Conference Schedule
Sunday, September 22, 2024: Arrival of participants
2:30 pm - 4 pm: Preconference panel session on the state of higher education and rhetoric in Texas
5 pm – 7 pm: Welcome, Opening Reception, and State of the Field Panel
Monday, September 23, 2024:
8 am: breakfast
9 - 12:30: Plenary Sessions #1 & 2
12:30 – 2 pm: Lunch and Mentoring Panel
2:15 – 5:30 pm: Plenary Sessions #3 & 4
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Dinner and informal networking
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
8 am: breakfast
9 – 10:30 am: Plenary Sessions #5 & 6
12:30 – 2 pm: Lunch and Publishing Panel
2:15 – 3:45 pm: Plenary Sessions #7 & 8
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Dinner and Closing Keynote Address
Wednesday, September 25, 2024: Participants depart
Detailed Schedule of Events
2:30 pm - 4 pm: Preconference panel session on the state of higher education and rhetoric in Texas
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Welcome & Reception, Opening Remarks from conference hosts
6:00 - 7:00 pm: Opening Panel Session: State of the Field in Rhetorical Studies
Panelists:
Martin Law, Utah State University
Susana Martínez Guillem, University of New Mexico
Carlos Tarin, The University of Texas at El Paso
Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Texas A&M University
Kirt Wilson, The Pennsylvania State University
Amy Young, Pacific Lutheran University
7:00 pm onwards: Dinner on your own
8:00 - 9:00 am: breakfast, informal networking
9:00 - 10:30 am: Plenary Session #1 with Catherine Palczewski, The University of Northern Iowa
Chair: Faber McAlister, Drake University
Respondent #1: Caitlin Bruce, University of Pittsburgh
Respondent #2: Diana Martínez, Pepperdine University
10:30 - 11:00 am: coffee and tea break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Plenary Session #2 with Omedi Ochieng, The University of Colorado Boulder
Chair: Fatima Zahrae Chrifi Alaoui, San Francisco State University
Respondent #1: Matthew Houdek, Rochester Institute of Technology
Respondent #2: Rico Self, North Carolina State University
12:30 - 2 pm: Lunch and Mentoring Panel
Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University
Charles Morris, III, Syracuse University
Sue Hum, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Robin Jensen, University of Utah
Jenell Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sarah de los Santos Upton, The University of Texas at El Paso
2:15 – 3:45 pm: Plenary Session #3 with Tiara Na'puti, University of California, Irvine
Chair: Danielle Endres, University of Utah
Respondent #1: José Castro-Sotomayor, California State University, Channel Islands
Respondent #2: Karieann Soto Vega, University of Kentucky
3:45 – 4:00 pm: break
4:00 – 5:30 pm: Plenary Session #4 with Jennifer LeMesurier, Colgate University
Chair: Ashley Mack, Louisiana State University
Respondent #1: Sabiha Khan, The University of Texas at El Paso
Respondent #2: Keven Rudrow, Syracuse University
5:30 pm: break
6:30 – 8:00 pm: Conference dinner and informal networking
8:00 - 9:00 am: breakfast, informal networking
9:00 - 10:30 am: Plenary Session #5 with Ashley Hall, University of Iowa
Chair: Ariel Seay-Howard, North Carolina State University
Respondent #1: Logan Rae Gomez, University of Utah
Respondent #2: Toniesha Taylor, Texas Southern University
10:30 - 11:00 am: coffee and tea break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Plenary Session #8 with Lamiyah Bahrainwala, Southwestern University
Chair: Suzanne Enck, University of North Texas
Respondent #1: Amber Kelsie, University of Colorado Boulder
Respondent #2: Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, University of Iowa
12:30 - 2 pm: Lunch and Publishing Panel
- David Cisneros, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Matthew deTar, Ohio University
- Christa Olson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Phaedra Pezzullo, University of Colorado Boulder
- Damien Smith Pfister, University of Maryland
- Mary Stuckey, The Pennsylvania State University
2:15 – 3:45 pm: Plenary Session #7 with Pamela VanHaitsma, The Pennsylvania State University
Chair: Jay Childers, University of Kansas
Respondent #1: E Cram, University of Iowa
Respondent #2: Tom Dunn, Colorado State University
3:45 – 4:00 pm: break
4:00 – 5:30 pm: Plenary Session #8 with Angela Aguayo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chair: Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas
Respondent #1: Paul Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
Respondent #2: Raquel Moreira, Southwestern University
5:30 pm: break
6:00 – 8:00 pm: Keynote Address & Conference Dinner
Keynote Address: Lisa A. Flores, The Pennsylvania State University
- Chair: Bryan McCann, Louisiana State University
Respondent: Andre Johnson, The University of Memphis
Respondent: Claire Sisco King, Vanderbilt University