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2015 · Tampa

Risky Bodies, Risky Rhetorics: Constructing and Instructing Fat Bodies through Technical Communication

Session E.23

Area: Professional and Technical Writing · family: Professional and technical writing

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Erin A. Frost East Carolina University, Greenville → East Carolina University
Speakers Katie Manthey Michigan State University, East Lansing → Michigan State University How to Dress the Fat Body: Fat Fashion Bloggers and Consumer Culture
Speakers Marie Moeller University of Wisconsin-La Crosse → University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Risky Representations: Embodied Obesity Infographics, Visual Ethics, and Expediency
Speakers Michelle Eble East Carolina University, Greenville → East Carolina University Risky Reductions: Obesity, Weight Loss Surgery, and Communicating Risk

Source

NCTE's program, near page 86 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. “Risky Bodies, Risky Rhetorics: Constructing and Instructing Fat Bodies through Technical Communication.” 2015 Convention Program, Tampa, session E.23. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.