Hoover Defends Successfully

Ryan Hoover defended his dissertation at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in English 358. Ryan’s dissertation is titled “Rhetorical Agency, Social Structures, and Power Relations in the National Science Foundation’s Grant Application Process.” Ryan’s committee includes Dr. Amy Koerber (chair), Dr. Ken Baake, and Dr. Sean Zdenek.

Congratulations, Dr. Hoover

List of Dissertations

We added a link on the right under “Program” called TCR Dissertations — It’s a link to a page of everyone who has graduated with a PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from this program, along with those who graduated with a PhD in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric, Technical Communication, or Composition before the TCR Program encompassed all of these areas.

We attempted to replace all the old UMI links to dissertations with the more recent Texas Tech’s initiative to digitize and publish its own dissertations through the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation website (etd.lib.ttu.edu)

If you’re on this list, please take a look to see if the links to the EDT work, if the abstract is correct, and if the “current position” information is up-to-date.

For current students, the broad availability of dissertations and theses for you—without having to buy a copy or go through inter-library loan—is a tremendous benefit.

TCR Students Win Departmental Scholarships

Please join me in congratulating the following TCR students, who were presented with departmental scholarships at yesterday’s awards ceremony:

• Gillian Andersen- Susan and Eric Stotzer TC Scholarship
• Lora Arduser-Carolyn Detjen Rude Scholarship
• Keisha McKenzie –William Bryan Gates Graduate Award in English
• Melissa Helquist-Helen Locke Carter Memorial Scholarship

Booher Accepts

I am pleased to report that Amanda Booher has accepted the assistant professor job offer. She will complete the dissertation soon, graduate this summer, and join us in the fall. She will also come for a portion of the May seminar to give a research presentation, meet with students, and house/apartment hunt.

Hughes Defends

Lori Hughes successfully defended her dissertation on March 23rd. Her tltle is “Tutoring Technical Documents in the Writing Center: implications for tutor training and practices.” and her committee is Ken Baake (chair), Fred Kemp, and Rebecca Rickly.

Garrison Defends

Kevin Garrison successfully defended his dissertation on March 23rd. His tltle is “TECHNOLOGY STUDIES AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: SUBSTANTIVE RHETORIC REVISITED.” and his committee is Rich Rice (chair), Fred Kemp, and Joyce Carter.

Musick defense late July

Fawn Musick’s dissertation defense took place July 18th, 4:00, room 353. She passed easily.

Chair: Ken Baake

Arnett Defense 6/24

Jonathan Arnett’s dissertation defense will take place Tue. June 24, at 3 p.m., Room 357

Chair: Amy Koerber

Youngblood defense 6/18

Susan Youngblood’s dissertation defense will take place 9:30 – 11:30 am on June 18th in room 303.

Chair: Ken Baake

Brewer defense 6/17

Pam Brewer’s dissertation defense will take place 9-11 am in room 362 on June 17th — more details later.

Chair: Kirk St. Amant