Books
Buchanan, R. J. (February 2018). Writing a Riot: Riot Grrrls, Zines, and Feminist Rhetorics. Peter Lang: New York.
Articles
Buchanan, Rebekah J. (2020) What COVID-19 is Teaching Me About Writing. Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education 9(1), Article 26.
Buchanan, R.J. (August 2019). Zines, Art Activism and the Female Body: What We Learn from Riot Grrrls. p/art/icipate: Make Culture Active. 10, 20-30.
Buchanan, R.J. (March 2017). Teaching as a Political Practice. Literacy in Composition Studies 5(1), 76-80.
Buchanan, R.J. (November 2012). Zines in the Classroom: Reading Culture. English Journal 102(2), 71-77.
Buchanan, R.J. (2007). Educating the Girl: Learning and Schooling in America in Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources, 28(4): 9-12.
Buchanan, R.J. (2006). Women in the Superintendency: Discarded Leadership by Joyce A. Dana and Diana M. Bourisaw (review) in Journal of International Women’s Studies, 8(1):303-305.
Book Chapters
Buchanan, R.J. (May 2016). A Punk Pedagogical Approach to Genre. (pp. 129-140) In L. Johnson and C. Goering (Eds). Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Buchanan, R.J. (March 2014). Rhetoric of Riot: Creating Alternative Feminist Sites of Resistance (pp. 114-126) In K. Cole (Ed). Feminist Challenges, Feminist Rhetorics: Locations, Scholarship, and Discourse. Cambridge Scholars Press: England.
Buchanan, R.J. (2010). “Creating Graduate Student Writing Programming.” In Girgensohn, K. (Ed.) Schlüssel zur Promotion. Konzepte und Ideen zur Förderung von Promovierenden an Hochschulen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Buchanan, R.J. (2008). “‘Kind of Like Emerging from the Shadows’: Adolescent Girls as Multiliteracy Pedagogues: Chapter Response.” In Hill, M. L. & Vasudevan, L. (Eds.) Media, Learning, and Sites of Possibility. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Selected Encyclopedia Entries
Buchanan, R.J. (2007). “Courtney Love.” In Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Buchanan, R.J. (2007). “Girl Bands.” In Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Buchanan, R.J. (2007). “Madonna.” In Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Buchanan, R.J. (2007). “Pink.” In Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Juried Presentations
Putting the Riot Back into Punk: How Riot Grrrl Zines Defined Punk Rock. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN. April, 2018.
Studying Harry Potter in the United Kingdom. With Kirsten Dillender, Haley Helgesen, Ashley Hill, Max Keil, Klara Strickland, and Maggie Wallace. DuPaul Popular Culture Conference. Chicago, IL. May 2017.
Defining Fan Subculture in Dungeons and Dragons. With Klara Strickland. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. April, 2017.
What Does Advocacy Look Like in the Rural and Small Town? National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. November 2016.
Collaboration in the Classroom: Preservice, Classroom, and Methods Teachers Teach (and Learn) Together. Conference on English Leadership (CEL). Minneapolis, MN. November 2015.
Prison Writing as Social Activism. Conference on Community Writing. Boulder, CO. October 2015.
The Feminist Punk. Popular Cultural Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 2015.
Punk and Zines. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Il. April 2014.
So and In Flight. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Il. April 2014.
Telling Digital Stories in the Preservice Classroom. Conference on English Education (CEE). Fort Collins, CO. July 2013.
Using the Master’s Tools: Riot Grrrls, Feminism, and the Legacy of Punk Rock. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. Washington, DC. March 2013.
The Online Novel Study Project. With Telisha Fedeli, Jennifer Mitchell, and Ann Supalla. Illinois Reading Council (IRC) Conference. Springfield, IL. March 2013.
Digital Storytelling: Telling Stories in a Digital World. With James Black, Michael Davenport, Allison Janacek, and Amanda Morris. Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) Fall Conference. Normal, Il. October 2012.
Writing a Riot: Re/Framing Punk and Feminism Through Riot Grrrl Zines. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Philadelphia, PA. May 2012.
Female Zine Writers: The Role of Play in Creating Identity. Midwest Modern Language Association Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 2011.
Rhetoric of Riot: Creating Alternative Feminist Sites of Resistance. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Mankato, MN. October 2011.
Finding New Relations: Developing Intentional Writing Communities Among Dissertation Writers. CCCC Convention. Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
The Female PhD Student: Narratives of Negotiating the University through Dissertation Writing. Research for Women in Education (RWE) Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. October 2010
Small Stories: Narratives and the Permanent Writer. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. May 2010.
Punk Rock Grrrl Style: How the Riot Grrrls Saved Punk Rock. Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. New York City, NY. May 2008.
From the Ground Up: Creating a Community of Writers. CCCC. New Orleans, LA. April 2008
Writing for Learning, Writing for Life: Meeting Creative and Academic Needs of High School Students. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. March 2008
Zines as Life Writing: Power, Acceptance, and Transformation in the Works of Influential Zinesters. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. March 2008
Punk Rock Grrrl Style: Zines as a Mode for Examining Punk Subculture. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. November 2007.
And this is relevant because…?: Tutor Development Programs and Tutors’ Goals. Panel at the Writing Program Administrators Conference, Tempe, AZ. July 2007.
Girls and Zines: Using Literacy Work to Promote Activism and Feminism. National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Carol Stream, IL. June 2007.
Veronica Mars: Neptune’s Feminist Super Sleuth? Eastern Communication Association Conference, Providence, RI. May 2007.
What About the Women?: Classes on Women in Today’s High Schools. Geis Student Research on Women Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. April 2007.
Who are Expert Writers?: When Writing Fellows Are Asked to Become Writing Instructors. Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference, St. Davids, PA. April 2007.
Literacy Practices and Identity Development: How Girls Use Zines to Explore and Construct Identities. CCCC 2007, New York, NY. March 2007
Zines as Feminist Discourse: Women Writing to Promote Dialogue. Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) 2005 Bi-Annual Conference, Houghton, MI. October 2005.
Images of Women: The City Through the Male Gaze. Women and Society Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY. September 2005.
Envisioning Girls’ Studies: Recent Trends and Future Agendas. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Girls’ and Their Allies Caucus, Orlando, FL. June 2005.
Girl Power Got Religion: The Feminist Roles of Joan and Grace in “Joan of Arcadia.” International Communications Association Annual Meeting, Feminist Scholarship Division, New York, NY. May 2005
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Prison, School and Public Libraries in Norway. Guest Lecture, University of Illinois iSchool. Champaign, Illinois. October 14, 2019.
Climate Change Initiatives in Norway. Cassandra Project. Urbana, Illinois. October 13, 2019.
Norwegian Prisons: Lessons in Humanity. Urbana-Champaign Bail Out Coalition Fundraiser, Featured Speaker. Urbana, Illinois. October 12, 2019
Riot Grrrl Zines. Guest Lecture, University of Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria. March 2019.
Preparing and Applying for Teaching Positions. ENG 376: Professional Development Workshop. February 2018.
Interviewing. ENG 376: Professional Development Workshop. January 2016.
Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s the Sex Pistols (The first boy band). Western Illinois University Malpass Library Album Discussion Series. October 2015.
Interviewing. ENG 376: Professional Development Workshop. September 2015.
What Would de Tocqueville Say? How to Disrupt the Prison Pipeline. With B. Harroun, J. LaPrad, and S. Rawls. Dealing With Differences Institute. Western Illinois University. April 2015.
Punk in Minneapolis, New York and Washington, DC. HIST 300: Urban America. November 2014.
Graphic Novels. Panel Discussion, Quad Cities Campus. November 2014.
Top Girls. Discussion Panel. October 2014.
Interviewing. ENG 376: Professional Development Workshop. September 2014.
Interviewing. ENG 376: Professional Development Workshop. September 2013.
Punk in Cities: 1980s Washington DC and Minneapolis, MN. Urban America. April 2013.
40 Years of WOW: Western Organization for Women’s Oral Histories. WOW Presents at Western Illinois University. October 2012.
History of Feminist Zines. Women and Creativity. January 2012.
My Punk Party. Western Illinois University Malpass Library Listening Party Series. October 2011.
Grrrls and Noise. Western Illinois University Malpass Library Listening Party Series. June 2011.
Roundtable on Writing and Research. Western Illinois University English Graduate Student Organization (EGO). April 2011.
Caught Looking: Zines and Images. Western Illinois University Malpass Library Images and Texts Series. March 2011.
INVITED WORKSHOPS
Pecha Kuchas in the Classroom. CITR. April 2015.
Paired Sections: Successes and Challenges. With E. Taylor. CITR. February 2014.
Qualitative Research Series III: The Qualitative Research Process: Key Components of Data Interpretation and Theory Building. With C. Harbke and A. White. CITR. March 2014.
Using Digital Media to Create Writing Assignments. CITR. April 2013.
Teaching for Transfer in the Major. With N. Baird and CB. Dilger. CITR. October 2012.
Designing Effective Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) Courses. With N. Baird and CB.Dilger. CITR October 2012.
Creating Writing Assignments for Student Success. With B. Harroun and J. Wilson-Jordon.CITR. September 2012.
Designing Effective Writing Instruction in the Disciplines (WID) Courses. CITR. December 2011.