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True to our heritage, we hope to continue to promote the wide-ranging scope of our discipline with funds that will seed and encourage new initiatives within RSA as well as offering assistance that will enable students to establish themselves within our community through such activities as developing student chapters, providing research support, and sponsoring attendance at our conferences and workshops. In short, your gift not only honors our founders — it helps to ensure that the contributions that they initiated will develop the future leadership of RSA.

RSA Endowments

The RSA board has established four endowed funds to support important RSA initiatives and to honor four scholars who have been particularly important to the society and its missions. What follows are descriptions of the four funds: the Andrea A. Lunsford Diversity Fund, the Janice Lauer Fund for Graduate Student Support, the Edward P. J. Corbett New Initiatives Fund, and the Michael Leff Fund for Graduate Student Support at the RSA Institute.

Michael Leff Fund for Graduate Student Support

The purpose of this endowment shall be to provide monies to support graduate student participation in the RSA Institute — either through scholarship support, an award, a prize, or a grant.

Janice Lauer Fund for Graduate Student Support

The purpose of this endowment shall be to provide monies to support graduate student participation and achievement in the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA).

Andrea A. Lunsford Diversity Fund

The purpose of this endowment shall be to provide monies to support participation at the RSA conference by graduate students of color.

Corbett New Initiatives Fund

The purpose of this endowment shall be to provide monies to support a new initiative or new initiatives that an RSA president might envision.

RSA Initiatives fund

The purpose of this endowment is to support initiatives that advance the society’s strategic priorities.

RSA Donors

RSA Thanks the following individuals for their generous support:

  • Frederick J. Antczak
  • Janet Atwill
  • Michelle Ballif
  • Jennifer Bay
  • Vanessa B. Beasley, PhD
  • Dr. Suzanne V. Berg
  • James Bezotte
  • Karen Bishop Morris
  • Patricia Bizzell
  • David Blakesley
  • Casey Boyle
  • Jonathan Bradshaw
  • Cynthia Brasher
  • John C. Brereton
  • Eileen Camfield
  • Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
  • Leah Ceccarelli
  • Davida Charney
  • Roger Cherry
  • Ralph Cintron
  • Coe College
  • Richard Colby
  • Crystal Colombini
  • Carolyn Commer
  • Peter Corbett
  • Lisa Corrigan
  • Gabriel Cutrufello
  • Tony del Velasco
  • Katherine DeLuca
  • Christy Desmet
  • Patricia Durso
  • Lisa Ede
  • Danielle Endres
  • Richard Leo Enos
  • Karin Evans
  • Jeanne Fahnestock
  • Sergio Figueiredo
  • Cara A. Finnegan
  • Jenn Fishman
  • William FitzGerald
  • Lisa Flores
  • T. Kenny Fountain
  • Cinthia L. Gannett
  • Dr. Whitney Gent
  • Susan S. Gilpin
  • Cheryl Glenn
  • Maureen Daly Goggin
  • Amy Goodburn
  • Jean Goodwin
  • Tarez Samra Graban
  • Jeffrey T. Grabill
  • Jean Grace
  • Heather Brodie Graves
  • Roger Graves
  • Laurie Gries
  • Laura Gurak
  • Kay Halasek
  • S. Michael Halloran
  • Barbara B. Hamilton
  • Sharon Hamilton
  • Robert Hariman
  • Roderick Hart
  • Stephen John Hartnett
  • Gerard A. Hauser
  • John Havard
  • Debra Hawhee
  • Gail Hawisher
  • Michael Hostetler
  • Matthew Houdek
  • Gaines Hubbell
  • Savannah Hutton
  • Michael J. Hyde
  • Brandon Inabinet
  • James Janack
  • Adrienne Jankens
  • Susan C. Jarratt
  • James Jasinski
  • Richard J. Jensen
  • Jenell Johnson
  • Deana Johnson
  • Johndan Johnson-Eilola
  • Sine Just
  • Michael Kaplan
  • Stuart Kaplan
  • David Kaufer
  • Diane Keeling
  • Curry Kennedy
  • Karen L. Kopelson
  • Gregory P. Lampe
  • John Landreau
  • Janice Lauer
  • Donna LeCourt
  • Chris Lindgren
  • Erin Linnell
  • Shirley Logan
  • Andrea Lunsford
  • Paul Lynch
  • Steven Mailloux
  • Caroline Maun
  • Warren McCorkle
  • Mary McCoy
  • Mary Murray McDonald
  • Martin J. Medhurst
  • Jaime Armin Mejia
  • Carolyn R. Miller
  • Randall Monty
  • Kerri K. Morris
  • Jenna Morton-Aiken
  • Amy Mossman
  • Roxanne Mountford
  • Derek Mueller
  • Edward Muir
  • John M. Murphy
  • Billie Murray
  • Jeffrey Nagel
  • Marco Navarro
  • Sara Newman
  • Jessy Ohl
  • Christa Olson
  • Lester Olson
  • Michael Osborn
  • Parlor Press
  • Shawn Parry-Giles
  • Damien Pfister
  • Gerry Philipsen
  • Kendall R. Phillips
  • James E. Porter
  • Alisse Portnoy
  • Malea Powell
  • Laura Proszak
  • Ellen Quandahl
  • Krista Ratcliffe
  • Angela G. Ray
  • Janice Lauer Rice
  • Rebecca Rickly
  • Daniel Riechers
  • Robert Terrill
  • Allison Rowland
  • Mark Schaub
  • Roy Schwartzman
  • Judy Segal
  • Jack L. Selzer
  • Michelle Simmons
  • Thomas O. Sloane
  • Luigi Spina
  • Arvid F. Sponberg
  • Erica Stone
  • Allwyn Tellis
  • Robert E. Terrill
  • Terrence Tucker
  • Anjali Vats
  • Richard E. Vatz
  • Annette Vee
  • Jeffrey S. Walker
  • Kenneth Walker
  • Arthur Walzer
  • Amy Wan
  • Susan Wells
  • Karen E. Whedbee
  • Kirt Wilson
  • Carly S. Woods
  • Melissa Yang
  • Morris Young
  • Ying Yuan
  • Susan M. Zaeske
  • David Zarefsky

Become an RSA Partner

We invite you to consider making a tax-deductible gift to RSA — a gift that will enhance the society’s goals in ways that go beyond what is possible through the regular membership dues. For large-scale donations, please contact us directly using the button at right. We appreciate your consideration!