Kairos

A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

ISSN 1521-2300

• About Kairos

  Kairos is a refereed open-access online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. The journal reaches a wide audience -- currently 45,000 readers per month, hailing from Ascension Island to Zimbabwe (and from every top-level domain country code in between); our international readership typically runs about 4,000 readers per month. Kairos publishes bi-annually, in August and January, with occassion special issues in May. Our current acceptance rate for published articles is approximately 10%.

  Since its first issue in January of 1996, the mission of Kairos has been to publish scholarship that examines digital and multimodal composing practices, promoting work that enacts its scholarly argument through rhetorical and innovative uses of new media. Kairos is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in English Studies, made so by its dedication to academic quality through the journal’s extensive peer-review and editorial production processes.

  We publish "webtexts," which are texts authored specifically for publication on the World Wide Web. Webtexts are scholarly examinations of topics related to technology in English Studies fields (e.g., rhetoric, composition, technical and professional communication, education, creative writing, language and literature) and related fields such as media studies, informatics, arts technology, and others. Besides scholarly webtexts, Kairos publishes teaching-with-technology narratives, reviews of print and digital media, extended interviews with leading scholars, interactive exchanges, "letters" to the editors, and news and announcements of interest.

  Because questions of copyright, intellectual property, and fair use often arise for scholars who wish to create digital publications, we have developed a statement of copyright that encourages authors to carefully consider their rights and responsibilities while advocating for a strengthening of fair use. Our copyright statement also provides authors with the opportunity to build upon and republish their work because we are committed to the continuing development of intellectual work and believe that authors should retain the rights to scholarly production.

  We invite you to share your views about Kairos, and we hope you'll consider submitting your work for our editorial review.

• Kairos Staff

  • Senior Editor

    • Douglas Eyman

  • Editor

    • Cheryl Ball

  • Topoi Editor

    • Mike Edwards

  • Praxis Editor

    • Christine Tulley

  • PraxisWiki Editor

    • Dundee Lackey

  • Inventio Editor

    • Madeleine Sorapure

  • Reviews Editors

    • Elizabeth Fleitz Kuechenmeister
    • Jill Morris
    • Stephanie Vie

  • Interviews Editors

    • D. Alexis Hart
    • Margaret M. Strain

  • News Editor

    • Charlie Lowe

  • Communications Editor

    • Monica Jacobe

• Kairosnews.org

  • Gilgamesh, part 10

    Concluding the puppet-animation based (loosely) on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh finally realises that he cannot rescue Enkidu from...Read more.
    (Posted on June 16, 2013)

  • Gilgamesh, part 9

    Continuing the puppet-animation based (loosely) on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Having crossed the Ocean of Forgetfulness to reach the Island...Read more.
    (Posted on May 19, 2013)

  • REMINDER! GRN and Travel Grant Submission Deadline May 9, 2013!

      DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION MAY 9, 2013!   The 2013 Graduate Research Network (GRN) is an annual forum at the Computers and...Read more.
    (Posted on May 02, 2013)

  • Gilgamesh, part 7

    Continuing the puppet-animation based (loosely) on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh travels to the Jewelled Garden at the end of the...Read more.
    (Posted on April 15, 2013)

  • Graduate Research Network at Computers and Writing Conference

    DEADLINE FOR SUMISSION MAY 9, 2013! The 2013 Graduate Research Network (GRN) is an annual forum at the Computers and Writing Conference to connect...Read more.
    (Posted on April 04, 2013)