Interview with Rich Shivener
In this interview, Dr. Rich Shivener talks about his book Living Digital Media: Rhetorical Affective Practices and Circulation, which explores the emotional and rhetorical dimensions of digital media creation. Shivener discusses how he came to examine the behind-the-scenes experiences of both scholars that create web texts and independent game developers, as well as the emotional and technical challenges these creators face. The conversation also delves into the similarities between these two creator communities, particularly in their independent workflows, collaborative knowledge exchange, and struggles with digital publishing limitations. Finally, Shivener reflects on the evolution of digital composition, the impact of the pandemic on media creation, and some ideas about a more interactive and accessible approach to reviewing digital scholarship.
Remembering Gail Hawisher
We were devastated to learn of the passing of Dr. Gail E. Hawisher. Mentor, teacher, and friend to us and to so many others in the field, Gail was not only a brilliant scholar but also the most generous of leaders, always recognizing the skills of graduate students and junior scholars around her and inviting them to the table. It is why we’re here today.
In 2007, Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe founded Computers and Composition Digital Press as an open access press that publishes book length born-digital scholarship, one of the first digital presses in the humanities. CCDP is just one of Gail and Cindy’s many successful collaborations. The Press stands as a testament to their foresight in not just imagining but building a place where digital scholarship would be taken seriously by others in the academy. Along with Cindy, Gail did a great deal of work to ensure that important aspects of academic publishing continued in this medium: peer-reviewed projects with ISBN numbers, inclusion in WorldCat, and a university press imprint with the University Press of Colorado and Utah State University Press. This ensured that past and future authors can make a case for the importance and the intellectual contribution of their digital scholarship to deans, provosts, tenure and promotion committees, and outside funders. This work was just the kind of thing Gail excelled at: building opportunities and opening doors for those who come after.
The field of Computers and Writing has lost one of its founders, but we’ve also lost a friend. Unfailingly generous, supportive, and fun, Gail was a delight to be around and a light for our work. She will be forever missed.
Patrick W. Berry, Amber Buck, and Tim Lockridge, CCDP Senior Editors
Radiant Figures with Kate Pantelides & Katherine Musick
CCDP Digital Fellow Wenqi Cui talks with Kate Pantelides and Katherine Musick about the process of writing and revising their chapter with Jacie Castle in the Radiant Figures edited collection. Their piece is entitled, "WPA Responsive Genre Change: Using Holographic Thinking to Unflatten a Celebration of Student Writing."
Radiant Figures with Natalie Szymanski
CCDP Digital Fellow Wenqi Cui talks with Natalie Szymanski about the process of writing and revising her chapter in the Radiant Figures edited collection. Her piece is entitled, "An Ecological Heuristic for Programmatic Curricular Revision and Transformation."
Behind the Scenes with Radiant Figures, Part 2
CCDP Digital Fellow Wenqi Cui continues her interview with Derek Mueller, Rachel Gramer, and Logan Bearden about their process of editing Radiant Figures.
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