Call Against Xenophobia | Nextgen-listserv

The following advocacy call was published on July 8, 2020:

International students are minoritized at institutions of higher education across the United States. They are often vulnerable to atrocious administrative policies that are ubiquitous and continually modified to threaten their education, safety, and mental and emotional well-being. Most of these are federal rules often regulated via the International Students and Scholars Office at various universities. International students were not allowed previously to take an all online course load, but this policy was modified or eased in March when universities went online due to COVID-19.

The recent July 6 modification shared via the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)--“SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester”--bans international students in the US from taking classes online while residing in the US. The rule says “Nonimmigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full online course load and remain in the United States.” This means many international students will need to leave the country in order to follow the law, but they may not be able to afford to do so because of financial concerns--not to mention travel restrictions placed on the US by their home countries. Additionally, this may place their degree completion in jeopardy as it hinders their progress.

We need to recognize that the new ICE policy highlights and capitalizes on interconnected structural injustices, such as ableism, exclusionary nationalism, xenophobia, and racism. Trump has been mobilizing anti-China, anti-immigrant, and white supremacist discourse to gain support, and to bolster exclusionary US nationalism and exceptionalism at a time when our country can only survive and thrive with collective action and solidarity. The ICE policy reinforces all these ideologies by scapegoating international students. Just last month, citing national security, Trump issued a selective F and J-1 visa ban for Chinese international students. As journalist Eric Fish points out, Chinese international students already face racism and Sinophobia on college campuses. These policies only worsen these conditions.

By forcing international students to choose between leaving the US or risking their health to take in-person classes, the policy illuminates how little value ICE places on the lives and safety of these individuals. Not all international students have a home they can safely return to. For example, Hong Kong student activists can be prosecuted under the newly implemented national security law for their activism in the US. There have been precedents of international students facing repercussions once they return to their home country. A Chinese international student was jailed in China for a tweet he sent while he was a student at the University of Minnesota. Another student had to go into hiding after she returned to China because of the commencement speech she gave at the University of Maryland. Announced in the middle of summer, this policy gives international students who may face persecution back home little time to prepare. Further, this policy is complicit in ableism: it ignores international students who may not be able to safely attend in-person classes because of health conditions and disabilities. There is little protection for people who are disabled and are “aliens” by US immigration standard.

Often, departments (and some faculty members) are oblivious of international students’ F1 status, I-20, visa, and many other issues. For example, some faculty do not know that international students can't work more than 20 hours a week. Students risk violating the terms of their visa if they were asked to work overtime by their departments. Many faculty members are often also unaware of the significant financial, mental, and emotional toll this intentional precarity causes. This lack of education and understanding at the programmatic and departmental levels means international students cannot access the resources and support many domestic US students take for granted. For example, departments may not be aware that international students face significant financial burdens for not being allowed to work off campus during the semester. Moreover, as nonimmigrant residents, they often do not qualify for many financial aid and scholarship opportunities that would help defray the cost.

One argument often used to support the presence of international students in higher education is that they are a significant financial resource for many universities in the US. International students pay "international student fees" on top of traditional tuition and fees to the university. The total of these tuition and fees may well equal or exceed the stipend paid for teaching--which leaves international students no option but to rely on other funding sources to subsist. Yet, despite the high price international students pay financially and their contributions to American student learning--directly in the classroom and indirectly through the invaluable viewpoints and insights provided during seminars--international students are treated as a threat to the academic community with the nationalistic argument that they are taking away jobs and opportunities from Americans.

Further, many universities parade international students as an attempt to demonstrate their "pride" in diversity. This not only demoralizes international students by equating their impact with their ‘exoticism,’ but also tokenizes their contributions to the academy, which reveals just how shallow the nature of many institutions’ claims to providing an ‘internationally competitive’ education truly are. International students are used to diversify the university portfolio, but international students--when having space to speak openly and honestly--share countless examples of how their unique needs aren’t met. One example includes student health services, especially for mental health support, not having multilingual staff. Another example is their experiences with peer indifference and discrimination in small groups, especially when professors ask students to group themselves. While on the surface many universities’ arguments support international students and challenge ICE’s policy, they in fact are complicit in dehumanizing international students, valuing them only for their economic contribution and the function they serve as tokens for “diversity.”

We as educators need to advocate for and with international students not as economic tools, but as people who are grappling with precarity on a daily basis.

Here’s How You Can Support:

1) Understanding Current Visa Policies:

The first step is to understand the current visa policies that international students have. There are, of course, many informational documents already available. Here is the official US government’s description: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/study.html.

In addition to this, your university’s International Students and Scholars website also provides accurate and timely information.

2) Reaching out to International Students:

If you have an international student in your undergraduate and graduate class, and if you have international student friends or colleagues, it is time that you reach out to them and ask if they need any help and support. While there might be very little you can do, reaching out to let them know that you are thinking of them can and often will mean a lot.

3) Advocating for International Students within Your University

If you are in the position to advocate within your school and the department, then please do advocate for the international students within your department. As nextGEN previously advocated in our International Scholars Anti-Discrimination Open Letter, we again “call for faculty, organizations, and other various collectives to find and implement mechanisms of pressure on and advocate at departmental and institutional levels.” We encourage you to build campaigns and organize collective action and solidarity around expressing your concerns to university administrators, such as diversity and inclusion officers at the college level. Community organizing genres can also make your advocacy more creative and effective than if you were to rely only on academic genres.

4) Working Together with ISS at Your Universities

Contact administrators in your university who manage international affairs about your concerns. Make sure that university administration is aware the campus community is carefully watching and documenting how they will respond to this crisis.

ANONYMOUS Survey (originally linked) for International Students to Share Their Experiences & Amplify Their Voices:

Given the insufficient attention to centering international student perspectives and voices in reporting, this ANONYMOUS survey (originally linked) is for international students who wish to have the space to anonymously share their experiences at their institutions and in their daily lives.

To build collective knowledge for action by highlighting shared experiences among international students and by amplifying your voices within public discourse, your anonymous narratives will be carefully compiled and circulated via nextGEN’s website, listserv, and twitter.

List of Circulating Resources (articles / tweets / petitions / documents):

Endorsements for Advocacy Against Institutionalized Xenophobia

1. Shui-yin Sharon Yam, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky

2. Sweta Baniya, Virginia Tech University

3. Kyle Larson, Miami University

4. Kayla A. Sparks, Texas Christian University

5. Sumyat Thu, Acting Assistant Professor of Writing, University of Washington, Seattle

6. Maryna Teplova, PhD student, Illinois State University

7. Geoffrey Clegg, Midwestern State University

8. Will Fleming, English Faculty, Linn-Benton Community College, Oregon

9. Andrea Olinger, Associate Professor of English, University of Louisville

10. Daniel Hocutt, University of Richmond

11. Stephen Carradini, Arizona State University

12. Allegra W. Smith, Purdue University

13. Logan Middleton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

14. Elizabeth Thornton, Los Angeles Valley College

15. Kate Highfill, University of Houston

16. Garrett Iván Colón, Purdue University

17. Megan McIntyre, Assistant Professor, Sonoma State University

18. Meghalee Das, Texas Tech University

19. Erika M. Sparby, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

20. Dina Lopez, Texas Tech University

21. Amy J. Wan, Associate Professor, Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center

22. Clancy Ratliff, Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

23. Ashanka Kumari, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University - Commerce

24. Ruth Osorio, Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University

25. Yeqing Kong, North Carolina State University

26. Alexandria Hanson, Syracuse University

27. Shyam Pandey, Purdue University

28. Leslie Anglesey, Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University

29. Amy Vidali, Associate Teaching Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

30. Lauren Brentnell, University of Northern Colorado

31. Jennifer Nish, Texas Tech University

32. Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

33. Shyam Sharma, Associate Professor, Stony Brook University, New York

34. Claire Jackson, University of Louisville

35. Amber Buck, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama

36. Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

37. Tom McNamara, Assistant Professor, Lewis University

38. Jordynn Jack, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

39. Susan Bernstein. Queens College, City University of New York

40. Katrina Powell, Professor, Virginia Tech

41. Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq, Utah State University

42. Lisa Blansett, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

43. Brenda Brueggemann, University of Connecticut, Storrs

44. Neil Simpkins, University of Washington-Bothell

45. Jason Tham, Texas Tech University

46. Damián Baca, University of Arizona

47. Marisa Pesa, University of Arizona

48. Allison Dziuba, University of California, Irvine

49. Bibhushana Poudyal, University of Texas, El Paso

50. Hany Rashwan, University of Birmingham, UK

51. Dee McCormick, Purdue University

52. Adrienne Jones Daly, University of Rhode Island

53. Sherry Zane, University of Connecticut

54. Morris Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison

55. Mason Pellegrini, Purdue University

56. Martha J. Cutter, University of Connecticut

57. Vyshali Manivannan, Pace University

58. Bob Hasenfratz, University of Connecticut

59. Margaret Breen, University of Connecticut

60. Heon Jeon, University of Connecticut

61. Savannah Paige Murray, Virginia Tech

62. Michelle McMullin, North Carolina State University

63. Emily Pifer, Syracuse University

64. Rubén Casas, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Tacoma

65. Sarah M. Stetson, University of Massachusetts Amherst

66. Autumn Laws, Syracuse University

67. Zhaozhe Wang, Purdue University

68. Joy Santee, University of Southern Indiana

69. Eda Ozyesilpinar, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

70. Jenn Fishman, Marquette University

71. Elena Kalodner-Martin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

72. James Eubanks, University of Alabama

73. Jordan Hayes, University of Pittsburgh

74. Mari Ramler, Assistant Professor, Tennessee Tech University

75. Ryan Weber, Associate Professor, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

76. Annette Vee, University of Pittsburgh

77. Chen Chen, Assistant Professor, Winthrop University

78. Nina Feng, University of Utah

79. Roberto Leon, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland College Park

80. Bailey Poland, PhD Candidate, Bowling Green State University

81. Flavia Belpoliti, Associate Professor, Texas A&M Commerce.

82. Karrieann Soto Vega, Assistant Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of Kentucky

83. Adele Elise Williams, University of Houston

84. Gabriel Morrison, University of Connecticut

85. Sandra L. Osorio, Associate Professor, Illinois State University

86. Patrick McBurnie, PhD Student, UC Irvine

87. Michael J. Faris, Texas Tech University

88. Adam Strantz, Miami University

89. V. Jo Hsu, University of Texas at Austin

90. Chris Lindgren, Virginia Tech

91. Violet Livingston, Michigan State University

92. Keisha E. McKenzie, Auburn Seminary

93. Cindy Tekobbe, University of Alabama

94. Jessie Male, Ohio State

95. Toni Hays, PhD Candidate, UC Irvine

96. Anita Long, PhD Student, Miami University

97. Michael Berlin, PhD student, UCI

98. Linh Dich, Associate Professor, Miami University Regionals

99. Rich Rice, Texas Tech University

100. Benjamin Lauren, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

101. Manuel Piña, Texas Tech University

102. Hui Wu University of Texas Tyler

103. Jasmine Villa, Assistant Professor, East Stroudsburg University

104. Debarati Dutta, Senior Lecturer, University of North Carolina Charlotte

105. Garrett W. Nichols, Associate Professor, Bridgewater State University

106. Michelle Zaleski, Marymount University

107. Alexandra Hidalgo, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

108. Donnie Johnson Sackey, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

109. Aisha Sadiq, PhD Student, University of Houston

110. Trixie G. Smith, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

111. Nick Rattner, PhD Student, University of Houston

112. Veronica House, University of Colorado Boulder’

113. Jan Osborn, Associate Professor, Chapman University

114. Mark McBeth, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY

115. Sara Doan, Ph.D., Kennesaw State University

116. Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, Associate Professor, University of Iowa

117. Timothy Oleksiak, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston

118. Ryan Skinnell, Associate Professor, San José State University

119. Thir Budhathoki, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona

120. Nicole Gonzales Howell, Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco

121. Alexis Priestley, Virginia Tech

122. James Stewart, Texas Tech University

123. Akshata Balghare, Texas Tech University

124. Jessica Jorgenson Borchert, Pittsburg State University

125. Tiffany Rainey, Lecturer, Texas State University

126. Ruixue Zhang, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona

127. Analeigh E. Horton, The University of Arizona

128. Beau Pihlaja, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University

129. Cruz Medina, Associate Professor, Santa Clara University

130. Charlotte Hogg, Texas Christian University

131. Sharon A. Harris, Texas Christian University

132. Natasha N. Jones, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

133. Kate Vieira, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

134. Sarah Ruffing Robbins, Texas Christian University (TCU)

135. Eunjeong Lee, Queens College, City University of New York

136. Karen Moroski-Rigney, Assoc Director of the Writing Center, Michigan State University

137. Rosa A. Eberly, Assoc Professor, Communication Arts & Sciences, English, Penn State

138. Kim Potowski, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

139. Kirsten Morris, Texas Tech University

140. Shannon Carter, Professor of English, Texas A&M Commerce,

141. Carrie Pichan, Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago

142. Gabriella A. Iacono, MFA Candidate, University of Houston

143. Kaj Tanaka, PhD Candidate, University of Houston

144. Cristina Sánchez Martín, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

145. Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Assistant Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

146. Casey Richardson, the University of Arizona

147. Yinghua Moore. Senior Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago

148. Marie Moeller, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

149. Alyssa Herman, Illinois State University

150. Chereka Dickerson, Metropolitan State University of Denver

151. Kim Bussing, University of Arizona

152. Christopher Dean, The University of California Santa Barbara

153. Erin Gizewski, PhD Student, University of Illinois at Chicago

154. Angela M. Haas, Professor, Illinois State University

155. Sarah Moon, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Maritime Academy

156. Kyle Mattson, Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas

157. Scott Chiu. Associate Professor, California Lutheran University.

158. Amy Leonard, English Faculty, De Anza College

159. Phil Spotswood, PhD Student, Illinois State University

160. Lydia Wilkes, Assistant Professor, Idaho State University

161. Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

162. Michael Brooks, PhD Candidate, Texas Tech University

163. Katlynne Davis, PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota

164. Genesis Barco Medina, PhD Student, Northeastern University

165. Lauren Cargill, Texas Tech University

166. Xiaomeng Xu, Associate Professor, Idaho State University

167. Mikayla Davis, PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota

168. Ryan Michael Murphy, PhD Candidate, Purdue University

169. James Schirmer, Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Flint

170. Halcyon M. Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Towson University (International Scholar)

171. Carrie S.Leverenz, Professor of English, TCU

172. Jessica Edwards, Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware

173. Cody Bursch, PhD Student, University of Minnesota

174. Emily Gresbrink, PhD Student, University of Minnesota

175. Anne Wooten, MA Student, University of Illinois at Chicago

176. Melissa Liford, MA Student, University of Minnesota

177. Liza Potts, Professor, Michigan State University

178. Joshua Barsczewski, Assistant Professor of English , Elmira College

179. Nick Sanders, PhD student, Michigan State University

180. Andrew Kulak, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

181. Leah Heilig, University of Rhode Island

182. Laura Gonzales, University of Florida

183. Estee Beck, The University of Texas at Arlington

184. Lisya Seloni, Associate Professor, Illinois State University

185. Cara Marta Messina, PhD Candidate, Northeastern University

186. Jessie Casteel, University of Houston

187. Laura Tetreault, University at Albany, SUNY

188. Nadya Pittendrigh, University of Houston-Victoria

189. Lisa Dooley, Illinois State University

190. Timothy D. Giles, Professor, Georgia Southern University

191. Ben Wetherbee, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

192. Casey Babcock, Illinois State University

193. Michelle E. Flahive, Texas Tech University

194. Steff Rosalyn Reynolds, Instructor of Composition, Virginia Tech

195. Kimberly Emmons, Case Western Reserve University

196. Jo Mackiewicz, Professor, Iowa State University

197. Heather Robinson, York College/CUNY

198. Brian McNely, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky

199. Mary Le Rouge, Kent State University

200. Thomas Pickering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

201. Michelle F. Eble, Associate Professor, East Carolina University

202. Meg McGuire, Associate Professor of English, University of Delaware

203. Shailen Mishra, University of Delaware

204. Brad Lucas, Associate Professor, Texas Christian University

205. Asmita Ghimire, University of Minnesota Duluth.

206. Michele Simmons, associate professor, Miami University

207. Christopher C. De Santis, Illinois State University

208. Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, University of Delaware

209. Karen Gulbrandsen, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

210. Annie S. Mendenhall, Georgia Southern University

211. Amanda Rose Pratt, PhD Student, University of Wisconsin - Madison

212. Sarah Wasserman, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

213. Jessica L. Bannon, Associate Professor, University of Indianapolis

214. Lee Conderacci, PhD Student, University of Delaware

215. Ann George, Professor, Texas Christian University

216. Bruce Kovanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

217. Sandra Tarabochia, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma

218. Rebecca Walton, Associate Professor, Utah State University

219. Daniel Riechers, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TTU grad student)

220. Josephine Walwema, Oakland University

221. Sam Dragga, Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University

222. Joseph Bartolotta, Assistant Professor, Hofstra University

223. Ella Browning, Assistant Professor, Bryant University

224. Jacqueline James, PhD Student, University of Minnesota

225. Sanam Shahmiri, PhD Candidate, Illinois State University

226. Brandi Locke, PhD Candidate, University of Delaware

227. Lourdes Fernandez, George Mason University

228. Jeremy Levine, PhD Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst

229. Sarah Lonelodge, PhD Candidate, Oklahoma State University

230. Jimalee Sowell, PhD Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

231. Tawny LeBouef Tullia, Assistant Professor, Christian Brothers University

232. Maria Novotny, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

233. Demet Yigitbilek, PhD Student, Illinois State University

234. Laura Helton, University of Delaware

235. Amy Reed, Associate Professor, Rowan University

236. David Hawkins, Associate Professor/Lecturer, University of Utah

237. Emily Fontenot, PhD Student, Illinois State University

238. Mara Lee Grayson, Assistant Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills

239. Ashley Patriarca, Associate Professor, West Chester University

240. Jason Luther, Assistant Professor, Rowan University

241. Cynthia Huff, Professor Emertia, Illinois State University

242. Joel Haefner, Faculty, Retired, Illinois Wesleyan University

243. Jennifer Grouling, Associate Professor, Ball State University

242. Saveena Veeramoothoo, PhD candidate, University of Minnesota

245. Katherine DeLuca, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

246. Jaclyn Ordway, MA/PhD Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

247. Philip Choong, PhD candidate, Indiana University Bloomington

248. Sara West, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University

249. Abdulilah Alkhateeb, Ph.D. student, Illinois State University

250. Fatimah Alsayed, Lewis University

251. Siobhan Carroll, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

252. Andrew Hollinger, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

253. Ann Shivers-McNair, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

254. Jude Miller, Lecturer, Rowan University

255. Denise Burgher, PhD candidate, University of Delaware

256. Maggie Fernandes, Virginia Tech

257. Evin Groundwater, Associate Director of the Center for Excellence in Writing & Communication, University of California, Irvine

258. Dan Melzer, Professor, University of California, Davis

259. Cody Reimer, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout

260. Amber Simpson, PhD Student, Auburn University

261. Regina Meister, Associate Director of Writing Support, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University

262. Kerri R. McCanna, MA, Writing Specialist/Sr. Academic Learning Skills Counselor, Center for Excellence in Writing and Communication, University California, Irvine

263. Krista Sarraf, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

264. Tarez Graban, Florida State University

265. Jerry Savage, Professor Emeritus, Illinois State University , Immigrant Connection, Fremont, MI

266. Sara McKinney, University of Arizona

267. Deborah Hodgkins, Professor, University of Maine at Presque Isle

268. Lindsay Steiner, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Cross

269. Peter X Feng, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

270. Wiktoria Adamczyk, PhD Student, University of Illinois at Chicago

271. Jacqui Lowman, Associate Professor, University of Maine at Presque Isle.

272. Shannon Young, PhD candidate, University of Delaware

273. K. L. Cook, Professor, Iowa State University

274. Bethany Meadows, PhD Student, Michigan State University

275. Brian Hendrickson, Asst. Prof of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, & Composition, Roger Williams University

276. Jennifer Mallette, PhD, Associate Professor of English, Boise State University

277. Charissa Menefee, PhD, Professor, Iowa State University

278. Gail Shuck, PhD, Professor, Boise State University

279. Sarah Warren-Riley, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

280. Miranda Wilson, Associate Chair of the English Department, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Delaware.

281. Vivian M Cook, Master’s Candidate, Iowa State University

282. Darcy Allred, PhD candidate, Illinois State University

283. Xiaobo Belle Wang, Sam Houston State University

284. Joanna Schreiber, Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University

285. Jennifer Juszkiewicz, Writing Program Administrator, Saint Mary’s College

286. Noah Wilson, Syracuse University

287. Nicole Crevar, University of Arizona

288. Claudia Sanchez, PhD Candidate, Illinois State University

289. Christopher J. Barber, PhD Student, Purdue University

290. Sanfeng Miao, PhD Student, Michigan State University

291. Aliethia Dean, PhD Student, Texas Tech University

292. Barbara L’Eplattenier, PhD, Professor, University of Arkansas Little Rock

293. Lynn Goldstein, Professor Emerita, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

294. Seth Kahn, Professor, West Chester University of PA

295. Chuck Jordan, Lake Michigan College

296. Nici Bragg, University of Delaware

297. Victoria Braegger, PhD Student, Purdue University

298. Kevin Brock, Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina

299. Liz Hutter, Assistant Professor, University of Dayton

300. Wilfredo Flores, PhD Candidate, Michigan State University

301. Charlotte Kupsh, PhD student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

302. Cody A. Jackson, PhD student, Texas Christian University

303. Stephanie Vie, Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

304. Jen England, Assistant Professor, Hamline University

305. Veronica Garrison-Joyner, PhD student, George Mason University

306. Luke Shackelford, PhD Student, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

307. Rachel Gramer, Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

308. Matt Bridgewater, Associate Professor, Woodbury University

309. Katherine Randall, PhD candidate, Virginia Tech

310. Lowell Duckert, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

311. Jamie Henthorn, Assistant Professor, Catawba College

312. Jessica Maginity, PhD student, University of Delaware

313. Ann Dean, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell

314. Oriana Gilson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Illinois State University

315. Amy Patterson, PhD, Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design

316. Jorge Gomez, Associate Professor, El Paso Community College

317. Virginia M. Schwarz, PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

318. Erica M. Stone, PhD, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University

319. Timothy R. Amidon, Associate Professor, Colorado State University

320. Abbie Levesque, PhD candidate, Northeastern University

321. Brooke Stanley, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

322. Julie Gerdes, Virginia Tech

323. Tekla Hawkins, Assistant Professor, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

333. Mary Fiorenza, Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin--Madison

334. J. C. Lee, Associate Professor, California State University, Northridge

335. Trent M Kays, PhD, Assistant Professor, Augusta University

336. Thir Budhathoki, Doctoral Candidate, University of Arizona

337. Jim Dubinsky, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech

338. Les Hutchinson Campos, Assistant Professor, Boise State University

339. Jonathan Benda, Associate Teaching Professor, Northeastern University