Madeline Bruegger

Courses Taught

I have taught several sections of rhetoric and writing courses as the instructor on record at the University of Maine (2021-2023) and the University of Texas at Austin (2023-Present).

Courses Taught Include:

Below is a sample syllabus from a course I taught in the Spring 2025 at the University of Texas at Austin titled RHE 309J: Rhetoric of Curation. This course design received the John Slatin Prize for Electronic Media in Education.

Bruegger RHE 309J_ Rhetoric of Curation Syllabus Spring 25

Within my course design for RHE309J: Rhetoric of Curation, I implement what I call slow methods of teaching. Slow methods of teaching invite multimodal composition, affect, and touch to reflect on curation as a rhetorical activity of care. These methods are largely drawn from my research in Environmental Rhetoric and my pedagogical values of creativity, joy, and imagination through research-creation methods (Springgay 2022).

The course is broken up into three units: Defining Curation and Rhetorical Choices, Digital Content Curation as Rhetorical Practice, and Imagining Caring Futures through Curatorial Design. With RHE309J carrying the writing flag, each unit has a different substantial writing project such as a Rhetorical Analysis Paper of an exhibit, a Case Study Paper of an example of online content curation, and a final multimodal curatorial project including an exhibition, curatorial statement, and reflection. Likewise, each week students engage in supporting writing assignments such as weekly writing assignments and field notes, where they observe and record an example of curation in their lived and digital environments.

This course also includes several field visits and interviews with local curators at locations such as the Blanton Museum of Art, the Christian Green Gallery, and the Harry Ransom Center.