Introduction [excerpt] The current study contributes to some of the earliest empirical work done on post-truth rhetoric by investigating the connection between post-truth rhetoric, the Burkean Parlor metaphor, and student source integration. How do first-year composition students understand source integration? Do first-year composition students' integration of sources provide evidence that they have been impacted by post-truth rhetoric? Are first-year composition students "entering the conversation?"...

Introduction [excerpt] Drawing on my experiences as a secondary educatator, my research into the affective turn in composition theory--and intending to participate in and contribute to recent conversations among scholars in the field about how to respond to the emergence of post-truth--I propose in my thesis a new paradigm for composition educators to embrace in addressing the challenges that the Rhetoric Society of America, Writing Program Administration, and scholars such as [Bruce] McComiskey, [Ellen C.]...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of dissertations written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Educational Leadership program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Doctor of Education degree. During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the...