03/11/2010

RSA - 2010 DRAFT Program Ready for Review

Since Michael Leff's death on February 5 I have been putting together the details of the program for RSA 2010 in Minneapolis. On the one hand, it's been a challenge: filling in for Mike is an impossible task. On the other hand, it's been a pleasure: Mike's colleagues at Memphis, particularly Camisha Smith, Melody Lehn, and Mark Nagle, have been resourceful and completely dedicated to putting together the event that Mike would have wanted; and getting an advance peek at what conference presenters have put forward makes me confident that this will be RSA's finest meeting--truly an outstanding intellectual and professional event. Thank you for the proposals you sent in.

03/11/2010

RSA - DRAFT Program Available for Review

02/25/2010

RSA - 2010 Conference Program Update

Since taking over as Conference Director in the wake of the terrible loss of Michael Leff, I have been working with Michael's University of Memphis colleagues Melody Lehn and Camisha Smith (actually, most of the "working" has been theirs!) to complete arrangements for our event in Minneapolis. The experience is giving me even more reason to anticipate that our conference will be an outstanding intellectual and professional event.

02/23/2010

2010 RSA Career Retreat for Associate Professors

Following success at last year's RSA Institute, the RSA Committee on Equity and Diversity would like to invite you to participate in the second annual Career Retreat for Associate Professors to be held in conjunction with the 2010 RSA Conference in Minneapolis.

02/02/2010

RSA - Guide to Minneapolis

Here is some information to help you get to Minneapolis and then to enjoy your stay!

01/17/2010

RSA Conferences - Department and Program Advertisers/Sponsors

We invite you to affirm your support for scholarship in rhetoric and publicize your organization to current and future leaders in the field through a half- or full-page advertisement in the conference program, which will be distributed to all attendees.

01/11/2010

RSA - Supersessions in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis convention features nine "supersessions" that will run concurrently on the afternoon of Saturday, May 30, just before Laurent Pernot's plenary address on epideictic rhetoric. Here is a brief description of each of them:

12/01/2009

RSA - Registration Open for the Minneapolis Convention

It is December 1, and as promised, we have registration up and running for the 2010 RSA Convention.  To register for the convention, go to the RSA home page and click on the box marked Conferences and Institutes. 

09/23/2009

Update on Conference Submissions

09/10/2009

RSA 14th Biennial Conference - Info for Graduate Students Their Mentors

RSA has had a long-standing commitment to nurturing young talent and finding ways of including them in our activities, especially our institutes and conferences. That commitment is reflected in our plans for the 2010 meeting in Seattle, and I want to describe some of the special features of that meeting designed to encourage graduate student participation.

08/31/2009

Ten Reasons NOT To Go The 2010 RSA Convention

I'm sure that many of you remember that Jack Selzer, our excellent 2008 program coordinator, sent a message before the Seattle convention listing ten good reasons why you should submit a proposal and come to the meeting. The message was in character for Jack, who is an upbeat, positive sort of person, but being a more negative type, I thought it best to try the other approach and to provide ten good reasons for staying away. They are: ...

08/11/2009

Research Network: Sharing Work In Progress

This year at RSA participants have the option to participate in a "Research Network: Sharing Work in Progress" instead of or in addition to submitting an individual, panel, or special format proposal.