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GavinP.Johnson,TheOhioStateUniversity,Wins2017CCCCGloriaAnzaldúaRhetoricianAward

Urbana,IL–12/5/2016–GavinP.Johnson,TheOhioStateUniversity,Columbus,haswona2017CCCCGloriaAnzaldúaRhetoricianAward.TheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication(CCCC)isaconstituentorganizationwithintheNationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish(NCTE).Johnsonisoneof3recipientsofthisaward.CCCCsponsorstheGloriaAnzaldúaRhetoricianAwardtosupportscholarswhoseworkparticipatesinthemakingofmeaningoutofsexualandgenderminorityexperiences.CCCCoffers toemergingscholarsupto threetravelawardsof$750each,sponsorsa reception forallawardwinners,andoffersaone-yearmembershipinNCTEandCCCC.TheAwardsSelectionCommitteeconsidersoriginalityofresearch;criticalengagementwithandcontributiontocurrentscholarshipinqueerstudies and rhetoric/composition; and potential for lasting projects. This year’s selection committeenoted, “Gavin P. Johnson's work presents a nuanced discussion of Radcliff's rhetorical listening,challengingreaderstoseeitfromadifferentangle--decenteringwhiteness.”JohnsonwillbeannouncedasarecipientoftheCCCCGloriaAnzaldúaRhetoricianAwardonFriday,March17,duringthe2017CCCCAnnualConventioninPortland,Oregon.For more information about the CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, including past winners,seehttp://www.ncte.org/cccc/awards/anzaldua.

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The Conference on College Composition and Communication, with more than 5,000 members andsubscribers,supportsandpromotestheteachingandstudyofcomposition,rhetoric,andcommunicationskills at the college level, both in undergraduate and graduate programs. College Composition andCommunicationisthegroup’sjournal.Formoreinformation,visithttp://www.ncte.org/cccc.TheNationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish,with35,000individualandinstitutionalmembersworldwide,is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels ofeducation.Formoreinformation,visithttp://www.ncte.org.