Gesa E. KirschBackground
Gesa E. Kirsch is a Professor of English and Media Studies at Bentley University. She has won multiple awards for both her research and teaching. Additionally, she has visiting appointments at five other universities including UC Santa Barbara and Syracuse University. She received her PhD from the University of California in 1988. Since then, she has published extensively and frequently works in collaboration with other scholars. Faculty Profile |
Research and Teaching Interests |
feminist rhetorical studies
ethics and qualitative research methodology archival research and methodology women's rhetorical education, past and present feminist pedagogy environmental rhetoric |
Collaborators
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Kirsch enacts her feminist methodology by working collaboratively on many different publications and projects. Her collaborators have played a key role in her scholarship formation.
Jacqueline Royster Peter Mortensen Patricia A. Sullivan and more Kirsch, G. E, Royster, J. J. (2012). Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Kirsch, G. E, Maor, F. S, Massey, L, Nickoson-Massey, L, Sheridan-Rabideau, M. P. (2003). Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press. Kirsch, G. E. (1999). Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research: The Politics of Location, Interpretation, and Publication. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Mortensen, P, Kirsch, G. E. (1996). Ethics and Representation in Qualitative Studies of Literacy (Third printing 2003). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Kirsch, G. E. (1993). Women Writing the Academy: Audience, Authority, and Transformation (Second Printing 1995). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Kirsch, G. E, Sullivan, S. (1992). Methods and Methodology in Composition Research. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Kirsch, G. E, Roen, D. (1990). A Sense of Audience in Written Communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Kirsch, G. E. Encountering Heirlooms, Family Secrets, Orphan Artifacts and a Lost Composition Scholar: New Ethical Questions for Archival Researchers. Provocations, Computers and Composition Digital P/Utah State UP. Forthcoming
Kirsch, G. E. (2014). Creating Visions of Reality: A Rhetoric of Response, Engagement, and Action. JAC: A Journal for Rhetoric, Culture, and Politics, 34 (1 & 2), 25-47. Kirsch, G. E., Royster, J. J. (2010). Feminist Rhetorical Practices: In Search of Excellence. College Composition and Communication, 61 (4), 640-672. Kirsch, G. E. (2009). From Introspection to Action: Connecting Spirituality and Civic Engagement, an article which examines the uses of spirituality to foster civic engagement. College Composition and Communication, 60, W1 - W 15. Forthcoming Kirsch, G. E. (2008). Creating Spaces for Listening, Learning, and Sustaining the Inner Lives of Students. JAEPL: Journal of the Assembly on Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 14 (Winter 2008-2009), 56-67. Kirsch, G. E., Goldman, M. (2006). Women, Leadership, and Social Change: Past and Present. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5 (6), 125-132. (link) Kirsch, G. E. (2005). Friendship, Friendliness, and Feminist Fieldwork. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 30 (4), 2163-2172. Kirsch, G. E. (2004). Walking in the Footsteps of a Historical Subject. Peitho: Newsletter of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, Vol 9.1 (Fall 2004), 1-5. Kirsch, G. E. (2002). Toward an Engaged Rhetoric of Professional Practice. JAC: A Quarterly Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Rhetoric, Writing, Multiple Literacies, and Politics, 22 (2), 414-421. Kirsch, G. E., Lu, M., Brandt, D., Cushman, E., Gere, A. R., Villanueva, V., Miller, R. (2001). The Politics of the Personal: Storying Our Lives Against the Grain. College English, 63, 41-62. |