PhD Granting Institutions of CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2022

In a previous post I looked at which presses most often publish the winners for the CCCC Outstanding Book Award. The idea was to identify institutions that have significant power in deciding what is considered to be quality scholarship for people in rhetorical studies, in this case those associated with CCCC. Below is a chartContinue reading “PhD Granting Institutions of CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2022”

Publishers of CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2022

This is a follow-up to the Library of Congress Classifications for CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2018 post. Using the same data, I output this chart that shows which publishers have published the books recognized by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The most frequent (SIU Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, Utah State UniversityContinue reading “Publishers of CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2022”

Library of Congress Classifications for CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2018

I’ve been collecting data on subjects/topic classifications in rhetorical studies for about a decade now. The goal is to eventually publish an interactive data project that provides lots of different access points to better understand who is teaching/researching/writing about rhetoric. After taking a break to finish other projects, I’m finally able to start the projectContinue reading “Library of Congress Classifications for CCCC Outstanding Book Award Winners, 1991-2018”

Invisible Colleges in Rhetoric and Composition

* updated with a note on data collection 5/2/15 The Invisible College was introduced in Diana Crane’s book Invisible Colleges: Diffusion of Knowledge in Scientific Communities. The idea is a foundational part of sociology of science. Crane suggests that the memberships of knowledge communities influence the diffusion of ideas and what communities come to knowContinue reading “Invisible Colleges in Rhetoric and Composition”