Associate ProfessorDirector, Expository Writing206-543-0758crai@uw.eduPDL A-011FOffice Hours: TH 10:30-11:30 and by Appointment, Email crai@uw.edu Fields of Interest Affect Expository Writing Public Scholarship Research Methods Rhetoric and Composition Rhetorical Theory Space/Place Urban Studies Writing Pedagogy EthnographyService LearningEngaged ScholarshipMaterial RhetoricsBackground and ExperienceSummaryB.F.A., Roosevelt UniversityM.A., University of Illinois at ChicagoPh.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoAreas of Specialization Rhetorical studies, public rhetorics, ethnography, urban and spatial theory, political theory, public sphere theory, rhetoric and composition, pedagogical theory and practice, service learning and engaged scholarship Activities and Interests I am interested in the relationship between the rhetorical and the material. I see the melding of rhetorical inquiry and ethnography as a viable method for studying rhetoric–in-action and the connections between discourse and the built environment. My current fieldwork examines how stakeholders in a gentrifying neighborhood mobilize democratic rhetoric (to very different ends) around affordable housing developments, community policing initiatives, and other contested public spaces. I am drawn to research and pedagogical outcomes that connect with, learn from, and contribute to public life and local communities. Research Publications, Books Rai, Candice. Democracy's Lot: Rhetoric, Publics, and the Places of Invention. University of Alabama Press, 2016. Publications, Book Chapters Candice Rai. “Publics, Power and the Rhetorics of Democracy.” The Public Work of Rhetoric. University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Candice Rai. with Ann Feldman and Megan Marie. “Assessing Student Writing and Learning.” Making Writing Matter: Redesigning First Year Composition for the Engaged University. SUNY Press. 2008. Publications, Essays and Articles Candice Rai. with Ann Feldman. “The Impact of Partnership-Centered, Community-Based Learning on First-Year Students’ Academic Research Papers.” Michigan Journal of Community Service 13.1 (2006), 16-29. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Telegen, Joseph. Empathy Passage: Toward a Presentational Genealogy of the Rhetorics of Antisemistism and Israel/Palestine. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Pratt, Jacqui. Delivering Rhetorical Entanglements. 2019. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Campbell, Lillian. Simulating Nursing: Rhetoric, Materiality, and Disciplinary Learning. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Mitchler, Sharon. Towards Using Critical Rural Pedagogy with Rural Community College Students in Undergraduate American Literature Classes. 2015. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. LeMesurier, Jennifer. Bodies that Move You: the Rhetorical Force of the Dancing Body. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Read, Sarah. Network Rhetoric: A Network Ethnography of Knowledge Work of System Builders in Child Care and Early Learning. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Research Advised: Undergraduate Symposia Melanya Materne, "Literature in the Common Core State Standards: A Critique," 2012. Research Advised: Undergraduate Honors Theses Melanya Sophia Materne. Teaching Literature for College and Career Readiness: A Response to the Common Core State Standards. Honors Thesis, University of Washington. 2012. Courses Taught Autumn 2020 ENGL 567 A: Approaches to Teaching Composition Spring 2020 ENGL 569 A: Topics in Language and Rhetoric: Rhetoric, Place, and Publics: Engaging in Urban Justice and Equity Autumn 2019 ENGL 131 A8: Composition: Exposition ENGL 567 A: Approaches to Teaching Composition Autumn 2018 ENGL 567 A: Approaches to Teaching Composition Autumn 2017 ENGL 567 A: Approaches To Teaching Composition ENGL 567 B: Approaches To Teaching Composition Winter 2017 ENGL 597 A: Directed Readings Autumn 2016 ENGL 567 B: Approaches To Teaching Composition Winter 2016 ENGL 564 A: Current Rhetorical Theory: The Call for Rhetoric in Everyday Life Autumn 2015 ENGL 567 B: Approaches To Teaching Composition: Approaches to Teaching Composition Autumn 2014 ENGL 567 B: Approaches To Teaching Composition: Approaches to Teaching Composition Summer 2014 A-term ENGL 281 A: Intermediate Expository Writing Spring 2014 ENGL 564 A: Current Rhetorical Theory: Current Rhetorical Theory: Material Rhetorics Autumn 2013 ENGL 567 B: Approaches To Teaching Composition: Approaches to Teaching Composition News Related News Transitioning to Teaching Online in a Time of Crisis Sep 2, 2020 Expository Writing Program Awarded Certificate of Excellence Jan 6, 2020 Faculty and Staff Notes Jan 6, 2020 Faculty Notes May 15, 2019 Announcing EWP's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collaboration Grant CFP Oct 26, 2018 Privacy in the Digital Age: How to Protect Student and Personal Privacy Oct 1, 2018 Faculty Publications May 21, 2018 Proposals Invited for Diversity , Equity, & Inclusion Collaboration Grants Nov 17, 2017 Faculty and Staff Notes Nov 17, 2017 Kollar Literacy Projects May 28, 2017 Expository Writing Program Townhall - "Teaching in this Moment" Apr 19, 2017 Announcing Recipients of the Writing Research Collective Grant Mar 28, 2016 Faculty Notes Oct 28, 2015 Faculty Notes Aug 12, 2015 Share: Print PDF