English Ph.D. Dissertations
New at Barnes and Noble: An Argument for More Public Based Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition Studies
Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
English/Rhetoric and Writing
First Advisor
Kristine Blair (Advisor)
Second Advisor
Cynthia Bertelsen (Other)
Third Advisor
Gary Heba (Committee Member)
Fourth Advisor
Lee Nickoson (Committee Member)
Abstract
Scholars such as Ernest Boyer and Kathleen Fitzpatrick have been proponents of the expansiok8n of academic work beyond the "ivy walls of academia" as a method of expanding and sharing knowledge with a wider audience. Using their ideas as a baseline, my dissertation is an argument for academics (specifically in the field of English) to add works and writings meant for public consumption as an acceptable means of work that counts as scholarship to the already existing tenure and promotion guidelines used by most universities by answering the question, "Why should scholars in English studies be able to publish outside academic circles?" I have examined current scholarship, the methods in which current scholars already write for the public and how writers from inside and outside academia approach similar subjects to help answer this question.
Recommended Citation
Olsen, Craig Truitt, "New at Barnes and Noble: An Argument for More Public Based Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition Studies" (2015). English Ph.D. Dissertations. 10.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/eng_diss/10