Colleagues,
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the edited volume Confronting Toxic Rhetoric:
Writing Teachers’ Experiences of Rupture, Resistance, and Resilience (Peter Lang).
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1446367
If you’re a writing teacher concerned about toxic rhetoric in your classroom, this book is for you!
We are so proud of this book and are immensely grateful to our contributors.
Take a look at the TOC below.
Wishing everyone a happy new year,
Jamie White-Farnham, Cathryn Molloy, and Bryna Siegel Finer
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: Toxic Rhetoric: Reflections on a Phrase, by John Duffy
- 1 Confronting Toxic Rhetoric Prelude: Origin Stories of Toxic Rhetoric (Jamie White-Farnham)
- Introduction (Jamie White-Farnham, Cathryn Molloy, and Bryna Siegel Finer)
- Section 1 Rupture
- 2 Site of Contention: Rhetorics of/and Stone Mountain, Georgia (Whitney Jordan Adams)
- 3 When Two Sides Are Too Many: Using Fairness in Unfair Ways (Craig A. Meyer)
- 4 Taking on Toxic Rhetoric in the Classroom (Matthew Boedy)
- Section 2 Resistance
- 5 From “Kung Flu” to #StopAAPIHate: Confronting Toxic Anti-AAPI Rhetoric through Contemporary Activism and Digital Literacy (Liping Yang)
- 6 Responding in Real Time: A Course in Rhetoric, Propaganda, Demagoguery, and Misinformation (Sarah Lonelodge)
- 7 Social, Digital Annotation as a Tool for the Future of Democratic Discourse (Miranda L. Egger)
- 8 “The Action is on You!”: Examining When and Why to Engage—or not Engage—Rhetorically (Bruce Bowles Jr.)
- Section 3 Resilience
- 9 Teaching Toward Coalitions: Combating the Toxic Rhetoric Around Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Charles McMartin)
- 10 The Elephant in the Room: On Responding to Potential Toxic Rhetoric in Tutoring Sessions (Sarah M. Shea)
- 11 Detoxifying Debate: Confluences of Composition and Conflict Resolution (Daniel Cole)
- Postscript: (Re)Calling the Character of a Career: A Letter of Thanks to John Duffy by Rachel Ketai