Beardsley

Each spring, the UWC consultants take on a semester-long project. Our focus this spring is AI. We'll spend the semester conceptualizing how we might use AI at the UWC and implications for AI implementation.

Contemporary rhetorical criticism involves understanding how to apply various rhetorical lenses to analyze an object, text, everyday practice, space/place, or architectural structure. The class operates using a workshop-style format where students receive weekly feedback on short exploration papers.

Simmering Rhetoric: Cooking Media's Role in 21st-Century Community Formation investigates how cooking texts, which I define as any form of media (e.g., cookbooks, radio shows, food TV, and social media posts), are used to circulate cooking knowledge, shape identity, and function as activist tools.