Rhetoric Society of America
The Rhetoric Society of America is committed to public facing research, teaching, programming, commentary, training, and engagement in rhetorical studies to confront urgent concerns. RSA creates accessible, transformative networks to sustain these commitments and its members.
CONFERENCES & INSTITUTES
RSA events include Conferences, Institute events, and Remote events which offer exciting intellectual opportunities for graduate students and faculty.
RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY
The official journal of RSA features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy.
STUDENT MEMBER RESOURCES
RSA offers students of rhetoric a platform to connect with colleagues and learn about opportunities throughout the field of rhetorical studies.
RSA Events
Upcoming Conference
“Just Rhetoric,” RSA 2024 Conference
May 23 — May 26, 2024, Denver, Colorado
21st Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America
The theme of the RSA 2024 biennial conference, “Just Rhetoric,” is meant to be generative and provocative. The theme allows us to imagine the possibilities of rhetoric as well as grapple with the meaning and place of rhetorical studies in this contemporary moment.
Full Conference Info
recent News
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Call for Proposals for a Special Issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly
November 13, 2023
Each year, Rhetoric Society Quarterly publishes a special issue, the aims of which are to help set the intellectual agenda in rhetorical studies, encourage focused statements on timely topics in rhetorical studies […]
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News From RSA President Vanessa Beasley
November 10, 2023
Today we’re sending the November newsletter a bit earlier in the month than we usually do because we have big news: RSA’s new website — complete with new logo — is live!
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LAST DAY! PLEASE VOTE IN RSA SPECIAL ELECTION.
July 12, 2023
Dear RSA Members, Please take a moment today to vote in this Special Election. The Board of Directors are your representatives to shape the future of the organization within its mission to […]
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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Articles Include
See Full List- “It’s Just Business”: Michael Jackson’s Purchase of the Beatles Catalog as Counterpunch, Copia, and Rhythmic Reparations
- Strategic Linguistic Choices within the Swedish Disability Movement: Practical Reasoning, Agency, and Antiableist Challenges
- Exigence at the Dawn of Recommendation Media: Dramatizing Salience in Audio Memes
- “Our Hidden Revenge”: Anti/Colonial Rhetorics at a Korean Women’s College Graduation, 1918
- Epideictic Listening: From a Reflective Case Study to a Theory of Community Ethos
- Transforming Confederate Memory Sites into Spaces for Encounter: Reclaiming Space at Marcus-David Peters Circle
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Joining RSA puts you into direct contact — via this website, RSA conferences and Institutes, and other RSA members-only resources — with a large and growing interdisciplinary group of scholars who share your interest in rhetoric. Members receive access to Rhetoric Society Quarterly, special rates on events, and are eligible to be nominated for RSA awards.
Students
RSA welcomes scholars, teachers, and students of rhetoric in all of its manifestations.
Through Student Chapters, Conferences & Institutes, and other events, RSA supports student members on topics including publishing in the field; applying for fellowships or jobs, and navigating the complexities of interdisciplinary research.
