Rhetoric and Writing Studies at SDSU

Our Chair has published a new blog post! Have you considered how Aristotle's appeals can be adapted and updated to understand our communication styles in today's world? If so, you might find this blog useful. Link : https://erwc.blog/category/blog/rhetorical-concepts/ . #thisisrhetoric #rhetoricandcomposition ... #rhetoricandwriting #rhetoricintherealworld See more

The Rhetoric Behind The Golden Globes Part 1: Movies & Their Messages . Many of the winners and nominees were movies that tackled sensitive issues like racism, belonging, identity, family and the pursuit of one's dreams. They dealt with societal topics and issues like democracy, discrimination, employment and classism. . Check out more about One Night In Miami directed by Regina King, Nomadland directed by Chloe Zhao, Soul directed by Kemp Powers & Pete Docter, Minary direc...ted by Lee Isaac Chung, The Trial of Chicago 7 directed by Aaron Sorkin. . Questions to Consider: [1.] How did these movies convey a message that is relevant in contemporary society? . [2.] What makes Zhao’s win significant for the entertainment community and society in general? . [3.] What are some themes associated with Nomadland? . [4.] What movies did you think should have received more scholarly attention in academia and why? . [5.] Name an issue that you felt was relevant in all of the nominated films and how does it appeal to rhetoric? . A big thank you to @elifstufekci96 for your incredible work and collaboration on this post! More coming soon! . #ThisIsRhetoric #RhetoricInTheRealWorld #ThisIsPersuasion #RhetoricAndWriting #RealWorldRhetoric #SDSU #WritingStudies PDF https://drive.google.com//1qhfoNN2jOsnzB671gleYnzyRC/view

Take The SDSU APIDA Pledge Today! . How the SDSU APIDA Pledge Works (#SDSUAPIDAPledge) Pledge to create a welcoming and safe climate for our APIDA communities. Help us abolish hate. To participate in the Pledge, please do the following:... Sign up to complete the pledge here: bit.ly/SDSUAPIDAPledge Follow us on Instagram at @sdsuapidacenter and/or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/sdsuapidacenter. Tell others to follow us as well. Spread the word - let others know we are here! Join the SDSU APIDA Resource Center contact list: https://bit.ly/SDSUAPIDA Perform at least one task from each of the three activities listed below. Complete the google form indicating which activities you have completed: bit.ly/SDSUAPIDAPledgeCOMPLETED. Optional: To help spread awareness, please post a picture or video of yourself completing the three activities on Instagram with #SDSUAPIDAPledge and tag @sdsuapidacenter. Receive a virtual badge and/or a sticker (when supplies are available.) Proudly display to spread awareness. Note: You may complete the pledge multiple times to get multiple stickers.

Join the RWS Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group! . Here is a brief outline of our mission, goals, and some of the topics this working group discusses. . A part of our mission is to acknowledge that we have been raised in a society (and in structures and institutions) that elevates whiteness (as well as normalizes cis-hetero, ableist culture) (Diggins, 2020).... . Some of our goals include: Develop and/or employ anti-racist practices in curriculum and pedagogy. . Some of the topics discussed in our working group are: Equity, Counterstory, Futurity, Radical Vulnerability, Survivance, Racial Trauma, Settler Fragility, Colonialism, Racial Violence, Myth of Meritocracy, Asset-Based Approach to Education. . For More Information send an email to [email protected] or visit the RWS Virtual Help Desk at rhetoric.sdsu.edu. . #RWS #RWSSDSU #ThisIsRhetoric #AntiRacism #Equity PDF https://drive.google.com//10GiF7hS82D-yZmW_XJf5GMC2_/view

Celebrating Women’s History Month with Activists, Writers, Educators, and Leaders . Take a look at 18 incredible women who have made a difference! This is not a comprehensive list by any means so please, feel free to coment below any one else who has made a change in their communities! . Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Legislator and Activist); Alicia Garza (Civil Rights Activist and Co-Founder of #BLM ); Bharati Mukherjee (Novelist and Short-Story Writer); Cecilia Chung (Tran...sgender Civil Rights Activist); Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Author, Poet, and Activist); Chrystos (Menominee Two-Spirit Poet and Activist); Cori Bush (Congresswoman, Community Activist and Organizer); Dorothy Laigo Cordova (Founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society); Gloria E. Anzaldua (Queer Chicana Poet, Writer and Feminist Theorist); Graciela Limon (Chicana Scholar and Writer); Judith Ellen Heumann (Disability Civil Rights Activist); Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg Scholar, Writer and Artist); Mary Kawena Pukui (Historian, Scholar and Teacher); Opal Tometi (Human Rights Activist and Co-Founder of #BLM); Patrisse Cullors (Artist, Educator, Political Strategist and Co-Founder of #BLM ); Patsy Mink (First Woman of Color in Congress); Tamara Burke (Founder of the #MeToo Movement); Winona LaDuke (Environmentalist, Economist and Writer) . #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #InspirationalWomen #ThisIsRhetoric #RhetoricInTheRealWorld #poet #activist #writer #educator PDF https://drive.google.com//1iQ-4HcgqabzAYi7t-j_ouX-Kv/view

Did you watch the #Inauguration on Wednesday? Many of your RWS classes use moments like these as course materials. Political and cultural moments like these are when the rhetorical appeals and strategies shine. We can see HOW an argument is designed to accomplish a clear purpose and HOW those choices shape the impact on the audiencce. Scroll through this mini lesson to take a look at some rhetorical strategies used in President Biden’s inaugural address. Consider the question...s as you move through and we would love to read your comments! Thanks to one of our amazing Teaching Associates, Bree Hawkins, for the content! #ThisIsRhetoric #RhetoricInTheRealWorld #ThisIsPersuasion

Did you see the #rhetoric category on Jeopardy! this week? Scroll through to see which rhetorical concepts came up in their category "Having an Argument." How many can you get right? . Check back tomorrow to see the answers and our explanations! #thisisrhetoric... #rhetoricintherealworld See more

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The end of the semester is nearly here. Are you ready? Here are a few resources that might help #SDSU #SanDiegoState #SanDiegoStateUniversity #SDSUAztecs #RhetoricAndWritingStudies

Here are the answers to yesterday's Jeopardy questions and explanations. How many did you get right?

Today is #NativeAmericanHeritageDay closing out November's #NativeAmericanHistoryMonth Recognizing and celebrating Indigenous communities and cultures upends the settler-colonial narrative put forth through the Doctorine of Discovery... The rhetoric of these days of recognition function as an act of survivance and combats the erasure of Native communities brought about by the continued settler occupation of ancestral lands. SDSU exists on ancestral Kumeyaay lands. Today's Native American Heritage Day is a great opportunity to learn more about the culture and people who are still a very active part of the San Diego community. Thanks to RWS lecturer Matt Fowler for the lesson! Check out @sdsunativerc and @sdsuamericanindianstudies for more resources. #thisisrhetoric #rhetoricintherealworld

Check out this video from one of our amazing RWS majors, Rebecca Cudal! . Also, did you see our RWS major featured in @sdsuadmissions #MajorMonday post earlier today? We love our undergrads! #thisisrhetoric #sdsu

Get to know the awesome Dawn Brown in our Lecturer Spotlight this week! #sdsu #ThisIsRhetoric #SanDiegoStateUniversity #SanDiegoState #RhetoricAndWritingStudies