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ix aCknowLedgments Books are rarely written in isolation. Although words may be put on the page by a single person, for me, a wide community network of friends, colleagues, family members, and institutions enabled my writing of this book. I am indebted to this community, and I wholeheartedly thank you for your longtime support of my scholarly and personal development. This project began, in a small way, through my contact with feminists and rhetoricians even in my early years in college at Miami University and in my studies at the Ohio State University. Emily Zakin, Carolyn Haynes, and Susan Jarratt planted the seed that I should be thinking about the relationships between language, power, and women’s material circumstances . Nancy Campbell introduced me to critical feminist policy analysis, while Ara Wilson taught me how to account for transnational economic processes. Brenda Brueggemann, Wendy Hesford, and Nan Johnson guided me toward articulating a coherent relationship between rhetorical theory, feminism, and transnational studies. You are all truly the foundation to my scholarly work. I am deeply appreciative of the University of Missouri and the Departments of English and Women’s and Gender Studies who granted me several leaves and grants (especially, grants for travel and teaching releases from the Research Board and Research Council) to complete the research and writing of this project. My graduate students in my Rhetoric + Transnationalism course in 2008 and 2010 aided me in articulating clearly why we need a transnational feminist rhetorical analytic. In particular, Naomi Clark and I have had numerous conversations about transnational rhetorical analysis, and she also helped me with source sleuthing for this book. I am also sincerely grateful to the many warm and supportive colleagues with whom I have developed friendships over the years. Enid Schatz and Donna Strickland have not only been constant friends and part of my wide support system but they also were my cheerleaders and companions at Uprise Bakery (thanks too to Uprise and their staV!), where we would meet to write together. Knowing that you two were also toiling away x Acknowledgments alongside made writing feel easier and more purposeful. Thanks to you both for each reading and commenting on multiple drafts and chapters, and also thanks for providing occasional childcare when I needed a break or to catch up on work. Additionally, I am indebted to Donna’s mindful writing practices: learning how to pause, take notice, breathe, and stop has changed my writing habits forever. My scholarly community has widened signiWcantly over the years of writing this book. I thank the Ohio State University’s Women in Development Institute (WID), the University of Houston, and George Washington University for inviting me to present and workshop sections of this book. The comments I received at these talks certainly aVected my arguments and ideas. Personally, I am genuinely and especially appreciative to Rachel Riedner, Bret Benjamin, Jen Wingard, Blake Scott, and Eileen Schell, who each provided, at diVerent times throughout my writing process , ideas, comments, thoughts, and encouragement. Eileen and Blake, you two have served as occasional mentors for me, and I am deeply obliged for your willingness to answer professional and scholarly questions and for cheering on this project. Rachel and Bret, thank you for your thoughtful reviews and suggestions for the manuscript. And, Jen, I am so glad we have developed a friendship and scholarly support system for each other; I look forward to seeing your book in print too. Last but certainly not least, I would not have been able to complete this manuscript without the everyday support and friendship of a variety of people. I wish to thank my mother (Barb Dingo) and mother-in-law (Dena Early) for your numerous trips out to the bellybutton of the nation to help with the house and childcare. Having the two of you come and play with Lucia, fold laundry, and make meals every so often certainly helped keep me (and my house) on track. Likewise, Tara Pauliny, Jen Phegley, and Lisa Tatonetti not only read drafts of this manuscript but they also made it possible for me to get away and have some down time. Kate Bedford provided me keen brilliance and biting English humor. Katarina Gephard read drafts and encouraged me along the way. Jason Palmeri and Leah Cheaney indulged my need to be creative outside of the academy; thank you for numerous conversations about food and drink, and thank you for the hours spent preparing meals and eating them. Leah, our friendship...

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