Rhetoric Society Quarterly, the official journal of the Rhetoric Society of America, features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy. The journal addresses an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students of rhetorics who work in communication studies, English studies, philosophy, politics and other allied fields.

Submissions:

Rhetoric Society Quarterly is published quarterly. Article-length manuscripts on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy are invited. Contributions should exhibit high standards for professional scolarship, and should offer new knowledge or advance the discussion on significant issues in the field of rhetoric in ways that address the work and common interests of rhetoricians who reside in a variety of disciplines.

Special Announcement

2008 Kneupper Award  

The award committee, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Barry Brummett, and Jeanne Fahnestock, commended this essay for making a fresh argument about an old question and for showing the cultural significance of the ancient complaint about sophistic teaching. The essay places sophistic practice against the gift culture that prevailed among the Greek aristocracy, involving the exchange of favors and tokens of loyalty for advantage and power. By contrast, the sophists' open commercialism demystified and democratized such exchanges and allowed a collective valuation of rhetorical skill. 

This award is given each year in memory of Charles Kneupper, 1949-1989, who was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Arlington. An active member of RSA and mentor to many graduate students in rhetoric, Charles initiated and organized the earliest biennial RSA conferences at Arlington. 

This announcement will also appear in the spring issue of RSQ, which is now in press. 

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