@codyhmelar.bsky.social
(He/Him) Rhet/Comp at University of Pittsburgh. I look at language preservation/maintance, linguistic justice, academic policy and caste. Radio Producer and MMJ. Into words, sentences, maps, marginalia. 🇨🇳President, AAJA Philly 650 grown, PGH based
Shoutout to @pitairport.bsky.social’s marketing team. This is how you do a rebrand! #PITtransformed
Now at G.19: Tuning in "Left of the Dial"; From Underground Radio to Writing Studies. The current and former radio nerd in me is hyped to see how different folks are bringing it into the classroom! #4C25
Finished our roundtable discussion on Mentoring for Publication at #4C25. Undergraduate Research Standing Group has a new listserv. Contact me if you'd like to be added to our network of resources!
Time for the first business meeting! Swing by the Undergraduate Research Standing Group business meeting in room 334 until 6pm! #4C25
At DB.1: Remixing the B-Side: Leveraging Sampling and Culturally Responsive Pedagogies from HBCUs in the 60s to Enhance Corequisite Program Success. Amazing team from Langston U. #4C25
And.. we're back! At D.7 Is the First Cut the Deepest? Scratching beyond the Surface of Methdological Assumptions. #4C25
Definitely finding it challenging to determine programming. Too many options to choose from!
Loved CA.9 I Can't Stand the Rain: Remixing Afrofuturism and Missy Elliot into Classroom Soundscapes toward Imaginitive and Playful Cultural Literacy Praxis by Angela Mack. #4C25
Made a quick pivot: now at A.11: Remixing First-Year Writing and Contesting Standardized English: Music as Inspiration in the Classroom. @nidhigandhi.bsky.social delivers an iconic line-by-line analysis of Eminem's Lose Yourself. #4C25
Aspiring to channel the energy of @voleuseck.bsky.social’s live recaps of #4C25. Currently in A.12 Strategic Illegibility: Rhetorics of Nontranslation. New book under review with very cool collaborators.
At the opening general session for #4C25! Great welcome by Kofi Adisa!
Day two: Lychee - BENEE
Was not my favorite, however did enjoy a few tracks.
Day one: Bird's Eye - Ravyn Lenae
I'm a sucker for neo-soul and R&B. Although many know Love Me Not, the entire album is a banger. No skips. I particularly like Genius and Pilot.
Also, the visuals for Love Me Not?? Amazing (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cswf...)
One of my 2025 goals is to listen to one album from start to finish per day. We've lost the art of listening to music as the stories they are. I'll be giving a short note for each one on this page.