The Rhetorical Situation Rachel Fernandes and Nicole Golden

In this final episode the four-part Spring/Summer 2021 series, Rachel and Nicole talk to two current RWS Master’s students who both grew up in San Diego and travelled very unique paths towards getting a higher education. The first, Jenna Levasseur, talks about balancing her professional duties working full time as the Development Coordinator for the College of Sciences with completing her degree and planning at wedding during this last semester. The second, Carl Silva, shares how he has worked to maintain a close relationship over the years with the national charter school, The Knowledge Is Power Program (or KIPP), that once inspired him to get a higher education. 



About the series: In this four-part second installment of The Rhetorical Situation, join graduate students Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden as they speak with faculty, alumni, staff, and fellow students of the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department about their experiences making it through this harrowing past academic year.

Written and Produced by Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden

Audio editing by Rachel Michelle Fernandes

Music by Poolside, Scott Holmes, and Crowander.

To read more about Jenna, Carl, and all of the interviewees, please visit https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/news-and-events/newsletter

In Part 3 the four-part Spring/Summer 2021 series, Rachel and Nicole speak to one of San Diego's busiest lecturers and the self-titled “adopted child” of the RWS department, Emma Lee Whitworth, about her experience helping create mentorship opportunities for writing students and how she came to be a part of the RWS family.

They also catch up with one of the first tutors from the SDSU Writing Center, Hasan Autman, a rapper-turned-linguist who went on to use his skills to build writing centers overseas and also happens to be obsessed with comic books.



About the series: In this four-part second installment of The Rhetorical Situation, join graduate students Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden as they speak with faculty, alumni, staff, and fellow students of the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department about their experiences making it through this harrowing past academic year.

Written and Produced by Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden

Audio editing by Rachel Michelle Fernandes

Music by Poolside, Crowander, and Ketsa.

To read more about Emma Lee, Hasan, and all of the interviewees, please visit https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/news-and-events/newsletter

In Part 2 of the four-part Spring/Summer 2021 series, Rachel and Nicole speak with two alumni. The first is Desiree Ventura, a college writing instructor and Chamorro activist indigenous to Guam, who gained some vital insight into her relationship with colonization while living stateside for the first time in order to attend the RWS Master’s program. The second is Dr. Garrett Stack, a former journalist from the midwest who maintained being a full professor at Ferris State University in Michigan (where he teaches a wide variety of writing styles) while also raising newborn twins!



About the series: In this four-part second installment of The Rhetorical Situation, join graduate students Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden as they speak with faculty, alumni, staff, and fellow students of the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department about their experiences making it through this harrowing past academic year.

Written and Produced by Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden

Audio editing by Rachel Michelle Fernandes

Music by Poolside, Crowander, and Scott Holmes.

To read more about Desiree, Garrett, and all of the interviewees, please visit https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/news-and-events/newsletter

In this four-part second installment of The Rhetorical Situation, join graduate students Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden as they speak with faculty, alumni, staff, and fellow students of the Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department about their experiences making it through this harrowing past academic year. 

In part 1, the ladies speak to the RWS department's newest Assistant Professor, Dustin Edwards. Dr. Edwards discusses his research trajectory, which includes a book project called Digital Damage and Rhetorical Invention at the End of Worlds about the real world consequences of "big data." He also talks about what he's most looking forward to about joining RWS and the SDSU community. 



Written and Produced by Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden

Audio editing by Rachel Michelle Fernandes

Music by Poolside, Crowander, and Scott Holmes.



To read more about Dr. Edwards and all of the interviewees, please visit https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/news-and-events/newsletter

In this debut SDSU Rhetoric & Writing Studies Department podcast episode, fellow MA graduate students Rachel Michelle Fernandes and Nicole Golden get personal and rhetorical with fellow students, faculty, and staff. They speak to the department chair Dr. Glen McClish about overseeing the department during the pandemic and the changes rhetoric has seen over the years. They also speak with the department's newest assistant professor Dr. Consuelo Salas, recent alumni Ruben "Ruby" Mendoza and Clara Cushing, staff member Claudia Gracio, graduate student Catherine Hood, and undergraduate student Rebecca Cudal. Take a much needed break from the zoom fatigue by tuning in to these fascinating stories on The Rhetorical Situation!