Student Scholars & Faculty Mentors
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Rhetoric Society of America Conference Presentation- Gun violence and the coronavirus pandemic in media discourse: The creation and framing of a novel conceptual metaphor
Name: Bair,
Advisor: Mando, Justin
Department: ENGL
Award: Noonan Endowment
Abstract: I am asking for $385.00 from theNoonan EndowmentAward to help fund myconference presentation and travel to the 2022 Rhetoric Society ofAmerica’s (RSA) Charge forChange Conference.This research is beneficial to my larger thesis work involving rhetoric oftrauma using discourse analysis as methodology. I am qualified to undertake this conferencepresentation because of my knowledge of and research in discourse analysis.To myunderstanding, I am the only student at Millersville who was selected to present at this biennialnational conference so my representation is beneficial for the university as well as for me as ascholar