Digital Rhetor

“The Workings of the Nervous System” by Fritz Kahn. © The Birtish Library

My name is David Gruber. I am a doctoral student working in digital rhetoric and writing studies. I particularly enjoy thinking about the human-computer relationship and the rhetorical choices/effects surrounding representations of a technologized body.

In 2003, I earned my Master of Professional Writing from the University of Southern California. Immediately afterward, I worked for a commercial production studio in Los Angeles and then as an Adjunct Professor of Composition. In 2008, I began work toward my doctoral degree in the Communication, Rhetoric & Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.

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Digital rhetoric examines the persuasive forms and uses of new technologies, genres, and discourses that result from digitized communications, taking the tradition developed by ancient and contemporary rhetorical scholars as a starting point for new theoretical evaluation. ↩

Writing studies considers the nature of inscription as well as the historical, social, and theoretical impact of inscription practices, especially as they relate to the categories or logics that shape human behaviors and identities. ↩

The technologized body describes the body viewed as an artifact that undergoes modification, improvement or repair as the result of machinic incorporation or augmentation. ↩