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Classical rhetoric: The anonymous Dissoi Logoi and Antiphon’s Tetralogies

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This summer, the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group has begun discussing classical texts relating to rhetoric and argumentation from the perspective of contemporary law. To support that effort, I began a series of background pieces (starting with this post on June 14) to function as a roadmap to classical rhetoric for members of the… Continue reading Classical rhetoric: The anonymous Dissoi Logoi and Antiphon’s Tetralogies

Argumentation theory · Classical Rhetoric · CRCL · Rhetoric

Early history of classical rhetoric

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On June 14, the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group discussed Gorgias’s Encomium of Helen from the perspective of contemporary law, but many of us were new to the text, and so we spent a considerable amount of time just getting familiar with it. We may report later as a group on our discussions and… Continue reading Early history of classical rhetoric

Classical Rhetoric · CRCL · Legal theory · Legal writing

Introducing the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group

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[It’s been a while since I posted: I’ve been wrapped up in wrapping up things as I prepare to leave Georgia Tech and head to Texas A&M’s School of Law in the fall. But here’s one new project about which I’m very excited.] In January 2017 I invited colleagues in the legal academy, particularly those… Continue reading Introducing the Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Law group

Ethics · Gender · Methodology · NLP

Research ethics: Gender as a variable in NLP

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I’ve previously posted on the talk I’m giving today (April 4) at EACL in Valencia. This post provides the slides with the accompanying notes. (If you are reading this before US Eastern bedtime on April 4, it may not be the final version, as I’m editing the slides while watching the earlier presentations during the… Continue reading Research ethics: Gender as a variable in NLP

Ethics · Gender · NLP · Research Problems

Gender as a variable in writing studies–presentations and paper accepted

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As I noted back in November, I’m presenting “Gender as a variable in writing studies: Ethics and methodology” at the Writing Research Across Borders IV conference in Bogotá, Columbia, on Thursday, February 16. While preparing for WRAB, I wrote an article that has been accepted to appear in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings of the First… Continue reading Gender as a variable in writing studies–presentations and paper accepted

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“Gender as a variable in writing studies: Ethics and methodology” at WRAB in Bogotá

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Organizers of the Writing Research Across Borders (WRAB) IV conference in Bogotá Colombia in February 2017 accepted my proposal to present a paper. I’ve paid my registration and booked my travel. I intend to have a near-final draft of a journal article ready for the conference; I hope to make a few final edits if… Continue reading “Gender as a variable in writing studies: Ethics and methodology” at WRAB in Bogotá

Methodology · NLP · Scientific & Technical Writing

Use What You Choose, article posted on ACM

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ACM has published the Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication (September 2016 SIGDOC ’16), including our article, “Use What You Choose: Applying Computational Methods to Genre Studies in Technical Communication.” My co-authors are William Hart-Davidson, Kenneth C. Walker, Douglas M. Walls, and  Ryan Omizo. Our article is available for… Continue reading Use What You Choose, article posted on ACM

Legal writing

#CCCC2017 panel will discuss undergraduate legal writing courses

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Updated Nov. 7, with details about Legal Writing and Rhetoric SIG. I’m pleased to be chairing a panel at the 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication focusing on undergraduate legal writing courses. It takes place Friday, March 17, 03:30 pm – 04:45 pm at Oregon Convention Center E142. There are five talented speakers, identified… Continue reading #CCCC2017 panel will discuss undergraduate legal writing courses

Empirical research · Gender · Legal education · Legal writing

Does it matter to the legal profession and pedagogy that men and women didn’t write differently?

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I gave a talk this week at a law school regarding my article in Written Communication from October 2016, “Gender/Genre: The lack of gendered register in texts requiring genre knowledge.” The article reports the results of an empirical study, but it does so with reference to theories from corpus linguistics and relevance-theoretic pragmatics, not the sort of… Continue reading Does it matter to the legal profession and pedagogy that men and women didn’t write differently?

Critical/Cultural Studies · Rhetoric

Hahn: The Stactive Style

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I enjoyed getting to know Dr. Ed Hahn during our time in Minnesota’s PhD program in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication. He always struck me as a very smart and thoughtful guy. In the most recent issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly, he demonstrated that amply with this essay: Hahn, E. (2016). The Stactive Style: Whiteness… Continue reading Hahn: The Stactive Style