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We work to create community and provide a forum for LSU students, faculty, and other interested persons to gather as rhetoricians and host rhetoric-related events.

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While housed in the Department of Communication Studies at LSU, our chapter is committed to promoting the inter- and trans-disciplinary study of rhetoric at our institution, in our state, across the Gulf Coast region, and through out national and international spaces. 


We also disseminate resources for rhetoric, cultural, and communication studies students, scholars, and teachers.

We are a local chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America at Louisiana State University.

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Upcoming Events

  • Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 9)
    Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 9)
    Fri, Dec 11
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    Dec 11, 2020, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
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    Week 9 (the final week!) of our semester long virtual writing retreat! Register to attend!
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  • Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 8)
    Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 8)
    Fri, Dec 04
    Zoom
    Dec 04, 2020, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
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    Week 8 of our semester long virtual writing retreat! Register to attend!
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  • Dr. Rebecca de Souza: "The Stigma of Hunger"
    Dr. Rebecca de Souza: "The Stigma of Hunger"
    Thu, Dec 03
    Zoom
    Dec 03, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
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    Drawing on her book Feeding the Other: Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries (MIT Press, 2019), de Souza shows how food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self-help, and economic productivity rather than food justice.
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  • Dr. Abraham I. Khan: "After Persuasion: Reframing the Revival of Black Athlete Activism"
    Dr. Abraham I. Khan: "After Persuasion: Reframing the Revival of Black Athlete Activism"
    Wed, Dec 02
    Zoom
    Dec 02, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
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    Khan discusses the sports media resurgence of Black athlete activism that anchors the rediscovery of Black athletes’ political agency in terms that emphasize the power of persuasive speech, rather than identifying Black athletes’ collective labor power.
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  • Dr. Jo Hsu: "Homing Story: Constellating Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics."
    Dr. Jo Hsu: "Homing Story: Constellating Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics."
    Tue, Dec 01
    Zoom
    Dec 01, 2020, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
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    For LGBTQ+ Asian Americans, who are often excluded from U.S. national imaginaries, Hsu posits storytelling as queer diasporic “homing,” or a means of composing community unbound from any fixed locale.
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  • Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 7)
    Fall 2020 Writing Retreat (Week 7)
    Fri, Nov 27
    Zoom
    Nov 27, 2020, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
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    Week 7 of our semester long virtual writing retreat! Register to attend!
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