Conference Schedule

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