Rhetorica in Motion: Feminist Rhetorical Methods and Methodologies

Acknowledgments

xiii Acknowledgments This book has been many years in the making, and there are many people that have been involved along the way. First, we’d like to thank the members of the Feminist Rhetoric seminar from the fall of 2005: Tamika Carey, Carolyn Ostrander, Yu Lun, Pat Kohler, and Dianna Winslow . The idea for this book was germinated during the class and our conversations were very inspirational. Thank you to Kristi Johnson and George Rhinehart for their meticulous copyediting and formatting work and to LouAnn Payne for her gracious administrative support. At University of Pittsburgh Press, we’re grateful to Kelley Johovic, Deborah Meade, and Cynthia Miller for guiding us through this process. The two anonymous reviewers provided insightful critiques that really pushed us to rethink significant parts of the manuscript. Much credit is also due to the contributors to this volume—their thought-provoking chapters, timely revisions, and willingness to be a part of this project has made this book possible. We especially appreciate how they hung in there as this project went through revisions. A special thanks goes to Kate Ronald for being willing to write the foreword to our book; we are honored to have one of our leading feminist scholars introduce this volume. Eileen would like to thank Lynn Worsham, her feminist mentor extraordinaire , who always pushed her to think about feminist methods and methodologies even when the way was not clear. Many thanks as well to feministrhetoricandcompositionscholarsovertheyearswhohaveserved as inspirations and guiding lights in the field: Andrea Lunsford, Patricia Bizzell, Elizabeth Flynn, Wendy Hesford, Gesa Kirsch, Shirley Logan, Gwen Pough, Susan Jarratt, Kate Ronald, Jacqueline Jones Royster, and Joy Ritchie. Feminist colleagues and friends across the country also have xiv Acknowledgments buoyed up Eileen’s spirits in less than feminist times: Heather Bruce, Rebecca Dingo, Susan Lowry, Harriet Malinowitz, Laura Micciche, Jody Millward, Rachel Riedner, and Jen Wingard. Thanks especially to K. J. Rawson who put this project “in motion” and whose “can-do” spirit has kept Eileen going while she was juggling heavy administrative duties as a department chair. Eileen’s partner Tom Kerr and daughter Autumn Kerr also deserve thanks for putting up with late-night writing sessions. K. J. is grateful to Lois Agnew and Margaret Himley for their willingness to exchange ideas and read innumerable pages on this and many other projects. Thanks go to Scrog, Muffin, Jeff, Tol, Elisa, and especially Steph for all of their emotional support and love over the years. Finally , K. J. owes a special thank you to Eileen Schell for reading countless drafts and being willing to join forces in this venture. Rhetorica in Motion ...