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Snapshots of Teaching About Surveillance in Secondary & Higher Education
Karon Jones, James Stevens, Makayla Woods, & Charles Woods (East Texas A&M University) Introduction In Summer, 2025, Dr. Charles Woods taught the first offering of ENG 612: Privacy-Surveillance Rhetorics. Graduate students in Privacy-Surveillance Rhetorics interrogated the rhetorical implications of the privacy-surveillance spectrum throughout local and global culture(s) and focused on the inherent intertwining of rhetoric and…
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The AI Manifesto Assignment
Karon Jones, Tamara George, Thomas Depew, and Charles Woods Introduction 2024 was a busy year filled with updates for our institution. The monumental update was to our university’s name as we officially transitioned from Texas A&M University-Commerce to East Texas A&M University (East Texas). Another critical update was the establishment and launch of a Master’s…
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DRPC GRADUATE ASSISTANT HEARN BIDS FAREWELL
By Michele Hearn First and foremost, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective (DRPC) and to Dr. Charles Woods for taking a chance on me by offering me this competitive Graduate Student Researcher (GAR) position funded via the Texas A&M University-Commerce (A&M-Commerce) Presidential GAR Initiative. The opportunity to…
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DRPC’s Double Win: A Milestone for Digital Privacy and Scholarly Activism
By Michele Hearn, DRPC Graduate Research Assistant The Digital Rhetoric Privacy Collective (DRPC) has made a significant mark in the field of rhetoric and composition with their recent winnings of the 2024 John Lovas Award for Outstanding Online Project presented by Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy and the 2023-2024 Computers and Composition Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital…
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Hearn Competes in Research Symposium
By Michele Hearn I am DRPC Graduate Assistant Researcher (GAR) Michele Hearn, a graduate student in the Department of Literature and Languages in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Arts who is funded by the A&M-Commerce Presidential GAR Initiative. On April 17th, 2024, I presented a poster presentation at the Texas A&M University-Commerce…
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EdTech Surveillance in Online Asynchronous Courses
By Emily Gillo, University of Memphis For this edition, I want to discuss how to integrate a demonstration of EdTech surveillance into an online, asynchronous course. This semester at the University of Memphis, I’m teaching a class (made up of 12 undergraduate and 5 graduate students) called Web and Online Writing that focuses on public…
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Celebrating Excellence: Dr. Morgan C. Banville Wins CCCC Committee on Technical Communication Award
By Michele Hearn, DPRC Graduate Assistant Researcher, Texas A&M University-Commerce It is with immense pleasure and pride that we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Morgan Banville for being awarded the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication by the prestigious CCCC Committee on Technical Communication. Dr. Banville’s dissertation, titled “AM I WHO I SAY…
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Navigating the Landscape of Digital Privacy: Insights from Dr. Sarah Young
By Michele Hearn, Texas A&M University-Commerce Digital privacy (or data privacy) is a pressing concern in today’s interconnected world, impacting individuals across various sectors. In this blog post, we delve into an insightful interview with Dr. Sarah Young, author of, Working Through Surveillance and Technical Communication, conducted by DRPC Graduate Assistant Researcher Michele Hearn, from…
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Welcome to DRPC Privacy Week!
Introduction Welcome to Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective (DRPC) Privacy Week! Over the last year, the DRPC Advisory Board has collaborated to produce DRPC Privacy Week, which is the primary outcome of our 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Emergent Researcher Award. Thank you to CCCC for believing in the potential of this project,…
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Digital Privacy and AI Grant Guide: A DRPC Resource for Finding Grants in the Humanities
Michele Hearn, DRPC Graduate Assistant Researcher Texas A&M University Commerce This DRPC blog post includes information, including titles, descriptions, and (when available) deadlines for grants in the humanities related to digital privacy, surveillance, AI, and teaching with technologies. Additionally, there are tips for crafting a meaningful application for these grant-funding organizations. This blog post includes…
