About
Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society is a peer-reviewed, blind-refereed, online journal dedicated to exploring contemporary social, cultural, political and economic issues through a rhetorical lens. In addition to examining these subjects as found in written, oral and visual texts, we wish to provide a forum for calls to action in academia, education and national policy. Seeking to address current or presently unfolding issues, we publish short articles ranging from 2,000 to 2,500 words, the length of a conference paper. For sample topics please see our submission guidelines.
Conference presentations on topics related to the journal’s focus lend themselves particularly well to this publishing format. Authors who address the most current issues may find a lengthy submission and application process disadvantageous. We seek to overcome this issue through our shortened response time and by publishing individual articles as they are accepted. We also encourage conference-length multimedia submissions such as short documentaries, flash videos, slidecasts and podcasts.
In order to foster dialogue, our journal features a Reader Response section in which both contributors and readers are welcome to discuss the publications’ content in a public, digital space.
Editors
- General Editor
- Joshua Prenosil, Purdue University
- Managing Editor
- Cristyn L. Elder, Purdue University
- Style Editor
- Megan Schoen, Purdue University
- Technical Editors
- Caitlan Spronk, Purdue University
Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder, Purdue University - Review Editor
- Allen Brizee, Loyola University Maryland
- Multimedia Editor
- Alexandra Hidalgo, Purdue University
- Outreach Editor
- Elizabeth L. Angeli, Purdue University
- Design Editor
- John Williford, Purdue University
Review Board
Linda Adler-Kassner, University of California, Santa Barbara
Charles Bazerman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Emma Bertolaet, Purdue University
Michael Bérubé, The Pennsylvania State University
Stuart Blythe, Michigan State University
Ralph Cintron, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Alister Cumming, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ellen Cushman, Michigan State University
Dana Driscoll, Oakland University
Jim Dubinsky, Virginia Tech
Kimberly Emmons, Case Western Reserve University
Keith Gilyard, The Pennsylvania State University
Tarez Graban, Indiana University
Jeff Grabill, Michigan State University
Bill Hart-Davidson, Michigan State University
Karen Kopelson, University of Louisville
Kendall Leon, Purdue University
Paul Kei Matsuda, Arizona State University
Mark McBeth, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, New York
Jaime Mejía, Texas State University
Joyce Irene Middleton, East Carolina University
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés, University of Central Florida
Richard E. Miller, Rutgers University
Cindy Moore, Loyola University, Maryland
Charles Paine, University of New Mexico
Elaine Richardson, The Ohio State University
Michele Simmons, Miami University, Ohio
William Thelin, The University of Akron
Denise Valdés, Syracuse University
Victor Villanueva, Washington State University
Victor Vitanza, Clemson University
Advisory Board
Jennifer Bay, Purdue University
Linda Bergmann, Purdue University
Samantha Blackmon, Purdue University
David Blakesley, Clemson University
Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Purdue University
Janice Lauer, Professor Emerita, Purdue University
Thomas Rickert, Purdue University
Michael Salvo, Purdue University
John Schilb, Indiana University
Tony Silva, Purdue University
Patricia Sullivan, Purdue University
Irwin Weiser, Purdue University
