The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics

 

Edited by Ruth Osorio (Old Dominion University), Vyshali Manivannan (Pace University - Pleasantville), and Jessie Male (University of Pittsburgh)

 

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*All pieces indicated by an asterisk contain a content warning.

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Issue Introduction

Parenting and Possibility in Impossible Times

• “How to Write During a Pandemic with a Toddler” by Jessica McCaughey
• “Q: Am I All Right? Am I Not All Right? A: Both/And” by Jennifer Marlow
• “Writing on a Thursday” by Franziska Tsufim
• “Working From Home Pre-Tenure: A Multimodal Toddler Hellscape” by Natalie Szymanski 
• “3:24” by Elline Lipkin
• “A Victory, A Trial, or Something More Complex: A Couple’s Reflections on Caregiving and Dissertating During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Abigail Michelini & Scott DeLoach
• “Intersections of Writing and Carework, Work and Play: Excerpts from Video Logs on Parenting in the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Sarah E. Polo
• “Signs: Snapshots from Our Pandemic Years” by Allison S. Walker*
• “Covid Conundrums of a ProMother/MoFesser” by Rachel Kraushaar
• “Respect for Persons: Reflections on Carework and Ethics During Covid-19” by Jessica Estep
• “Thank you for asking: pregnancy, isolation, and hope during a global pandemic” by Jennifer Eidum
• “resolutions (2020)” by Magdalena Maczynska*
• “820 Miles: Caring the Risk Away During COVID-19” by Will C. Kurlinkus
• “Woman the gatherer, writer, pandemic survivor (2020)” by Kylie Herrera
• “Thank you for the Opportunity: Writing a COVID-19 Impact Statement for Tenure” by Melanie Kill
• “In the Darkness” by Lara Colleen Alvarenga*
• “ 'Any chance you want to work on this together? I mean, taking on more seems like a poor choice, but this looks cool' ” by Jenna Morton-Aiken and Dani DeVasto*
• “ 'It’s So Hard’: Caregiving During COVID” by Sarah Prielipp*
• “A Desk in a Dark Corner” by Sarah Lonelodge
• “Unapologetic Boundaries: Lessons Learned While Teaching During a Pandemic” by Madonna Kemp; Heidi Blaisdell; Elizabeth McGhee Williams
• “ 'We are Not Ok': Single Parenting During Covid” by Erin B. Jensen
• “Be Flexible” by Ashlyn C Walden*
• “On Writing With(Out) Sami” by Michelle Colpean*
• “Read, Write, Cook, Repeat: The Intertwining of Pandemic Parenting and Scholarship” by Christina Michaud
• "Reflections from September 2021” by Kelly C. George
• “This Is an iPhone Note” by Jannell McConnell Parsons
• “Navigating Joy and Survival in Seasons of a Pandemic” by Tracey Flores; Jung Kim; Eliza Braden; Sanjuana Rodriguez; Sandra L. Osorio
• "Small Sounds" by Alison Williams*

 

Sick/Disabled Bodyminds during Sick/Disabling Times

• "Small Sounds" by Alison Williams*

• “Navigating (Dis)Closure During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Kristi Murray Costello*

• “Thank you for the Opportunity: Writing a COVID-19 Impact Statement for Tenure” by Melanie Kill
• “The Wall Dream” by Alessandra Occhiolini*
• “Dwindling” by Regan Levitte
• “Signs: Snapshots from Our Pandemic Years” by Allison S. Walker*
• “Home Work as Care Work” by Brandy Dieterle & Landon Berry
• “Covid Conundrums of a ProMother/MoFesser” by Rachel Kraushaar
• “resolutions (2020)” by Magdalena Maczynska*
• “Woman the gatherer, writer, pandemic survivor (2020)” by Kylie Herrera
• “What a strange way to meet in a pandemic” by Mél Hogan 
• “‘I’m Empty Inside,’ and Other Graduate Teaching Assistant Observations” by Rachell Hayes and Alyssa Radtke*
• “‘It’s So Hard’: Caregiving During COVID” by Sarah Prielipp*
• “Meditations: On Race, Black Womanhood, and Writing” by Kimberly Fain*
• “Be Flexible” by Ashlyn C Walden*
• “Our Embodied Selves: Neurodivergent and Disabled Writers Navigating the Pandemic” by Millie Hizer, Liz Miller, Elena Kalodner-Martin, and Dennis Etzel Jr.
• “Draft – Needs Name_1” by Paul D.C. Bones
• “Reasons I Can’t Attend Your Zoom Hangout” by Samantha Moe*

 

As If the Pandemic Wasn’t Enough: Tales of Loss and Grief

• “The Body Cannot Sustain an Insurrection: Poem and Reflection” by Susan Naomi Bernstein*
• “Your Loving Daughter” by Karen Kaiser Lee*
• “Counting Grief, Or It Takes a Sabbatical to Write a Eulogy” by Amy Vidali*
• “resolutions (2020)” by Magdalena Maczynska*
• “ 'Any chance you want to work on this together? I mean, taking on more seems like a poor choice, but this looks cool' ” by Jenna Morton-Aiken and Dani DeVasto*
• “Multimodality and Carework: Meaning Making About Loss and Grief” by Genie Giaimo*
• “I Am Not Okay” by Mary Lourdes Silva*
• “On Writing With(Out) Sami” by Michelle Colpean*

 

Bearing the Weight of Racism through Anti-Racist Work and (Cross-)Racial Solidarity

• “Fighting for Bandwidth: Prioritizing Social Justice as Essential Carework in the Age of COVID-19” by Janelle Jennings-Alexander and Kate Maddalena
• “Carefully Crafted: Making as Facilitator of Multimodal Composition in COVID-19 Carework” by Rosanna Vail
• “COVID Carework as a First-Generation Filipino Graduate Student” by Eirein Gaile D. Harn*
• “Zoom Chat” by Mudiwa Pettus
• “Meditations: On Race, Black Womanhood, and Writing” by Kimberly Fain*
• “On Digital Forums and Community Support During COVID:  A Reflective Account” by Florence Elizabeth Bacabac
• “Navigating Joy and Survival in Seasons of a Pandemic” by Tracey Flores; Jung Kim; Eliza Braden; Sanjuana Rodriguez; Sandra L. Osorio
• “Letters of Recommendation as Covid Carework and Self-Care” by Jeanne Marie Rose 

 

(De)Constructing Writing

• Read, Write, Cook, Repeat: The Intertwining of Pandemic Parenting and Scholarship” by Christina Michaud 
• “Our Embodied Selves: Neurodivergent and Disabled Writers Navigating the Pandemic” by Millie Hizer, Liz Miller, Elena Kalodner-Martin, and Dennis Etzel Jr.
• “Draft – Needs Name_1” by Paul D.C. Bones
• “‘These are the conditions we write under’: Selfies, Care-work, and Collaboration in the Time of COVID” by Farrah Cato and Nikki Fragala Barnes
• “The Body Cannot Sustain an Insurrection: Poem and Reflection” by Susan Naomi Bernstein*
• “How to Write During a Pandemic with a Toddler” by Jessica McCaughey
• “Your Loving Daughter” by Karen Kaiser Lee*
• “resolutions (2020)” by Magdalena Maczynska*
• “Counting Grief, Or It Takes a Sabbatical to Write a Eulogy” by Amy Vidali*
• “Navigating (Dis)Closure During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Kristi Murray Costello*
• “Zoom Chat” by Mudiwa Pettus
• “‘I’m Empty Inside,’ and Other Graduate Teaching Assistant Observations” by Rachell Hayes and Alyssa Radtke*
• “Meditations: On Race, Black Womanhood, and Writing” by Kimberly Fain*
• “3:24” by Elline Lipkin
• “Q: Am I All Right? Am I Not All Right? A: Both/And” by Jennifer Marlow 
• “Circles on Circles on Circles” by Elizabeth Caravella

 

Teaching as Carework, Teaching as Dangerous Work

• “Dwindling” by Regan Levitte
• “Multimodality and Carework: Meaning Making About Loss and Grief” by Genie Giaimo*
• “Words and Smiles: Making Comics During the Pandemic” by Don Unger 
• “Q: Am I All Right? Am I Not All Right? A: Both/And” by Jennifer Marlow 

 

Academic Pressures (or Critiques of Neoliberal Horseshit Productivity Expectations, as suggested by Amy Vidali)

• “Unapologetic Boundaries: Lessons Learned While Teaching During a Pandemic” by Madonna Kemp; Heidi Blaisdell; Elizabeth McGhee Williams
• “This Is an iPhone Note” by Jannell McConnell Parsons
• “The Wall Dream” by Alessandra Occhiolini*
• “Reasons I Can’t Attend Your Zoom Hangout” by Samantha Moe*
• “Covid Conundrums of a ProMother/MoFesser” by Rachel Kraushaar
• “Thank you for asking: pregnancy, isolation, and hope during a global pandemic” by Jennifer Eidum
• “Your Loving Daughter” by Karen Kaiser Lee*
• “820 Miles: Caring the Risk Away During COVID-19” by Will C. Kurlinkus
• “Counting Grief, Or It Takes a Sabbatical to Write a Eulogy” by Amy Vidali*
• “Strangers Holding Space: An Online Carework Experiment between Pre-Tenure Writing Program Administrators” by Ashanka Kumari & Sarah Riddick 
• “Navigating (Dis)Closure During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Kristi Murray Costello*
• “Thank you for the Opportunity: Writing a COVID-19 Impact Statement for Tenure” by Melanie Kill
• “A Desk in a Dark Corner” by Sarah Lonelodge
• “What a strange way to meet in a pandemic” by Mél Hogan​
• “Fighting for Bandwidth: Prioritizing Social Justice as Essential Carework in the Age of COVID-19” by Janelle Jennings-Alexander and Kate Maddalena
• “On Writing With(Out) Sami” by Michelle Colpean*
• “Working From Home Pre-Tenure: A Multimodal Toddler Hellscape” by Natalie Szymanski

 

Arting/Crafting/Making in a Crisis

• “Woman the gatherer, writer, pandemic survivor (2020)” by Kylie Herrera
• “Reflections from September 2021” by Kelly C. George 
• “Carefully Crafted: Making as Facilitator of Multimodal Composition in COVID-19 Carework” by Rosanna Vail
• “Some of It Was Gold” by Sarah Moon 
• “‘We are Not Ok”: Single Parenting During Covid” by Erin B. Jensen 
• “Words and Smiles: Making Comics During the Pandemic” by Don Unger 
• “I Am Not Okay” by Mary Lourdes Silva*
• “Teaching English on Zoom with Fewer Words and with Some Humor and Art” by B.G. Betz with original drawings by Jackson Betz
• “Read, Write, Cook, Repeat: The Intertwining of Pandemic Parenting and Scholarship” by Christina Michaud 
• Intersections of Writing and Carework, Work and Play: Excerpts from Video Logs on Parenting in the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Sarah E. Polo 
• “Home Work as Care Work” by Brandy Dieterle & Landon Berry 
• “Circles on Circles on Circles” by Elizabeth Caravella 
• “On Digital Forums and Community Support During COVID:  A Reflective Account” by Florence Elizabeth Bacabac

• “Zoom Chat” by Mudiwa Pettus
• “On Digital Forums and Community Support During COVID:  A Reflective Account” by Florence Elizabeth Bacabac 
• “Some of It Was Gold” by Sarah Moon
• “Strangers Holding Space: An Online Carework Experiment between Pre-Tenure Writing Program Administrators” by Ashanka Kumari & Sarah Riddick 
• “Black Rats, Marching Bands, and the Meaning of Campus Life” by Melissa Nicolas*
• “‘I’m Empty Inside,’ and Other Graduate Teaching Assistant Observations” by Rachell Hayes and Alyssa Radtke*
• "'Any chance you want to work on this together? I mean, taking on more seems like a poor choice, but this looks cool' ” by Jenna Morton-Aiken and Dani DeVasto*
• “‘We are Not Ok”: Single Parenting During Covid” by Erin B. Jensen
• “Navigating Joy and Survival in Seasons of a Pandemic” by Tracey Flores; Jung Kim; Eliza Braden; Sanjuana Rodriguez; Sandra L. Osorio
• “Our Embodied Selves: Neurodivergent and Disabled Writers Navigating the Pandemic” by Millie Hizer, Liz Miller, Elena Kalodner-Martin, and Dennis Etzel Jr.
• “Home Work as Care Work” by Brandy Dieterle & Landon Berry
• “‘These are the conditions we write under’: Selfies, Care-work, and Collaboration in the Time of COVID” by Farrah Cato and Nikki Fragala Barnes

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*All pieces indicated by an asterisk contain a content warning.