Thursday, 3:15–4:30 p.m. Theory, Research Methodologies, and Praxis
D.28 Affection and Attention: Designing Graduate Methodology
Graduate faculty and students from Western Washington University reflect on rhetorical methodologies, comprehensive exam structures, and the ways universities structure the attentions and affections of students. Responding to and imagining a changed and evolving examination process that challenges familiar educational practices creates new capacities for engaging the university.
Room 205 (Upper Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Session Chairs: Isabella Arnett, Western Washington University, “Embodiment, Identity and Persuasion: The Role of the Body in Protest and Political Change”
Tommie McPhetridge, Western Washington University, “Seeking Threads: Encountering and Synthesizing Methodology”
Speaker: Jeremy Cushman, Western Washington University, “Recognizing and Resisting Forced Affections in the MA Exam Process” Respondent: Nicole Brown, Western Washington University, “Opening Up: Rhetorical Methodologies for Programmatic Change”