Jarron B. Slater
Education
Ph.D. Rhetoric and Scientific and
Technical Communication
M.A. English, emphasis in Rhetoric and
Composition
B.A. English, minor in Logic
Publications
Manuscripts in Submission
“Ways of Not-Seeing as Ways of Seeing:
Love as an Ultimate Term of a Patho-logological Terministic Screen.”
“Pistis
in the Gutter: Classical Enthymemes and an Application to Sequential Art.”
Manuscripts in Preparation
“Style Unbounded: Kenneth Burke and the Stylistic (Re)Turn
in Rhetorical Studies.” Dissertation.
“A Rhetoric of Pistis and ‘Proof’: Using Aristotle’s Rhetoric to See a Representative Anecdote of the Study of Rhetoric
in General.” Plan to submit to Rhetoric
Society Quarterly.
“Pistis,
Peitho, and Logology: Freedoms of Faith and Freedoms of Rhetoric.” Plan to
submit to Quarterly Journal of Speech.
“Towards a Burkean Theory of Rhetorical
Stylistics in Technical Communication.” Plan to submit to Technical Communication Quarterly.
Selected Non-academic Publications
“Although.” Espial: A Journal of Literature and Art. Green River: Auburn, WA,
2007. 52. Poetry.
“Is This a Serious Poem About
Hamburgers?” Espial: A Journal of
Literature and Art. Green River: Auburn, WA, 2007. 15. Poetry.
Conference Activity
Conferences Organized
“Doing Rhetoric at the U: Political
Rhetoric and the Politics of Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America University
of Minnesota Student Chapter, September 16-17, 2016.
“Doing Rhetoric at the U: Method and
Object.” Rhetoric Society of America University of Minnesota Student Chapter,
Minneapolis. September 19-20, 2014.
Panels Organized
“Rhetorics of Pistis and Proof.” With Meridith Reed and Shannon Stimpson as
presenters and Brian Jackson as moderator and respondent. Rhetoric Society of
America, Atlanta. May 28, 2016.
Papers Presented
“Joycing Seen into Scene: Kenneth Burke
and a Rhetoric of Stylized Spaces.” International Society for the History of
Rhetoric, London. July 2017.
“Pistis,
Peitho, and Logology: Freedoms of Faith and Freedoms of Rhetoric.” Preconference Seminar. National Communication Association,
Philadelphia. November 9, 2016.
“A Burkean Rhetorical Stylistics?” Doing
Rhetoric at the U, Minneapolis. September 16, 2016.
“A Brief Rhetoric of Pistis, From Aristotle to Kenneth Burke.” Rhetoric Society of
America, Atlanta. May 28, 2016.
“Material Assemblages and Some
Implications of Trust from an Everyday Object.” Doing Rhetoric at the U,
Minneapolis. September 19, 2014.
“Seeing Through a Lens of Feeling: A
Patho-Logology of Love.” Kenneth Burke Society, St. Louis. July 19, 2014.
“Using Movie Trailers and Burkean Form to
Introduce Genre Theory and Thesis Statements to Writing Students.”
International Writing Across the Curriculum, Minneapolis. June 13, 2014.
“Ender Wiggin ‘listened to everything and
understood everything’: the Speaker for the Dead as Rhetorologist.” Southwest
Popular/American Culture Association, Albuquerque. February 20, 2014.
“It is given unto you to judge, [and to]
. . . lay hold upon every good thing”: Mormon’s Teachings about Making
Judgments in Moroni Chapter Seven.” Religious Education Student Symposium.
Provo, UT. February 2012.
“‘Everything we do we do for selfish
reasons’: Wayne Booth the Egotistic, Pluralist Proselytizer.” Brigham Young
University and University of Utah Joint Rhetoric Society of America Chapter
Conference, Salt Lake City. November 2010.
Campus/Departmental Talks
“A Brief Rhetoric of Pistis and Proof from Aristotle to Kenneth Burke.” Department of Writing
Studies Research Roundtable, University of Minnesota. February 26, 2016.
“Pistis
in the Gutter: Classical Enthymemes and an Application to Sequential Art.”
Department of Writing Studies Research Parlor, University of Minnesota.
November 11, 2016.
“Providing Models for Student
Assignments.” Advanced Writing Instructor Orientation, University of Minnesota.
August 31, 2015.
“Directions on How to Toast a Pop Tart?:
Audience Analysis in Writing Technical Instructions.” Advanced Writing Instructor
Orientation, University of Minnesota. August 25, 2014.
“Connecting a Critique Assignment to
Writing and Revising Student Research Reports.” Department of Writing Studies Teachers
Teaching Teachers, University of Minnesota. November 6, 2013.
“Is Non-verbal Identification between
Speaker and Audience Possible via Emotions? How?” Writing Studies Research Parlor,
University of Minnesota. October 2, 2013.
“A (Very Brief) Rhetoric of Technical
Communication: Using Burkean Form to Teach Technical Reports. Writing Teachers
Conference, Brigham Young University. April 2013.
“Terministic Musings: God-terms and
Devil-terms in Contemporary Politics.” Arts Festival, Brigham Young University.
October 2012.
“Ways of Seeing as Ways of Being: How
Emotional Terministic Screens Affect Ethos.” English Symposium, Brigham Young
University. March 2012.
“Analyzing an Argument: Teaching Students
the Enthymeme without Using the Word Enthymeme.” Rhetoric and Composition
Instructor Training, Brigham Young University. September 2011.
“It’s Not about You, It’s about Us: Voice
in Writing as Cooperation.” English Symposium, Brigham Young University. March
2011.
Teaching Experience
2013- Graduate Instructor, University of
Minnesota.
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Scholarly Service
2016 Review a manuscript for Written Communication.
2015-2016 Co-President, Rhetoric Society of America
University of Minnesota Chapter.
Departmental Service
2016- Student Advisor to the Graduate Committee. Department
of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota.
2013-2015 Technical and Professional Writing Online
Instructor Discussion Group Member. Department of Writing Studies, University
of Minnesota.
2013 Technical Communication Mentor to Graduate Interns.
English Department, Brigham Young University.
2011-2012 Composition Department Program Assistant.
English Department, Brigham Young University.
Professional Development Seminars
2016 "Quintilian and Declamatory Practice." International Society for the History of Rhetoric at Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Atlanta, GA. May 26-27.
2015 "'The War of Words,' A Rhetoric of Motives, and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory." Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Madison, WI. June 1-5.
Community Involvement
2016- Classics and Classical Reception Reading and Discussion
Group for Faculty and Graduate Students. University of Minnesota—Twin Cities.
Minneapolis, MN.
2015- Volunteer English and Literature Instructor for Adult
English Language Learners. English Learning Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2013- Organizer of Literature Reading
Group. Dinkytown, MN.
2010-2013 Organizer
of Literature Reading Group. Provo, UT.
Teaching and Research Areas
History and Theory of
Rhetoric
Languages
Professional Affiliations
Rhetoric Society of
America
Campus/Departmental Talks
Professional Development Seminars
2016 "Quintilian and Declamatory Practice." International Society for the History of Rhetoric at Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Atlanta, GA. May 26-27.
2015 "'The War of Words,' A Rhetoric of Motives, and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory." Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Madison, WI. June 1-5.
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