Contact: sallen3@hawaii.edu
I am a Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and the Associate Chair in English. In my latest book project, I am rerooting the field in the Pre-Socratics' conceptions of logos (with special emphasis on that of Heraclitus) in order to "rewild" the field. In Kairotic Inspiration: Imagining the Future in the Sixth Extinction (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021), by bringing together Nietzsche's work on the Dionysian and Donna Haraway's work on making kin, I offer a theory of inspiration that centers on transformative connectivity (especially across species). My first book, Beyond Argument: Essaying as a Practice of (Ex)Change, was published in 2015 with Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse. My scholarship generally focuses on ethics of engagement in writing, as does my teaching.
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Publications
The last 3 years:
[Book] Kairotic Inspiration: Imagining the Future in the Sixth Extinction. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022.
Figurations of Interspecies Harmony in North American Literature and Culture, special issue of European Journal of American Studies, edited by Justyna Włodarczyk and Jack Harrison, vol. 19, no. 1, 2024.
Areas of Interest
Classical Rhetoric (pre-Socratic Greek)
Ecological Rhetoric
Rhetorical Theory
Writing Program Administration
Courses
Spring Semester 2025
- ENG-709: Seminar in Rhetoric: Ecological Writing and Rhetoric
Fall Semester 2024
- ENG-300B: Intro to Rhetoric: Classical
Spring Semester 2024
- ENG-300C: Introduction to Rhetoric: Contemp
- ENG-409: Studies: Composition/Rhetoric/Language
Fall Semester 2023
- ENG-605: Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition