Join us as we chat with Dr. Joel Bergholtz, a member of our UCF faculty, who currently teaches Composition I and II along with ENC 4416 Writing in Digital Environments. Dr. Bergholtz's research interests include assemblage and circulation as methodological frameworks for internet research methods, raciolinguistics as an interpretive framework, public spaces (physical, digital, and hybrid), social media pedagogies, antiracist pedagogies, and more. He is also currently a faculty editor of the UCF publication Convergence Rhetoric and presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication 2025 with his research titled:

"R-R-R-Reeeemixxxx: Diggin’ in the Comments, Flippin' the Spreadsheets, Cuttin' the Racial Ideologies, Amplifyin' the Antiracist Strategies (Insert Airhorn Here)"

Our guest for this episode is Dr. Esther Milu, Associate Professor here at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Milu’s research includes language diversity, multilingual pedagogies, translingual writing, immigrant Black literacies, and Global Black Rhetorics. Dr. Milu has been published in multiple publications, most recently including Composition Studies, Rhetoric Society of America Quarterly, and College Composition Communication, along with contributing to several books.

Our guest on this episode is UCF Assistant Professor Dr. Kara Taczak. Dr. Taczak is currently co-editor of College Composition and Communication, and her award winning research examines composition theory and pedagogy, with a focus on teaching for transfer and reflection. Her work has appeared in numerous edited collections as well as in CCC, Writing Spaces, International Journal of Work Integrated Learning, the WAC Journal, Composition Forum, Teaching English in a Two-Year College, and Across the Disciplines.

This episode also features our Assistant Producer, and DWR Podcast Intern, Madelyn Alvarez joining in the conversation.