Karen P. Peirce, graduate writing coordinator, presented the paper, “Rethinking Assumptions: Evidence of Corder’s Generative Ethos Among Faculty at West Point,” at the Rhetoric in Society Conference held in Antwerp, Belgium, Jan. 26-28. Her paper challenged common oversimplifications of military rhetoric and encouraged the audience to perceive military rhetoric as more complex than commonly thought.

Two NDSU graduates also presented at the conference: Sarah Haas, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English from NDSU and is a doctoral candidate in languages and social sciences at Aston University in Birmingham, England, and Jason A. Edwards, who earned a master’s degree in political science from NDSU and is an assistant professor of communication studies at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Mass.