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Technical Writing teacher at Virginia Tech, focusing on technology & literacy instruction. Disabled. Poodle wrangler. Steelers fan. Pedagogical troublemaker.

 Blacksburg, VA
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Job: UW-Madison: Assistant Professor of English (Rhetorics of Health and Medicine) via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: UW-Madison: Assistant Professor of English (Rhetorics of Health and Medicine)

Job: UW-Madison: Assistant Professor of English (Rhetorics of Health and Medicine)

Dear Colleagues: We are thrilled to share that the English Department is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor through UW-Madison’s RISE-THRIVE initiative. We invite applications from col…

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Job: Clinical Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Purdue via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: Clinical Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Purdue

Job: Clinical Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Purdue

Hi everyone, We welcome applications for a Clinical Assistant Professor position at Purdue. Please feel free to contact me with questions. Best, Jenny Dr. Jennifer Bay, PhD Professor and Associate …

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GradSchool: DePaul MA WRD Virtual Open House 10/29 via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
GradSchool: DePaul MA WRD Virtual Open House 10/29

GradSchool: DePaul MA WRD Virtual Open House 10/29

Dear Colleagues, DePaul University’s MA program in Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse will participate in a Virtual Graduate Open House on Thurs., Oct. 29 starting at 5:00pm Central Standard Time. …

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Event: October AWAC Reads: Faculty Expectations for Expert vs. Upper-Level Undergraduate Academic Writing via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Event: October AWAC Reads: Faculty Expectations for Expert vs. Upper-Level Undergraduate Academic...

Event: October AWAC Reads: Faculty Expectations for Expert vs. Upper-Level Undergraduate Academic...

AWAC’s Mentoring Committee is excited to announce the date for our October 2026 AWAC Reads article discussion. AWAC Reads is a reading group that aims to create a space for collegial conversa…

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CFP: Extension – SWCA 2027 Conference Proposals via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Extension – SWCA 2027 Conference Proposals

CFP: Extension – SWCA 2027 Conference Proposals

Hello colleagues, We hope that the middle of the semester is going well for you all! SWCA is extending the deadline for proposals to November 2, 2026 which can be submitted here: With this extensio…

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Event: WAC Journal Editors’ Panel from the AWAC Research and Publications Committee via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Event: WAC Journal Editors’ Panel from the AWAC Research and Publications Committee

Event: WAC Journal Editors’ Panel from the AWAC Research and Publications Committee

WAC Journal Editors’ Panel Sponsored by AWAC’s Research and Publications Committee, and open to anyone with an interest in publishing about writing across the curriculum. Date: November 2, 20…

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Job: James Madison University Is Hiring! via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: James Madison University Is Hiring!

Job: James Madison University Is Hiring!

Dear Colleagues, The School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication (WRTC) at James Madison University is hiring! We look forward to welcoming a new Academic Unit Head (AUH), or department…

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CFP: 2026 Call for Proposals for CPTSC Research Grants via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: 2026 Call for Proposals for CPTSC Research Grants

CFP: 2026 Call for Proposals for CPTSC Research Grants

Colleagues, We are reaching out to inform you that the CFP for the 2026 CPTSC Research Grants is available at Please consider submitting a proposal for consideration. You have the option to submit …

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Job: Update for Tenure-track Job Posting at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christ via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: Update for Tenure-track Job Posting at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christ

Job: Update for Tenure-track Job Posting at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christ

I’m pleased to announce that the search for a tenure-track position at the rank of Advanced Assistant or Associate professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has been approved for a brief…

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CFP: Reminder: Special Issue of the Writing Center Journal on GenAI via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Reminder: Special Issue of the Writing Center Journal on GenAI

CFP: Reminder: Special Issue of the Writing Center Journal on GenAI

Hello, colleagues! The CFP deadline for our special issue of The Writing Center Journal, "Research, Voices, and Possible Futures: Writing Centers in the Era of AI" is only 2 weeks away! Y…

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CFP: Proposals Due in 1 Month: 2027 International Writing Analytics Conference via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Proposals Due in 1 Month: 2027 International Writing Analytics Conference

CFP: Proposals Due in 1 Month: 2027 International Writing Analytics Conference

I’m writing with a reminder that proposals for the 2027 International Writing Analytics Conference are due on November 15, 2026! The conference will convene in Orlando, Florida, on March 18-19, 202…

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Job: English Lecturer Job Posting – UNCW via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: English Lecturer Job Posting – UNCW

Job: English Lecturer Job Posting – UNCW

Good evening, everyone, My name is Addie Sayers, and I am the composition coordinator at UNCW. I am also the chair of a new composition-focused English lecturer search. Please share this job openin…

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Event: IWCA Annual Conference Reminder – Program and Registration Available via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Event: IWCA Annual Conference Reminder – Program and Registration Available

Event: IWCA Annual Conference Reminder – Program and Registration Available

Good afternoon, everyone! I hope that your semesters are going well and that you’re all surviving the spookiness of mid-terms (sorry, I had to). I wanted to remind everyone that the IWCA conf…

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CFP: 2027 EATAW Conference CFP via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: 2027 EATAW Conference CFP

CFP: 2027 EATAW Conference CFP

Hello, WAC folks! Our colleagues at EATAW are excited to share their CFP with us. See below! Dear EATAW Community, We are very happy to share with you the CFP for the EATAW 2027 Conference. The con…

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New: Centering Student Activism, now available! via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
New: Centering Student Activism, now available!

New: Centering Student Activism, now available!

Utah State University Press is proud to announce the publication of Centering Student Activism: Feminist Rhetorical Interruptions of Sexual Assault Culture, by Shari J. Stenberg. Centering Student …

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Job: Lecturer of English at Kennesaw State University via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Job: Lecturer of English at Kennesaw State University

Job: Lecturer of English at Kennesaw State University

Dear colleagues, The English department at Kennesaw State University is hiring lecturers of English. You can find the job ad here at Please feel free to reach out with any questions, and share wide…

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CFP: Critical Slowness in an Age of Crisis via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Critical Slowness in an Age of Crisis

CFP: Critical Slowness in an Age of Crisis

Dear Colleagues, We (Kathleen Dillon and Timothy Oleksiak) write with a CFP on critical slowness in rhetoric and composition, literacy, writing studies, etc. We hope that each of you will consider …

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CFP: Xchanges is seeking Graduate and Undergraduate submissions! via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Xchanges is seeking Graduate and Undergraduate submissions!

CFP: Xchanges is seeking Graduate and Undergraduate submissions!

Hello Friends, Xchanges, an interdisciplinary Technical Communication, Writing/Rhetoric, and Writing Across the Curriculum journal, is actively accepting submissions by undergraduate and graduate a…

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Event: Join Us for Western States Ideation Sessions on November 6 via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
Event: Join Us for Western States Ideation Sessions on November 6

Event: Join Us for Western States Ideation Sessions on November 6

Dear colleagues, As we work to reimagine CCCC after its de-chartering, and in alignment with the CCCC’s Townhall on Friday, October 9th, we invite Western States colleagues to join us for online id…

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CFP: Donald Murray Prize 2026 – DEADLINE APPROACHING! via wpa-announcements.tracigardn… #WPA-Announcements
CFP: Donald Murray Prize 2026 – DEADLINE APPROACHING!

CFP: Donald Murray Prize 2026 – DEADLINE APPROACHING!

Dear colleagues, Writing on the Edge is pleased to invite submissions for the 2026 Donald Murray Prize. This annual award goes to the best work of creative nonfiction on the subject of language, wr…

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