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Writing & Rhetoric

Faculty in Writing & Rhetoric

Nedra Renolds

Nedra Reynolds, PhD

Professor

Office: Roosevelt 322
Phone: (401) 874-4665
E-mail: nedra@uri.edu
Degrees: Emporia State University; Miami University of Ohio

Teaching Interests:
Rhetorical and feminist theories; geography; composition pedagogy and cultural studies; portfolios.

Courses Recently Taught: WRT 201, WRT 435, WRT 647, WRT 999

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications:
  • Geographies of Writing: Inhabiting Places and Encountering Difference, Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
  • The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing, 6th edition 2004. With Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg.
  • Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Students and Portfolio Teaching: A Guide for Teachers. Bedford Books, 2000.
  • "Activism and Service Learning." with Donna M. Bickford. Pedagogy 2(2002): 229-52.
  • "Who's Going to Cross This Border? Travel Metaphors, Material Conditions, and Contested Places." jac 20(2000): 541-64.
  • "Composition's Imagined Geographies: The Politics of Space in the Frontier, City, and Cyberspace" College Composition and Communication, Vol. 50, September 1998.
  • "Interrupting Our Way to Agency: Feminist Cultural Studies and Composition" in Feminism and Composition Studies: In Other Words (MLA).
Professional Activities: Chair of the PK-16 Advisory Committee on the Language Arts (State of Rhode Island Office of Higher Education and Department of Education); College Section Steering Committee, NCTE; editorial board member, College Composition and Communication; past member of the CCCC Executive Committee.

Current Research Interests: Place-based theories of composing; portfolio assessment.

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E-Portfolio Presentations

All seniors in the Writing & Rhetoric major complete an electronic portfolio through our capstone course, WRT 495. The Spring 2009 class, consisting of Sam Fuller, Jessica Notardonato, Samantha Notardonato, Rob Petrin, Tatiana M. Uhoch, and Emily Weintraub, marked the second year for graduating our pioneer Writing & Rhetoric majors.


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Upcoming Events

Monday, December 14th
What: Portfolio Pandemonium
Where: The Writing Center
Who: WRT students, writing center tutors, and faculty

Wednesday, December 16th
What: ePortfolio Presentations
Where: Lippitt 402
Who: Colleagues, friends, and families of our graduating seniors