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Jordan Cagle is a master’s student at Central Washington University in the Professional and Creative Writing program. His work includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, exploring questions related to politics and interpersonal relationships, technology, class, and spiritual disillusionment. He has just completed his first full length novel and is editing a collection of short fiction. He is currently searching for representation for his work.
Jordan is pursuing his Ph.D. and hopes to be a professor of rhetoric and writing. His main research interest focuses on the way genre theory, multimodal and digital rhetoric, and cultural rhetoric influence political discourse and disseminate misinformation. He is especially interested in new modes of digital production like podcasts, social media, and AI and their potential for reshaping our daily narratives. Ultimately, his goal is to develop a pedagogy that empowers students and communities to engage critically with digital environments.
This work is vital in our polarized world that is ceding more of its meaning making ability to digital spaces. They are ideological arenas that are infiltrated with bad actors and cynical operators, utilizing alienation and distrust to attract individuals to their cause. As technologies like AI increase productivity and reach, it will be essential for students to possess the tools to respond accordingly. His work and studies have positioned him to continue exploring these issues through a combination of rhetorical theory, discourse analysis, and pedagogy.
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