Author: Toluwani Odedeyi

Before the start of my PhD, I spent some time working as a UX writer and designer in Nigeria’s technology space. I designed interfaces and wrote copy for people whose everyday realities were very different from what most design textbooks imagined as the default user. That background reflects my pedagogical experiences teaching ENC 1136: Multimodal Writing and Digital Literacy, a first-year writing course in the English department at the University of Florida. What does “Human-Centered” actually mean in the classroom? “Human-centered” from a personal lens means designing a writing course where students do not have to pretend their lives do…

In this post the 2024-25 DRC Fellows cohort share their reflections of working on collaborations and developing their scholarship alongside the DRC. During this past year, this cohort of Fellows developed a variety of projects ranging from blog carnivals, podcast episodes, theoretical pieces, and more! We loved working with these Fellows and look forward to following their journey beyond the Fellowship! Robert Beck The Digital Rhetoric Collaborative has been a real highlight of my graduate school experience. It was great meeting and working with other graduate students with a wide-range of interests all of which are centered on digital rhetoric. The…

A “Yack” in DRC terminology is a collaborative conversation that brings together multiple perspectives on shared themes in digital rhetoric. In this Yack, we explore how our transnational experiences as Global South scholars shape our approaches to digital rhetoric scholarship. We examine how our journeys, from Nigerian digital storytelling and design to Brazilian academic literacies, inform our research and challenge existing frameworks in the field. Through our diverse yet connected experiences, we illustrate how transnational perspectives can transform and enrich digital rhetoric scholarship by revealing the cultural and linguistic assumptions embedded in digital technologies and academic practices. • • • …

This is the fourth post of our Let’s Talk Academia, Industry, and Career Transitions. In this special edition of the DRC Talk Series, we chat with professionals in Rhetoric and Composition or Technical and Professional Communication who have successfully transitioned beyond academia. Our goal is to learn from their experiences and gather practical advice and resources for graduate students and early career scholars exploring similar paths. Earlier this semester, Toluwani and I had the chance to sit down virtually with Dr. Erica Stone. We expected to hear about teaching and industry. What we didn’t expect was so many insights on…