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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…
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Understanding Digital Privacy During Cybersecurity Awareness Month
By Michele Hearn, DRPC Graduate Assistant Researcher The mission of Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM), a collaboration between the government and private industry, is held every October to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and to empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms of crime. The theme for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023…
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Designing Privacy-Surveillance Rhetorics
Charles Woods here. In the Spring of 2020, I launched “Rhetorics of Big Data,” an innovative, interdisciplinary writing course available in the general education curriculum at Illinois State University (ISU). I was a graduate student working on my dissertation about digital privacy, data collection, and New Surveillance technologies, specifically direct-to-consumer DNA technology, like Ancestry or…
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Meet DRPC Graduate Research Assistant Michele Hearn
My name is Michele Hearn and I am from the awesome city of San Antonio, Texas. Currently, I serve as an English as a Second Language (ESL) coordinator in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. My educational journey began at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, where I earned my bachelor’s degree. Today, I have nearly…
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Becoming the Research: Surveillance and Respecting Student Privacy in the Writing Program
Charles Woods here. When I first wrote about the DRPC in my dissertation, I outlined a coalitional approach to researching and understanding privacy and surveillance in the field of rhetoric, composition, and technical communication. Mission accomplished! The DRPC Advisory Board includes a diverse arrangement of scholars who each approach privacy and surveillance as an aspect…
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Toward a Pedagogy of Democracy and Privacy
Author(s): Britt Beatte, Texas A&M University Commerce Martín Guerra-West, Texas A&M University Commerce Stormy Montes Texas A&M University Commerce Charles Woods, Texas A&M University Commerce Introduction “How can and have historically marginalized groups leveraged writing to enact systemic change? How have calls for global human rights played out locally?” These were the questions posed to…