Elizabeth Weiser, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy
Department of English
The Ohio State University
1179 University Drive,
Newark, OH 43055
At a conference in Prague, 2007
Dr. Weiser's CV
Office Hours: MW 1:00-2:30
Office
Phone: (740) 366-9175
E-mail:
weiser.23@osu.edu
Elizabeth Weiser holds a PhD in Rhetoric and
Composition (Texas Christian University, 2004) and an MFA in
Creative Writing (Texas State University, 1999). She
teaches courses in rhetorical theory, research methods,
textual analysis, and writing style. She has taught
writing at both TCU and Texas State, as well as at Hacettepe
University in Ankara, Turkey, where she spent a year as a
Fulbright Fellow. She was named the top new scholar in
the field of Burkean rhetorical studies at the Kenneth Burke
Society's triennial conference in 2008.
Research:
Dr. Weiser's
historiographic research focuses on the intellectual and
social conversations affecting the development of rhetorical
theories. Her book
Burke, War, Words was
published in November 2008 by the University of South
Carolina Press. It explores the intertwined
relationships between Burkean dramatism and contemporaneous theories of language and motivation, and
weaves the story of Burke's development of his theory
in response to World War II. Weiser argues that Burke's
dramatism is a call to action to counter fascism,
combining various language theories into a bias-falling
celebration of effective dialogue. Her
article on this topic,
“Burke and War: Rhetoricizing the
Theory of Dramatism,” was named one of the top two articles
to appear in Rhetoric Review in 2007. Her
article on the impact of Burke’s critical situating across dichotomous viewpoints,
"'As Usual I Fell on the Bias': Kenneth Burke's Situated
Dialectic," appears in Philosophy and Rhetoric
in spring 2009. Other articles examine the role
of various New Critics (Rene Wellek, Allen Tate) on Burke's
developing theory, while another, on the intersections of Burkean dialogism,
narrative pedagogy, and psychological development, appears
in JAC in 2008 as
“Beyond Shame: The Dialogic Narrative and Comic
Correction.” She is the co-editor of two upcoming
collections:
Audience: Theory And Practice
will be published by NCTE Press in 2010, while Women and Rhetoric Between the
Wars is under review at Southern Illinois University
Press. An article on Dorothy Day's rhetorical
syncretism is included in the latter
collection. Weiser has also
published a chapter analyzing the rise and fall of
scholarship on style in
Refiguring Prose Style. She is currently working on a scholarly monograph examining the role played
by national museums
around the world in building national identification
among citizens and promoting that national identity to the
world.
Conducting research in Mexico City, 2008
Professional Service:
Dr. Weiser serves on the
Ohio State University Faculty Senate. She is
Happenings editor for the KB Journal, the official
journal of the Kenneth Burke Society. She is the
president of the TCU Rhetoric and Composition Alumni
Society. She is the faculty advisor to the Newark
Campus student journal Taproot. She serves on a variety of departmental and campus-wide
committees, and she won the Ohio State-Newark Service Award
for untenured faculty in 2007.
Elizabeth has mentored some exceptional students.
Click below for some of
their accomplishments.
Other
Activities:
When she is not working,
Liz enjoys playing with her daughter (8--who wants it known
that she is also writing a book), ice skating and
rollerblading, biking, reading, traveling, and dancing in
her basement. She is working with a friend on a novel that
will, of course, include Kenneth Burke.
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are your five favorite books and why?
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