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Caddie Alford (she/her)

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Associate Prof of Rhetoric at VCU // critical AI, platform and media studies + rhetorical theory + writing pedagogies Co-Director of AI Futures Lab 📕 = Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality First Gen #TeamRhetoric https://caddiealford.com

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · Aug 20

What do you mean my book received a positive and robust review in the top rhetorical studies journal?! So honored and grateful.

#TeamRhetoric

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality

Published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, sorry, typing quickly.

They already have "critical interface analysis" in their toolbox, but thank you--such great work in that space.

Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 20h

Crowd-sourcing: any recommendations for a student interested in pursuing a UX/technical communication/rhetorical analysis of patient portal design (in this case, MyChart)?

#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky

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Dustin Edwards @dustinedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to promote a book in ~these times~

a young boy is crying while holding a tong in his mouth .

Alt: a young boy is crying while holding a tong in his mouth .

media.tenor.com

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d

I was asked to write a piece about different genres/formats of “gathering” — the bookstack itself being one such example! This’ll be a fun collection to work through :)

Jonathan Field, Townhall meetings and the death of deliberation; Cooper
100 TRICKS TO APPEAR SMART IN MEETINGS B
MEETING GROUNDS
PRIYA PARKER
THE ART OF
GATHERING
BERGER Et al.
A Toolkit for Gathering
Draw Down
PARRY
A THEORY OF ASSEMBLY From Museums to Memes
Unfurlings
Explorations in art, activism, and archiving
IS04
* FREEDOM IS AN ENDLESS MEETING * Francesca Polletta
CERVENAK BLACK GATHERiNG
J. T.
ROANE
DARK AGORAS
MARGARBT MBAD AND PAUL, BYERS THE SMALL CONFERENCE
INSURGENT BLACK SOCIAL LIFE AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE
MOUTON
CHICAGO
Touloumi
Assembly by Design The United Nations and Its Global Interior
MACHINE PROJECT
Tang-Skidmore
DelMonico

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 2d

lol blocked too!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot believe what we are subjected to, day after day.

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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 3d

Preconvention half-day workshops for you. Train with excellent colleagues to be an external reviewer or work on banned books or writing studies research or AI. It’s worth coming early to #MLA26 in Toronto. www.mla.org/Events/2026-...

Toronto skyline, looking particularly fetching

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 6d

Here’s the final part of our four part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how there’s not enough money in the world to pay for OpenAI’s $1 trillion 4-year burn, and how retail investors are at risk as a result.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 6d

Job posting: Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian at Dartmouth College. searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83154

Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian

The Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian accelerates the Dartmouth Libraries engagement with advanced machine learning technologies and their relevant ethical, practical, and educational implica...

searchjobs.dartmouth.edu

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 8d

#HPS #STS 🗃️

Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · 8d

Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065

Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 8d

First Concert: Good Charlotte, lol
Best Concert: oof, how to choose….Vampire Weekend? Bilmuri? Jason Isbell?
Last Concert: Blood Orange and Turnstile

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 8d

What was your:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:

Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 8d

💚 Elvis Costello.

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 9d

three ideas (chat, scroll, and email) hooked up to increasingly large space heaters

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A Paperwhite Mask of Evil @blakeabbott.bsky.social · 9d

Towson University's COMM department is hiring an Associate or Full Professor to join us and serve as department chair. See the link below for the call and to apply.

I'm chairing this search, so I'm happy to answer any questions.

Unofficial review of applications begins at the end of October.

Associate or Full Professor; Chairperson of Department of Communication Studies

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

towson.taleo.net

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 10d

I beg you: if you're submitting a chapter to an edited collection + the editors ask you to use a specific citational style, please do not use citation services or just copy + paste from who knows where.

Sincerely, someone who has been chasing down authors' first names all weekend.

Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 10d

‘I can’t meet, I’m on
an oil rig’: the signs it might
be a romance fraud

Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...

‘I can’t meet, I’m on an oil rig’: the signs it might be a romance fraud

Scams among older people have rocketed, so have the sums being lost. Bottom line: don’t send money to someone you’ve only met online

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 11d

"hey man, what are you up to today?"
"tons of plans, man, busy day ahead for sure for sure"

The plans:

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 12d

Love this idea!!

Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you!!!! Jaya is 👑

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Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social · 14d

artificial intelligence peaked with my email telling me I forgot to attach something

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 14d

"If the essays speak to one another, flow logically from one to another, and/or are organized in tight thematic groupings, these qualities will also enhance your case."

We in #teamrhetoric love a good edited collection. If you're developing one, this is a great brief read. (Also, send it my way!)

Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 14d

How can I propose and publish an edited volume? https://bit.ly/3dhiOah

University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.

Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · 15d

Colleagues: my department is hiring! Please share far and wide …

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Assistant or Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 15d

Meta has created a super PAC to fight against AI regulation.

Meta is pouring tens of millions into the American Technology Excellence Project—a super PAC built to block state-level AI regulations and boost tech-friendly candidates, Axios reports.

techcrunch.com/2025/09/23/m...

Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation as state policies mount | TechCrunch

Meta is investing 'tens of millions' into a new pro-AI super PAC called the American Technology Excellence Project to fight state-level tech policy that would regulate AI.

techcrunch.com

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Bradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 15d

My semi-annual reminders about the FIRE annual “free speech” rankings on college campuses:

1) FIRE has promoted highly punitive and restrictive positions on free speech in higher ed. They lack credibility as a source of information. 1/

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