her use of the Reacting to the Past curriculum in her English 1900 course. During Part 1, Dr. Benis describes her inspiration for choosing the method and presents an overview of the specific game played by her students, including the typical prep, scaffolding, and time requirements, and provides examples of the ways in which her students embraced the role-playing experience.

The English Department's Resident Jesuit, Colten Biro, S.J., sits down with Byron Gilman-Hernandez to discuss his work writing for the Jesuit Post—and developing their web content, engaging the community across multiple platforms, moderating discussion, and using his own writing in the classroom. In this episode, Colten discusses his experiences with composition in an internet-mediated dialogue with his audience.

In this episode, Lauren Terbrock returns to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis to interview Tim Youd (http://timyoud.com/) about his exhibition St. Louis: Retyped (http://camstl.org/exhibitions/front-room/tim-youd-st-louis-retyped/). Lauren talks with Tim about the ways machines, sound, and video transform his process, as well as the necessary physicality of reading and writing.

In this episode, Byron Gilman-Hernandez schedules a quick conference with Natalie Monzyk to discuss conferencing. Natalie shares how she's made use of early-semester student conferences in teaching her Literature and Rhetoric classes, as well as some tips and best practices she's picked up from her experience.

In this episode, Lauren Terbrock interviews Misa Jeffereis, Assistant Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, about the exhibition Tim Youd: St. Louis Retyped. Lauren and Misa talk about Youd's project and make connections to the SLU writing program: blurring reading and writing processes; public practices; and the importance of his medium, the typewriter.

On this episode, we share two student media projects from the Fall 2017 semester. While not ready for prime time, these strong audio productions amply demonstrate how students can compose "traditional" first-year writing fare in other ways that don't replace or even supplement but rather work alongside as yet an other mode of composition.

In this episode, Byron Gilman-Hernandez sits down with Laura Hardin-Marshall and Carrie Nelson to discuss and workshop their syllabi for teaching Technology, Media, and Rhetoric. Topics covered include how to work with different media for student Rhetoric projects, resolving technological hiccups, and using Classical media technology in the classroom.

Thanks for listening! We will back in January with a new season for a new semester.

In episode twelve, Byron Gilman-Hernandez returns for an interview with first-year Ph.D. student Carrie Nelson. Carrie discusses teaching her first class this semester, with reflections and discussion on attendance policies, teaching different types of media, and making plans for the next semester.

With episode 11 we bring you a short audio essay on teaching (with) language communities by Eloquentia Perfect Ex Machine contributor Byron Gilman-Hernandez. Byron describes and reflects upon his use of language communities in the first-year rhetoric and writing classroom.

With episode ten we share the exciting conclusion of our round table on the dissoi logoi project. As part of our department's regular brown bag workshops on teaching, faculty and instructors gathered together to discuss the venerable rhetorical tradition of the dissoi logoi. The round table speakers are, in order of appearance, Paul Lynch, Jen Rust, Nathaniel Rivers, Joya Uraizee, Anne Stiles, Colten Biro, and Nicole Ramer.

Our ninth episode is the first part of a two part round table discussion of the dissoi logoi project as discussed on previous episodes. As part of our department's regular brown bag workshops on teaching, faculty and instructors gathered together to discuss the venerable rhetorical tradition of the dissoi logoi. The round table speakers are, in order of appearance, Paul Lynch, Jen Rust, Joya Uraizee, Nathaniel Rivers, Anne Stiles, and Colten Biro.

In our eighth episode, Dr. Nathaniel Rivers (Coordinator of the Computer Assisted Instruction Lab) sits down with himself to briefly discuss Field Recording. For examples of audio productions using field recording check out our sister-site Saint Louis Stories (http://saintlouisstories.com/).

With our seventh episode, we are pleased to rebroadcast an audio essay composed and performed by SLU's own Abigail Lambke (Assistant Professor of English at Avila University) for the journal Harlot (http://harlotofthearts.org/). Of this audio essay, she writes, "Many of us are familiar with the name Walter Ong, and some of us have read him, either pieces of his famous Orality and Literacy, or the often anthologized “The Writer’s Audience is Always a Fiction.” Ong’s scholarship was concerned with sound, with the transition from oral culture to literate culture, and the way technology impacts communication. In that way, Ong was a forerunner of Sonic Rhetorics because his scholarship suggests how sounded words, or oral/aural words, affect the relationship of language to knowledge. Many of us have read him, but how many have listened to him? I mean listened not metaphorically, but literally listened to his voice. In this audio essay, I contend that in listening to Walter Ong, we can expand our understanding of his scholarship and approach to sonic rhetoric"

In our sixth episode Lauren Terbrock (a doctoral student in rhetoric and composition) sits down with Byron Gilman-Hernandez (a doctoral student in rhetoric and composition) to discuss his exploration of "stealing" in the context of pedagogy, which involved Byron interviewing several writing program instructors.