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Abstract This article employs qualitative coding methods to trace ebbs and flows of technofeminist and intersectional values and practices in almost three decades of scholarship in Computers and Composition (C&C). Using an explanatory, sequential, mixed-methods research approach, we examine both implicit and explicit orientations to intersectional and technofeminist frameworks. Our findings suggest that as the field of computers and writing moves forward, the practices and values of feminist orientations should be made more explicit or apparent in C&C. Proposed solutions include: 1) recognizing that intersectional and technofeminist epistemologies are central to the work of computers and writing; 2) foregrounding these frameworks in our classrooms and pedagogies; and 3) considering how technofeminist and intersectional practices inform emerging research in areas such as posthumanism, object-oriented ontology, rhetorical code studies, algorithmic rhetorics, and game theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unruly Rhetorics: Protest, Persuasion, and Publics: Jonathan Alexander, Susan C. Jarratt, and Nancy Welch, eds. More specifically, editors Jonathan Alexander, Susan Jarratt, and Nancy Welch center unruliness and its interventional forms as the guiding focus of this collection. The multifaceted essays Alexander, Jarratt, and Welch have compiled in I Unruly Rhetorics i comprise a text that should be a companion to many graduate survey courses in the history of contemporary rhetorics, and several of the collection's chapters would be right at home in an upper-level undergraduate persuasive writing course or a graduate public rhetorics course. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the English 106 mandatory four credit hour course on composition being offered at Purdue University in Indiana. Topics covered include the different aspects of the Introductory Composition at Purdue program (ICaP). Also mentioned is how all syllabus approaches emphasize literacy for composing in electronic environments, writing processes, and critical thinking.

The article examines how three technical and professional communication (TPC) teachers at different postsecondary institutions in the U.S. bring the works of author bell hooks into their TPC courses. Topics discussed include implications of assigning hooks in TPC courses, ways classroom engagement with the works of hooks can teach undergraduate and graduate level students about the social justice implications of TPC, and one important aspect of hook's approach to positionality.

In Ireland, a national Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme has been effective in reducing national prevalence and has recently been approved by the European Commission. In anticipation of achieving freedom, there is an ongoing discussion regarding appropriate strategies post-eradication to monitor for continued freedom from Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) infection of the national cattle sector. The objective of this study is to evaluate the trade-off between the performance of different testing protocols and their associated costs in monitoring BVDV post-eradication in the national cattle sector. By assessing various testing strategies, including bulk tank milk (BTM) testing, first lactation check tests (FLCT), abattoir tests, and youngstock check test (YSCT), the aim is to provide informed input for implementing a long-term sustainable monitoring strategy. In this study, we apply alternative testing protocols to a modelled cattle population in County Kerry, a region with a bovine population considered to be representative of the entire Irish population. The analysis incorporates combinations of Bulk Tank Milk (BTM) testing First Lactation Check tests (FLCT), abattoir tests, and Young Stock Check Testing (YSCT). The YSCT, which focuses on high-risk herds by collecting blood samples from young, homebred animals between nine and 18 months of age, was a key component of the analysis. All tested protocols are capable of timely detection of a BVDV outbreak, with detection times of less than one year. Our results highlight the impact of reducing herd coverage by YSCT on post-eradication surveillance for BVDV freedom. By evaluating the trade-off between increased costs and shortened time to detection, this study provides valuable insights for selecting an appropriate monitoring policy in post-eradication programmes. The findings of this study offer guidance on balancing costs and detection efficiency in monitoring BVDV post-eradication. Understanding the implications of different testing strategies can aid policymakers in making informed decisions to ensure the continued freedom from BVDV in the national cattle sector. All tested protocols are capable of detecting a BVDV outbreak in a timely manner, with detection times of less than one year. However, our results quantify the impact reducing herd coverage by YSCT within a possible post-eradication surveillance programme for BVDV freedom. We evaluate how more herds covered by young stock sampling shorten the time to detection, but at an increased cost. The trade-off between increase in costs per shortened time to detection provides guidance to choose an adequate policy to implement monitoring of disease freedom in national post-eradication programmes. [Display omitted] • Employed an individual-based full system model of County Kerry's bovine population • Evaluated costs and effectiveness of alternative BVD surveillance options • Recommendations for sustainable monitoring strategies post-BVD eradication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the work done at the Firebird Theatre in Bristol, England with disabled actors, which include programs utilizing workshops, performers, and non-disabled theater students. The author describes the theater's mission statement which includes making connections with their audiences in order to produce theatrical works that tell stories that will communicate ideas that stay with the audiences. The author analyzes the way the theater group works on the play "Doctor Faustus" to demonstrate the theater's way of working.