KENDALL JOY GERDES portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric Studies

Research Keywords

  • Rhetorical Ethics
  • History and Theory of Rhetoric
  • Queer Theory
  • Digital Rhetoric
  • Video Game Studies

Presentations

  • "Sensitive Students and Rhetorical Responsibilities" for the 2023-2024 L. Jackson Newell Fellowship in the Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Utah. Fall 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/19/2023.
  • "Sensitive Rhetoric: Rhetorical Power and Relationality." Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference. Atlanta, GA. Proposal accepted. October 2023. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/06/2023.
  • "How to Start 'Ungrading' With the Learning Record." 5th Annual Digital Teaching Symposium, Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies, January 27, 2023. Presentation, Presented, 01/27/2023.
  • "Moving Force: Rhetoric and Violence in the time of Solon." American Society for the History of Rhetoric. Baltimore, MD. 2022. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2022.
  • "Demanding a Safe Space: Racial (In)Sensitivity on Campus." Rhetoric Society of America. Baltimore, MD. 2022. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2022.
  • "Welcome to the University: Of Hospitality in Higher Education." Building Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Symposium. University of Utah, November 6, 2021. Presentation, Presented, 11/06/2021.
  • "Institutional Sensitivity: Writing the Recent History of Title IX." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Spokane, WA. April 2021. (Conference moved online due to Covid-19). Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2021.

Publications

  • Kendall Gerdes (2023). Sensitive Rhetorics: Academic Freedom and Campus Activism. University of Pittsburgh Press. Accepted, 04/07/2023.
  • Kendall Gerdes (2022). Twisted Together: Twine Games as Solidarity Machines. (pp. 242-261). University Press of Colorado/Utah State University Press. Published, 01/2022.
  • Kendall Gerdes (2022). Campus Carry, Academic Freedom, and Rhetorical Sensitivity. (pp. 225-251). University Press of Colorado/Utah State University Press. Published, 01/2022.
  • Kendall Gerdes, Melissa Beal & Sean Cain (2020). Writing a Videogame: Rhetoric, Revision, and Reflection. Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments. Vol. 4, 3-12. Published, 09/30/2020.
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  • Andrea Alden, Kendall Gerdes, Judy Holiday & Ryan Skinnell (2019). Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies. (pp. 407). University Press of Colorado/Utah State University Press. Published, 10/2019.