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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New post by yours truly on women and AI: medium.com/positionalit... If you are interested in writing a blog post for Positionality Stories, lmk! #teamrhetoric

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Do Students Trust AI More than Women?

Caring for students and valuing women’s voices amid the AI noise

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Liane Malinowski just published a new post on our Positionality Stories blog. She talks about AI, public writing, and community-engaged teaching. Check it out! And let me know if you are interested in submitting your ideas for future posts. #teamrhetoric medium.com/positionalit...

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Teaching Public Writing in the Spectre of AI

Lessons from the #BusBaddieBrigade

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Woohoo! The business department at W&L is hiring a TT assistant professor in data analytics apply.interfolio.com/188550 and another in strategy apply.interfolio.com/188500. Our business department rules! Liberal arts is our core. Ask me questions. #academicsky

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

W&L (my university) is looking for a new TT assistant professor of business specializing in organizational strategy. We are one of the few liberal arts universities with an AASCB-accredited business school, and our department is THE BEST! Feel free to ask me questions. apply.interfolio.com/188500

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Chihuahuas in a sea of comfort. Can you find both chihuahuas? #dogsofbluesky

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sometimes life stresses little Niecy out, and she needs to take a break. I'm with you, girl. #dogsofbluesky

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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Happy #FeministFridays and congrats to editors Kristine Acosta, @michellecowan.bsky.social, @rhetrickly.bsky.social, Nancy Small, & Erica M. Stone on the publication of Storied Practices: Positionality in Writing Studies! Read at @wacclearinghouse.bsky.social: wacclearinghouse.org/books/practi...

Congratulations to editors Kristine Acosta, Michelle Cowan, Rebecca Rickly, Nancy Small, and Erica M. Stone on the publication of their open-access book Storied Practices: Positionality in Writing Studies, published with the WAC Clearinghouse! The collection explore how the various identities and lived experiences of scholars shape their professional personas, research methodologies, and teaching practices.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We made a book! Our edited collection called Storied Practices is out and about!!! wacclearinghouse.org/books/practi... Love to our contributors and my co-editors Kristine Acosta, Erica Stone, Becky Rickly, and Nancy Small for sticking together to work on this for all these years!!! #teamrhetoric

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Storied Practices: Positionality in Writing Studies - The WAC Clearinghouse

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In love with this teapot creation by Michelle Erickson at UVA's Fralin Museum of Art.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My department head made stickers featuring our department pets. I love Ruby's feature! #dogsofbluesky

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

So happy that my article "Nontraditional Grading at the Nexus of Business, Communication, and Composition" is now published in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly!!! 🥳 #teamrhetoric ❤️❤️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Nontraditional Grading at the Nexus of Business, Communication, and Composition - Michelle Cowan, 2026

This article explores factors influencing classroom assessment approaches by analyzing survey data from 326 U.S. college instructors teaching business, communic...

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Loving @puddingviz.bsky.social (pudding.cool)! I was sent a link to this years ago, and Sam Dragga sent a reminder about it on the ATTW listserv this week. Perfect for my data viz unit! #teamrhetoric

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The Pudding

The Pudding explains ideas with visual essays.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Saw this lost and found in the local paper today, and it made me laugh!

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

So excited about this cross-career exchange at RSA 2026. Others, please sign up! #teamrhetoric forms.gle/HXSXPTAhGqkZ...

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

First day of class takeaway: MANY clusters of students are watching The Summer I Turned Pretty. Consensus: It's bad, but we're all watching it.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I just finished The Names by Florence Knapp. What a wonderful, thoughtful book! It brought me a lot of joy today. #books www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

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The Names

The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change th…

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Is success really just failing a little at everything?

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The Positionality Stories blog (medium.com/positionalit...) is looking for contributors. Each post is peer edited. If you would like to write about how your teaching, work, or research intersects with other parts of your life, submit a blog post idea here: forms.gle/Egf1fyKUnK1W... #teamrhetoric

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Positionality Stories Blog Proposals 2025

Submit your idea for a post on the Positionality Stories blog. We are looking for four contributors in three quarters of 2025 (a total of 12 posts). Our blog posts center around how positionality co...

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I forgot how addictive using magic erasers is. I have ended the life of many a spot tonight.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

My life would be complete if only I had a compilation of all Tammie Brown's confessionals from Drag House Rules. 😂💃🏻🥇 youtube.com/shorts/y6Wyx... @planettammie.bsky.social

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I'm Back on the Tube for Drag House Rules! #outtv #shorts

YouTube video by Tammie Brown

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I'm looking for good books that encourage curiosity and trying new things, especially learning new technologies. I want something for my college students to read because I have many who are very resistant to learning technology and taking initiative. Recommendations welcome! #academicsky

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Looking for rhetoricians who want to present at the Association for Business Communication (ABC) conference this year. We are forming a panel! ABC is in Long Beach, CA, in October. If you would like to join the panel, submit your idea in our form: forms.gle/yaWvh9NLU9aa... #teamrhetoric

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The Rhetoric Special Interest Group at the Association for Business Communication (ABC) is organizing a panel for the 2025 ABC conference in Long Beach, CA, in October. If you would like to join the panel, submit your idea in our call for proposals form: forms.gle/V9pitJLfjN95... #teamrhetoric

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ABC Rhetoric SIG Panel Presentation Submission 2025

Deadline to submit your presentation idea: March 3, 2025 The nature of work is always changing. Remote work policies are in flux. Communication channels are forever evolving and proliferating. Diversi...

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I'm teaching multimedia design after two years of teaching biz communication. As much as I love reading student work, it is so refreshing to be lulled into the grading zone with beautiful color palettes rather than summary paragraphs and slide decks. #academicsky #brainbalance

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stemEDify @stemedify.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Want to help your students apply what they're learning in your class AND contribute to the greater good? Teach them how to write a scientific opinion piece! 📝 The Op-Ed Project has some fantastic resources for getting started, and we'll be sharing our own soon 👀 www.theopedproject.org/resources

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Op-Ed Writing: Tips and Tricks — The OpEd Project

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Anyone else shook by the news that the Society for Technical Communication is dissolving!? #teamrhetoric

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

When your dog's medical condition forces her to wear a bodysuit that makes her even cuter... #dogsofbluesky

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/01/2025

I knew all this was going to happen. But nothing can really prepare you for what it feels like when the moment actually arrives. This is why we need each other and our communities. I plan to turn to them a lot in the coming years.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

You can believe in peace and still fight for what is right.

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Michelle Cowan @michellecowan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I picked up some of your stickers at RSA a few years ago and have been wanting more ever since. I could not remember who made them!!! Thank you for brightening my day ☀️

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Karrin Vasby Anderson @kvanderson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#TeamRhetoric, want some really cool stickers to put on recruiting tables or give to students as prizes or just get a good convo going? Check out Dr. Ryan Skinnell's @rhetrickery.bsky.social awesome sticker store! ryanskinnell.com/rhetoric-sti...

Purple sticker with a drawing of a woman that says "rhetoric is a total vibe, Aspasia, probably."

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RHM Journal @rhmjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Hi #TeamRhetoric We have a new issue out! RHM 7.4 includes topics like: a review of RHM research and its responsiveness, religion, identification and agency, air justice and health literacy, mental health rhetoric, and assisted suicide. Read here: journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm/issue/vi...

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