Elkie R. Burnside, PhD student,
Composition and Rhetoric

BA Barclay College, Haviland, KS
MA Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Visual Rhetoric
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Learning Communities
• My research interests center on pedagogy and the various rhetoric of instruction. The effect both of these have on learning, culture, and student engagement within the classroom is fascinating to me. Creative writing, specifically the area of poetry is also an area I enjoy learning more about. My personal hobbies that have translated into research interests range from languages and travel, to the use of music within instructional sessions.

Publications

• Emporia Gazette: Book reviews for both fiction and non-fiction in the local paper.

  The Sunday Philosophy Club, December 24/25, 2004
  The Well of Lost Plots, April 3/4, 2004
  The Bookseller of Kabul, January 17/18, 2004
  Pledged: the Secret Life of Sororities, not published-too controversial
  And the Shofar Blew, August 16/17, 2003
  Anyone You Want Met to Be, July 26/27, 2003

Honors and Offices

• English Graduate Student Association President, 2008-2009
• OSU Composition Associate Director 2008-2010
• EGSA Faculty Award Selection Committee Spring 2008

Conference Presentations

• Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2005, San Francisco, CA
  “Sunup to Sundown: The Rural Working Class Academic”
  This presentation is an exploration of the entrance of rural, white, working class students into the population of the academy and their struggle with academic discourse.

Current Research/Articles in Progress

• Visual and Virtual Composition in the Collegiate Classroom

Why OSU?

OSU has the perfect blend of high academic standards and approachable faculty in my area of interest.

English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
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