Dr. Christine Tulley to Give Presentation to Rhetoric & Writing Students

Dr. Christine Tulley, Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the Univerisity of Findlay and alumni of the BGSU Rhetoric & Writing Ph.D. Program, will give a presentation and host a workshop on April 5th from 11:30am - 2:00 pm in East Hall 406.  

Dr. Christine Tulley is a Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at The University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio and founder and director of the Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing Program. She is the author of How Writing Faculty Write (Utah State University Press, 2017). Her research interests include study of the writing habits of rhetoric and composition faculty, the use of podcasting to promote ancient literature, and the intersection of rhetorical and classical study, specifically Homer’s influence on classical rhetoric and pre-classical education for graduate students in rhetoric programs. She is the current Praxis section editor for Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy and winner of the Ellen Nold award for Best Article in Computers and Composition for 2014. Her work has been published in Pedagogy, Computers and Composition, JAC, Journal of Faculty Development and more. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the CCCC Task Force for Cross-Generational Activities and is a member of the CCCC Newcomers’ Orientation Committee.

Dr Tulley's new book, How Writing Faculty Write (Utah State University Press, Forthcoming Fall 2017), provides a revealing window into how fifteen prolific writing faculty start with an idea, draft and organize a manuscript, and pursue a project through to publication. Unlike typical academic productivity guides that advocate writing from 30 minutes to two hours a day, How Writing Faculty Write illustrates in detail how time constrained writing faculty have learned to write consistently in brief open moments of the workday while avoiding writer’s block. Due to knowledge of rhetoric and composition as a discipline, productive writing faculty adopt attitudes that not only increase chances of publication success, but also cultivate sustainable writing habits over the course of a faculty career. These attitudes result in ten strategies writing faculty use to begin the writing process, complete the written product, and reinforce habits to enhance scholarly productivity.

Useful for a variety of venues from doctoral graduate publication courses within rhetoric and writing to faculty writing groups to faculty development centers across disciplines, How Writing Faculty Write offers innovative yet workable strategies for emerging and established faculty writers. Drafting process tips that organize writing from the start, key rhetorical choices to increase a manuscript’s chance for publication, and effective project planning and time management are applicable across disciplines and useful for all faculty and faculty developers interested in creating a culture of faculty writing on campus.

This event is sponsored by Rhetoric Society of the Black Swamp (RSBS), BGSU’s Student Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), and RSA. RSBS received the RSA Special Event Award for a proposed spring speaker .With the 21st Century Englishes Conference theme of collaboration, RSBS sees this as an opportunity to prepare for that theme and start conversations on collaboration. RSA’s official announcement of awards can be found here.