Jacob Dickerson, PhD

note: this post is written by Blogger Emeritus Matt Morain. Hearty congratulations are in order for Dr. Jacob Dickerson, our latest CRDMer to successfully defend the dissertation. Writing about collective memory in framing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Jacob's project was expertly co-guided by chairs Carolyn Miller and Steve Wiley, with Ken Zagacki and Carole …

Jason Kalin, PhD

note: this post is written by Blogger Emeritus Matt. As was predicted on this very blog 13 short months ago, Jason Kalin has passed his dissertation defense in grand style, making him the newest CRDM PhD in the world (sorry Adam, your reign has ended). Jason's committee was made up of Victoria Gallagher (chair), Carolyn R. …

Fall Already? Who’s Up for the Pubs?

This has become something of a semi-regular post now, which can't be said for most of the content that appears on this blog. It's also the only type of post in which this image 1) appears more than once and 2) gets reused on a regular basis. If you're not familiar with our previous updates …

Kathy Oswald, PhD

Classes start at NC State next week, which signals the return of students, exasperated student emails, and most importantly, regular CRDM blog updates. With that timing in mind, we're pleased to announce our most recent doctor to the world, Kathy F. Oswald, PhD. She sailed through her dissertation defense on Thursday, armed no doubt with …

Heidi Hess von Ludewig, ABD

Not two days after my catch-all post comes news of our freshest doctoral candidate, Heidi Hess von Ludewig. Not to be confused with Ludwig von Koopa, Heidi was newly minted as All But Dissertation on Wednesday afternoon and will now begin working on erasing the All But with her research project. Tentatively titled, "Networked creativity: …

The Puns of August

Well, this is awkward. It's been a while since we've posted any program updates (since May, actually) so we have a lot to report. Normally, each of these notes of interest would get their own dedicated posts, but with the heat wave this summer affecting Raleigh harder than most, our keyboards all melted together and …

Shayne Pepper, PhD

Monday saw the culmination of four years of hard CRDM work and the simultaneous realization of a lifetime of waiting for a single joke as Shayne Pepper successfully defended his dissertation this afternoon. He's the second student this year and the sixth overall to do so. Shayne's presentation on his dissertation, "Public Service Entertainment: Post-Network …

The Sounds of C’s: Kati’s 2011 Playlist of Auditory Highlights

[Our second CCCC recap comes from 3rd-year Kati Fargo, who specializes in auditory rhetoric and sound in composition studies (hence the theme)] Discussion of annotated playlists as genres available in the classroom (W6 all-day workshop) "Sound Teaching: Bringing Music and Audio into the Composition Classroom." Craig Saper's unbelievable audio, sampled, performative work on "Epcot" on …

Sailing the Seven, er, Four C’s

This week, 16 CRDM students are presenting their research in Atlanta at 4C's, known in its long form as the Conference on College Composition and Communication. We'll be featuring several a recap post once it's all said and done, but in the meantime you can download a schedule of our speakers and events -- NC State …

It’s Spring, So CRDMers Are Headed Back to the Pubs

Time again for a publications update. You might have seen our first post back in October; this recurring feature is meant to highlight the kinds of research we do here in the program and the types of journals that fit our diverse research interests. It's also an excuse to make the same pun 3-4 times …