Call for Abstracts, Midwest Winter Workshop 2017 @ University of Iowa, Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society

Call for Abstracts, Midwest Winter Workshop 2017 @ University of Iowa, Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society - Due 11/20

After a one-year hiatus, the Midwest Winter Workshop will return to the region and take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the University of Iowa. This year's event is sponsored by the National Communication Association and will be hosted by the Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society with the support of the Department of Communication Studies.

We are now accepting abstracts for graduate student essays at any stage of development, from working papers to polished dissertation chapters (25 page max). Graduate students will have the opportunity to work with faculty members from throughout the Midwest region (and beyond) to workshop their papers, and will also be able to participate in morning panels, afternoon sessions, and the keynote address. The event will also be livestreamed and live Tweeted in order to encourage the broadest level of participation.  There is no registration fee, meals will be provided, and we hope to host as many graduate students as possible in our own homes and apartments, although there will also be some reduced-rate hotel options as well.  Informal social gatherings will also take place on Friday and Saturday night in downtown Iowa City.

Abstracts for working papers due on 11/20/2016.

Decisions and workshop pod assignments will be posted by 12/5/2016, with full papers due by 1/4/2017.

The abstract submission (and information request) form can be found here: https://goo.gl/forms/ly70nugpIz0mG4z92

Please see below for a list of session and panel topics along with names and affiliations of the participating faculty co-leaders.

**GRONBECK LECTURE/KEYNOTE ADDRESS**
Raymie McKerrow (Ohio University)

**MORNING PANELS**
"Engaging the Archive"
with E Cram (Univeristy of Iowa), Catherine Palczewski (University of Northern Iowa), Leslie Harris (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

"The Role of the Critic in Civic Life"
with Chuck Morris (Syracuse University), David Supp-Montgomerie (University of Iowa), Freya Thimsen (Indiana University)

"Rhetoric and Field Methods"
with Sara McKinnon and Robert Asen (University of Wisconsin)

**AFTERNOON SESSIONS**
"Feminist Rhetorics"
with Natalie Fixmer Oraiz (University of Iowa), Joan Faber McAlister (Drake University), Annie Hill (University of Minnesota)

"Rhetoric, the Internet, Power, and Politics"
with Jiyeon Kang (University of Iowa), Robert Glenn Howard (University of Wisconsin)

"Race, Rhetoric, Resistance"
with Catherine Squires (University of Minnesota), Darrel Wanzer-Serrano (University of Iowa)

"Rhetoric and Mediated Representations"
with Robert Terrill (Indiana University), Jenna Supp-Montgomerie (University of Iowa)

"Foucault, Rhetoric, and Ethics"
with Raymie McKerrow (Ohio University), Kendall Phillips (Syracuse University)

For more information, please email mww.uiowa@gmail.comcom.

On behalf of the Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society and Department of Communication Studies.