Polymodal Perversity and Rhetorical Power: (Not) Confronting Gender Issues in First-Year Composition
| Role | Name as printed | Affiliation as printed | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Susan Jarratt | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | |
| Speakers | Elaina Taylor | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Speakers | Robert Jacob McDonie | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | Mystifying Gender: Pedagogical Approaches to Rhetoric and Narrative in Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Virgin Suicides’ |
| Speakers | Kat Eason | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | My Mother Wears Combat Boots: Motherhood and Action Heroes in The Sarah Connor Chronicles |
| Speakers | Joy Parker | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | 300 vs. ‘Full Metal Jacket’: Manly Men, Mythic Rhetoric, and the Downside of ‘Glory’ |
| Speakers | Megan Nowell | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | ‘The Man They Call Jayne’: Rhetoric and Gender in Joss Whedon’s Firefly |
| Speakers | Loren Eason | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | Malvey’s Bind: Discussion of Feminism(s) in an Ultra-Masculine Genre Using Cinema, Memoirs, and Video Games |
| Speakers | Kim Icreverzi | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | Teaching the Extremes: Visitor Q and the Politics of Rhetoric |
| Moderator | Lynda Haas | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine | Overview of Institutional Context, Student/Instructor Population, Course Objectives, and Assessment of UCI’s First-Year Writing Course |
| Respondent | Jonathan Alexander | University of California, Irvine → University of California, Irvine |
Source
NCTE's program, near page 287 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.
Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Polymodal Perversity and Rhetorical Power: (Not) Confronting Gender Issues in First-Year Composition.” 2009 Convention Program, San Francisco, session N.8. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.