Abstract

This dissertation focuses on the potential for circulation studies to provide composition studies with a new means of examining the spread of pedagogical approaches to rhetoric and composition and writing studies (RC/WS). In this dissertation, I have used some of Gries's (2013) "iconographic tracking" methods and Mueller's (2017) network sense alongside more traditional rhetorical analysis to understand the distribution and circulation of the Writing About Writing (WAW) pedagogy. In addition to tracing an approach to teaching writing to see how it evolves over time, including how it was initially received and how the term "writing about writing" has been used on the social web, this dissertation includes my reflections on a circulation studies unit I taught in my own writing courses and the potential pedagogical implications of incorporating circulation studies into a first-year composition (FYC) course.

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Graduation Date

2023

Semester

Summer

Advisor

Bowdon, Melody

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Degree Program

Texts and Technology

Identifier

CFE0009736; DP0027844

URL

https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0027844

Language

English

Release Date

August 2026

Length of Campus-only Access

3 years

Access Status

Doctoral Dissertation (Campus-only Access)

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