Adjunct Instructor
Year Started at JMU: 2023
benninst@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
Ph.D., Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication, University of South Florida, 2020.
M.A., American Literature, Radford University, 2014.
B.A., English, Averett University, 2012.
Professional Focuses
Embodied rhetorics in action, Hip Hop and Martial Arts Studies, antiracist pedagogies, and innovative classroom technologies
Selected Publications and Professional Activities
Bennington, S. (2023). Last dragons of Staten: Asian martial influences on Black American rhetorics and hip-hop culture [Conference session]. 8th Annual International Martial Arts Studies Conference. Sheffield, UK.
Bennington, S. (2023). State-run martial arts institutions: The rhetorical (re) inventions of taekwondo. Rhetoric Review, 42(1), 35–50.
Arthur, C., Bennington, S., & Paige, F. (2023) Year one hip hop: Embedding hip hop pedagogy into a first year writing course [Conference session]. 2023 Global Conference for Hip Hop Education. Long Beach, CA.
Bennington, S. (2018). Getting rhetorically jiggy with it: Conscious rap’s place in the composition classroom. Florida English Journal, 53(1), 54–63.
Bennington, S. (2019). Book review: Udo Moenig. 2016. Taekwondo: From a martial art to a martial sport. London and New York: Routledge. 230 pages. $40 USD (paperback) [Review of the book Taekwondo: From a martial art to a martial sport, by Udo Moenig]. Martial Arts Studies Journal, 7, 73–76.
