Courses Taught: WR 323 Writing as Critical Inquiry
Biography:
Talitha May holds a Ph.D. in English from Ohio University and M.A. from Colorado State University. She specializes in critical pedagogy in addition to critical and cultural approaches to rhetoric and composition. Prior to joining PSU, she served as Assistant Director of Composition at Ohio University and was recognized with a College of Arts & Sciences outstanding teaching award. She also directed the graduate writing center at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin where she taught communicating policy and professional report writing. She was awarded the UT President’s Outstanding Staff Award. Dr. May teaches Writing as Critical Inquiry with a focus on rhetoric, intersectionality, and social justice issues.
Selected Publications:
- “Review of Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld,” by Byung-Chul Han, Shanghai Literary Review, vol. 8, Fall 2023.
- "Winter Rains." Humana Obscura, no. 7, Fall/Winter 2023, pg. 48.
- Forthcoming: “Mono No Aware," no.1.” Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, vol. 34, no. 1, Fall 2023.
- (Featured artist and cover art): “Jellyfish,” “Tidepool,” and “Microplastic Ocean,” Honeyguide Literary Magazine. No. 6, June 2023.
- Forthcoming: “Collaborations of Care: On Writing Excess and a Pig Named Jessica,” Journal for Critical Animal Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2023.
- “Ladybug.” Split Rock Review, Issue 19, Fall 2022, https://www.splitrockreview.org/talitha-may.
- Cover art and artist’s statement. Composition Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, Summer 2022.
- “Book Review: Writing as a Way of Being: Writing Instruction, Nonduality, and the Crisis of Sustainability by Robert Yagelski.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 19, no. 3, Fall 2015.
- “Op-Eds: Writing for Social Change.” Institute for Innovative Teaching and Learning for Public Service, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. University of Washington, Fall 2011.
Recent Conferences:
- “Cold Showers, Horror Movies, and Violence: The Limitations of Truth in an Age of Trumpism,” Rhetoric Society of America, May 2024
- “A Pedagogy of Writing Abundance for Wicked Problems,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 2024
- “On Insects and Decolonialism in the Anthropocene,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, October 2023