Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award Grant

Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Conference on College Composition and Communication
Amount: US $750
Last Updated: April 19, 2025

Summary

The Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, sponsored by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), honors scholars whose work addresses sexual and gender minority experiences. It supports graduate students and first-time presenters with travel funding for the CCCC Convention. This award upholds Anzaldúa's legacy of challenging oppression and fostering connections across differences. Recipients can receive $750 for travel or complimentary registration if the convention is held online, promoting accessibility and representation in rhetoric and composition.

Overview

As a scholar whose writings have had a profound impact on the studies of both rhetoric and queer theory, Gloria Anzaldúa’s work continues to encourage us to forge connections across difference and oppression in order to dismantle systems of privilege, whether that be heterosexism, heteronormativity, racism, sexism, or ableism (as a non-exhaustive list). In the legacy of her work as a writer, Anzaldúa reminds us that we have a duty to strike out oppression, build alliances, and fundamentally transform cultures. She underscores that we may achieve these goals through the act of writing. In this spirit, the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) sponsors the Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award to support scholars whose work participates in the making of meaning out of sexual and gender minority experiences. Recipients of the Gloria Anzaldúa Graduate Rhetorician Travel Award, up to three, will receive $750 for travel-related expenses to present their work at the CCCC Convention. In the event that the CCCC Annual Convention moves to an online-only event with no in-person component, recipients will receive a complimentary registration for the convention in lieu of any travel funds.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be accepted to the CCCC Annual Convention program and should currently be enrolled in graduate school or be first time presenters at the Convention.All candidates should show potential as scholars of rhetoric and composition. We encourage sexual and gender minority applicants, who may (or may not) identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, or pansexual (LGBTQ2QIAAP), though applicants who do not see themselves reflected in these categories are also encouraged to apply.