Michael Ristich
Academic Specialist; Graduate Faculty
He/Him/His
Office: 269 Bessey
Email: ristich@msu.edu
Research Areas
Rhetorical Theory, Critical Theory, Pedagogy, Radical Politics
Profile
Mike Ristich teaches across WRAC’s programs. He has also taught courses in the Citizen Scholars Program and the Center of Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities. In addition to researching curriculum design and effective teaching, his work focuses on the intersections of rhetorical and critical theory.
Education
Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2013.
B.A., Western Michigan University, 2005.
Representative Work
“Peer-Observation as Conversational Learning.” Lily Conference: Advancing Teaching and Learning, Traverse City, MI, October 2019.
“Disruption, Design Thinking, and Experience Architecture: Three Paradigms for Thinking about AI in Rhetoric and Composition.” Computers and Writing Conference, East Lansing, MI, June 2019.
“Identifying and Enacting Values and Best Practices for Blended/Hybrid Writing Courses.” Computers and Writing Conference, East Lansing, MI, June 2019.
“Politics, Shame, and Rhetorical Appropriation.” Twelfth Biennial Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY, October 2018.
“The Fall of the Public Sphere and the Future Work of Rhetorical Education, or, Rhetoric with an “Anarchist Squint.” The 18th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2018.
“The Classroom as Site of ‘Transcritical Exchange.’” The Eleventh Biennial Thomas R. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2016.
“On Being Insistent: Rancière, the Ontological Turn, and the Rhetoric of Theory Today.” The 17th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2016.
“Rhetoric, Imagination, and the Inability to Feel the Pain of Others.” 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing, MI, December, 2014.
“Against Empathy: Defining, Encouraging, and Enacting Rhetorical Sympathy.” The Tenth Biennial Thomas R. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October, 2014.
Awards and Recognitions
#iteachmsu Educator Award, MSU Office of the Provost, 2020
Fellowship, Walter and Pauline Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation, Michigan State University Academic Advancement Network, 2016-2017
Sample Courses Taught
WRA 882: Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric
IAH 206: “Artificial Intelligence as Liberatory Technology”
WRA 401: “Rhetoric, Leadership, and Innovation”
AL 110: “Writing and Civic Life”
WRA 101: “Writing as Inquiry”
Academic or Research Affiliations
Social Media
Twitter: @mjristich
WeChat: Mikejr16