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Joshua Hilst

Faculty Member

Dr. Joshua Hilst

Biography

I am associate professor in the Department of Literacies & Composition. I am originally from Los Angeles, California. I completed a BA in English before moving to an MA at Ohio State, and then completing my PhD at Clemson University.

Education

Ph D, Clemson University, 2010

Major: PhD in Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design

MA, The Ohio State University, 2006

Major: English - Composition and Rhetoric

BA, The Master’s College, 2004

Major: English

Teaching

ENGH 1005

Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC, Spring 2024

Presentations

Hilst, Joshua , Rhetoric Society of America Biannual Conference , "Mnemosyne and Inventing Ethics", RSA, Minneapolis, MN. (May, 2018)
Hilst, Joshua , Western States Rhetoric & Literacy Conference, "The Careful Balance of Affect, Confidence Building, and Writing Development", Western States Rhetoric & Literacy Assoc., Salt Lake City, UT. (October, 2017)
Hilst, Joshua , Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Ask Me No Questions_ Pushing Back on Minimalist Tutoring in the Writing Center", NCTE, Portland, OR. (March, 2017)
Hilst, Joshua , Conference on College Composition and Communication , "More Notes Toward a Consequentialist Pedagogy", NCTE, Houston, TX. (April, 2016)
Hilst, Joshua , Conference on College Composition and Communication , "The Ambience of Memory_ Putting Memoria in the Chora", NCTE, Tampa, FL. (March, 2015)
Hilst, Joshua , Western States Rhetoric & Literacy Conference , "Notes Toward a Consequentialist Pedagogy", Western States Rhetoric & Literacy Assoc, Reno, NV. (October, 2014)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Hilst, Joshua , "Mnemosyne's Invention_ Bergson, Deleuze, and Pre-Symbolic Memory" . Philosophy & Rhetoric.
Hilst, Joshua , (2019) "“Unhurried Conversations_ Civil Discourse and Ideological Intervention in the Writing Center”" . Logan UT: Utah State University Press.
Hilst, Joshua , (2013) "“(Neo)Expressivism in Composition_ Deleuze”" (vol. 13). Online: Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. http://enculturation.net/deleuze-neoexpressivism
Hilst, Joshua , (2011) "“Gutter Talk_ (An)Other Idiom of Rhetoric”" (Issue: 1/2, vol. 31). USA: JAC: Rhetoric, Writing, Culture, Politics.
Hilst, Joshua , (2010) "“The Tactical Tube_ Resituating Participatory Video”" (vol. 8). Online: Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. http://enculturation.net/the-tactical-tube
Hilst, Joshua , (2010) "“Review Essay_ Refractions of Reality_ Philosophy and the Moving Image by John Mullarkey”" (Issue: 2, vol. 14). Edinburgh : Film Philosophy.

Awards

University College Dean’s Faculty Service Award

Dean, University College - April, 2015

Faculty Excellence Award

Faculty Senate - March, 2013

Faculty Excellence Award given to the faculty member who shows strong performance primarily in teaching, but also research and service.

Letter of Commendation

Ohio State English Department - April, 2006

Ohio State University First Year Writing Program

Letter of Commendation

Ohio State English Department - March, 2006

Ohio State University First Year Writing Program

Letter of Commendation

Ohio State English Department - December, 2005

Ohio State University First Year Writing Program

Graduate of the Year

The Masters College English Department - May, 2004

The Master’s College Department of English