Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland
M.A., Mills College
B.A., Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Britt Starr studies how contemporary activists use digital media to challenge racist, sexist, ageist, and ableist emotion norms, as well as how digital platforms can be used to construct and circulate more liberatory alternatives. Her work has been published in Rhetoric Review, Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition, Teaching the History of the Book, and the University of Maryland academic writing textbook, Fearless Writing: Rhetoric, Inquiry, Argument. Britt has a PhD in English language, writing, and rhetoric, as well as graduate certificates in digital studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies from the University of Maryland. Whether she is teaching, researching, writing, course-designing, or program-building, Britt is driven by the possibility of collectively enabling joyful, livable futures for all.
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Social Media and Social Change
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The Construction and Contestation of Gender Norms Online
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Tech Rhetorics vs. Realities
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Digital Media and Activism
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Digital Cultural Rhetorics
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Social Media and Society
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Feminist Rhetoric
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Rhetoric and Democracy
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Gender and Emotion in Public Discourse
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Rhetoric of Popular Culture
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Feminist rhetoric
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Digital activism
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Social media studies
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Girlhood studies
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Emotion rhetorics
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Cultural rhetorics
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Social change studies
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Antiracist writing assessment
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Feminist pedagogy
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Publications:
- Starr, Britt. “Wise (Teen) Anger: Greta Thunberg Uses ‘Bio Warfare’ to Reshape Oppressive Anger Norms,” Rhetoric Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (2023): 111-127.
- Starr, Britt. “Disturbing White Perfectionism in the Graduate Student Habitus,” Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition, vol. 23, no. 3, 2021.
- Kirschenbaum, Matt, Kari Kraus, Mallory Hasselberger and Britt Starr. “Meet the (Book) Beetle: Teaching with a Tabletop Letterpress.” Teaching the History of the Book, edited by Todd, Emily B. and Matteo Pangallo, University of Massachusetts Press, 2023, 330-336.
Presentations:
- “Futures of Girlhood Studies,” National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2023.
- “Border Crossings” Thirty Years Later: Feminist Rhetorical Reconsiderations and Revisions,” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2023.
- “Reeducating Instagram Publics with Eloquent Rage,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2022.
- “Modeling Eloquent Rage on Instagram: How One Teen Activist Uses Instagram Stories to Change Anger Norms,” Computers and Writing Conference, Greenville, North Carolina, May 2022.
- “Stakeholders Considered: Addressing Inequity & Supporting Student Learning through Labor-Based Grading Practices,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual, March 2022.
- “Closing the Gap of Scholarly Distance: Transformative Reflections on Researcher Positionality when Studying Women of Color Rhetors,” National Communication Association Convention, Seattle, November 2021.
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- Award for Social Justice and Antiracist Teaching, University of Maryland Writing Programs, 2022
- Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of Maryland Graduate School, 2021
- Summer Grant, Do Good Institute, 2021
- Special Departmental Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2021
- James A. Robinson Teaching Award, University of Maryland English Department, 2021
- Summer Research Fellowship, University of Maryland Graduate School, 2020
- Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities, 2019
- Graduate Student Development Award, Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, 2019
- Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2017-2022
- Departmental Fellowship, University of Maryland English Department, 2017-2022
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