Reading Rhetorical Theory.

With the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic in Spring 2020, I began the process of transitioning course
content from the in-person version of my large lecture, “Introduction to Rhetorical Theory,” to this platform.
My intention was to create an accessible repository for teaching materials that would enable students to access
the course remotely while minimizing the stress associated with this transition. After several semesters, I added
recorded lectures, supplementary embedded videos, and guidance for written assignments. In its present form,
the book now functions well for “flipped” modalities of teaching, both in-person and online. Given the
significant labor cost associated with transitioning courses online, my hope was to (1) offload some of the
effort of moving classes online by creating an open resource for other instructors to draw upon, (2) to provide
a basis for instructors to justify the appropriateness of a rhetorical theory course for an online modality of
teaching, and (3) to lighten the burden upon instructors and students at a time when online/in-person pivots
are increasingly likely and unpredictable.
Reading Rhetorical Theory also provides a number of additional advantages over a conventional textbook.

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