Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
Name: Sara K. Howe
Email: s.howe@snhu.edu or sarakhowe@gmail.com
Web Address: www.sarakhowe.com
Year Graduated from the RCTE program: 2013
Assistant Professor of English and the Undergraduate Creative Writing Coordinator at Southern New
Hampshire University in Manchester, NH.
Recent publications
Forthcoming (2016): “Beyond Wounds and Words: The Rhetoric of Scarred Embodiment in Arrow.” Hitting the
Mark with Arrow: Critical Essay on the Series and Its Characters (tentative). Ed. Cory Barker, Jim Iaccino, and
Myc Wiatrowski.
Innovative Work
In addition to teaching rhetoric, composition, and contemporary literature courses, I recently developed a new
Creative Writing course at SNHU, the Genre Writing Workshop. This course introduces students to the basic
skills and principles of genre fiction writing. Genres studied include fan fiction, sci-fi and fantasy, horror,
romance, and young adult.
Institutional, professional, or community organization: Administrative / Elected positions
I was appointed the Undergraduate Creative Writing Coordinator at Southern New Hampshire University in
2014.
Grants / Awards
I received Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer Research Grant in 2014.
Conferences
I have attended the Rhetoric Society of America Conference 2014, the CCCC 2015, and the Mid-Atlantic and
Northeast Popular Culture Association conferences.
Conference presentations
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“‘The Place Where Meaning Collapses: The Abject Rhetorics of Fannish Room Decor,” delivered at the
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 2014
“Exploring the Rhetorics and Pedagogies of Guilty Pleasures,” College Composition and Communication
Conference (CCCC), Research Network Forum, in Tampa, FL, March 2015.
Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
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[Forthcoming] “‘You are where I want you to be’: Guilty Un/Pleasure in Erotica and Popular Romance,”
to be delivered at the Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference in New London, NH, October
2015.
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