Ryan McGrady, ABD

We all expect editing rights to Ryan’s dissertation.

Congratulations to CRDMer Ryan McGrady, whose oral exams demonstrated to his committee that he deserves the letters ABD.

His committee is chaired by Jeremy Packer, with Tim Stinson, Jason Swarts, and Neal Thomas (at UNC) as members.  Ryan’s dissertation will investigate the history of encyclopedias and will explore the issues of epistemic authority and medium specificity. We look forward to following Ryan’s work and helpfully suggest he start his research here.

It’s that time of year again: CRDMers have been filling up the Pubs

In keeping with what has become tradition on the CRDM blog, it’s time to take a moment to recognize the CRDM students who have been published all across the academic landscape in the past year.

Pubs. Publications. Get it?

Brock, Kevin. “Establishing Ethos on Proprietary and Open Source Software Websites.” Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication. Eds. Shawn Apostel and Moe Folk. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. 56-76.

Davis, Matthew, Kevin Brock, and Stephen McElroy. “Expanding the Available Means of Composing: Three Sites of Inquiry.” Enculturation. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. Available online: 
http://www.enculturation.net/files/availablemeans/index.html

Brock, Kevin. “One Hundred Thousand Billion Processes: Oulipian Computation and the Composition of Digital Cybertexts.” Technoculture 2 (2012). Web. 6 Oct. 2012. Available online: 
http://tcjournal.org/drupal/vol2/brock

Dickerson, J. A. (2012) “Metonymy and Indexicality: People and Place in the Five Points.” Rhetoric Review, 31(4), pp. 405-421.

Gierdowski, D. (2012). “Studying learning spaces: A review of selected empirical studies.” In R. Carpenter (Ed.) Cases on Higher Education Spaces. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Gruber, D. & Dickerson, J. A. (2012) Persuasive images in popular science: Testing judgments of scientific reasoning and credibility. Public Understanding of Science, 21(8), pp. 938-948.

Kinsella, William J., Kelly, Ashley R., and Meagan Kittle Autry. “Risk, Regulation, and Rhetorical Boundaries: Claims and Challenges Surrounding a Purported Nuclear Renaissance.” Communication Monographs 80.3 (2013) doi: 10.1080/03637751.2013.788253. Available online: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2013.788253

Kittle Autry, Meagan, & Kelly, Ashley R. (2012). “Merging Duke Energy and Progress Energy: Online Public Discourse, Post-Fukushima Reactions, and the Absence of Environmental Communication.” Environmental Communication 6(2), 278-284. doi:10.1080 /17524032.2012.672444.

Kittle Autry, Meagan & Ashley R. Kelly. (2012). “Computers and Writing 2012 Special Issue: ArchiTEXTure.” Guest Eds. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture 14. Available online:

http://enculturation.net/architexture-introduction

Miller-Cochran, S. and Gierdowski, D. (2013), “Making peace with the rising costs of writing technologies: Flexible classroom design as a sustainable solution.” Computers and Composition Special Issue: Deploying 21st Century Writing on the Economic Frontlines. 

Reeves, Joshua. ”If You See Something, Say Something: Lateral Surveillance and the Uses of Responsibility.” Surveillance and Society 10.3/4 (2012): 235-48.

Swift, Jeff. Review of The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser. Technoculture 2 (2012). Web. Available online: 
http://tcjournal.org/drupal/vol2/swift

Nathan Hulsey, ABD

We imagine Nathan will write his dissertation using only the letters A, B, X, and Y.

Congratulations to Nathan Hulsey, who passed his preliminary exam yesterday and is now officially ABD! His committee consists of Adriana de Souza e Silva (Chair), Nick Taylor, Rebecca Walsh, and Steve Wiley. 

After beating the exam/prospectus boss Nathan will now level up and face his dissertation, tentatively titled “For Play: Games, Seduction and Everyday Life.”

Tabita Moreno, ABD

mobile technologies in everday life?

We owe a congratulation or two to CRDMer Tabita Moreno, who passed her preliminary exams earlier today. Congratulations, Tabita!

Her working dissertation title is “Anytime-anywhere: mobile communicative practices and patterns of interpersonal interactions in everyday lives.”  Her committee members are Steve Wiley (chair), Adriana de Souza e Silva, Liz Craig, and Jason Swarts, with Jessica Jameson serving as a temporary committee member.

We look forward to learning more about Tabita’s project!

Jeff Swift, ABD!

It’s time to party in the public sphere. This Wednesday, April 24th, Jeff Swift passed his comprehensive exams. Congratulations, Jeff!

Jeff’s committee consists of Carolyn Miller (chair), Matt May, Vicki Gallagher, and David Rieder. According to Dr. Miller, he’ll be writing his dissertation about “flash publics and a recuperated public sphere.” Digital rhetoric, meet Locke, Burke, and Habermas…

Kevin Brock, PhD

Kevin may or may not have written his entire dissertation in binary code.

Congratulations to CRDM’s Kevin Brock, who recently (a technical hiccup makes this post far more belated than it wanted to be) successfully defended his dissertation, titled Engaging the Action-oriented Nature of Computation: Towards a Rhetorical Code Studies.

His committee was made up of Dr. David Rieder (chair), Dr. Susan Miller-Cochran, Dr. Jason Swarts, and Dr. Ken Zagacki.

We are also proud to note that Kevin landed a cushy job at the University of South Carolina, where he will be teaching the ins and outs of rhetorical code studies, digital writing, and first year composition to the Gamecocks for the forseeable future.

For more on Kevin, click here. To see Kevin’s job on a map, click here. For more on Gamecocks, click here.

Christopher Cummings, PhD!

Big Ups to the newly-endoctored Christopher Cummings, who successfully defended his dissertation titled Impacts of Communicating Secondary Risks on Risk Reduction Responses: The Case of Nanoparticle-Formulated Sunscreens this week! Christopher’s committee was chaired by David Berube, joined by Jason Swarts, Deanna Dannels, and Andrew Binder. Soon-To-Be-Doctor Cummings will officially receive his degree in the upcoming May commencement ceremony, after which we can only assume he will indulge in some well-deserved (and well-protected) fun in the sun!