Sibylle Gruber

Sibylle Gruber is a professor of Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies at Northern Arizona University. She is the author of . She has edited several books and published numerous articles on ecofeminism, environmental rhetoric, the positionalities of international faculty, feminist rhetorics, technological literacies, composition theories and practices, and cultural studies. Her current work focuses on projects that explore the intersectionalities of climate change action, gender, sexuality, race, culture, and socio-economic status.

Publications

Translingual and Transcultural Engagement: Imagining, Maintaining, and Celebrating Collaboration, Agency, and Autonomy in a US University
Translingual and Transcultural Engagement: Imagining, Maintaining, and Celebrating Collaboration, Agency, and Autonomy in a US University
Sibylle Gruber, Nancy G. Barrón. © 2024. 19 pages.
This chapter uses an epistemological framework rooted in feminism, post-colonialism, and deconstruction to situate discussions of how knowledge is created, and how collaborative...
Hermeneutics, Narratives, and Terministic Screens in a Time of Climate Crisis: Exploring Opportunities for New Paradigms
Hermeneutics, Narratives, and Terministic Screens in a Time of Climate Crisis: Exploring Opportunities for New Paradigms
Sibylle Gruber, Nancy G. Barrón, William Michael Gafill. © 2024. 33 pages.
The chapter uses a theoretical and methodological framework that draws from hermeneutics, the concept of terministic screens, and narrative communication strategies to reinvision...
Narratives of Hope: Teachers' and Students' Roles in Climate Justice Activism
Narratives of Hope: Teachers' and Students' Roles in Climate Justice Activism
Sibylle Gruber. © 2024. 29 pages.
This chapter addresses efforts on how to shift normative narratives focusing on climate catastrophe, environmental disasters, and climate inaction to climate hope, action, and...
Strategies for Successful Multilingual Online Learning: Multimodal Project Design, Peer Feedback, and Formative Assessment
Strategies for Successful Multilingual Online Learning: Multimodal Project Design, Peer Feedback, and Formative Assessment
Sibylle Gruber. © 2023. 19 pages.
Principles of Rhetoric and Writing, a sophomore rhetoric course, is used to show how multimodal project design and formative learning and assessment strategies provided the...
Teaching and Learning in the Age of Climate Change: Postcolonial Ecofeminism and the Rhetorics of Sustainability
Teaching and Learning in the Age of Climate Change: Postcolonial Ecofeminism and the Rhetorics of Sustainability
Sibylle Gruber. © 2023. 21 pages.
The chapter foregrounds the important role of teaching and learning in the age of climate change. The author shows that education for sustainable development needs to promote...
Transcending Boundaries: LGBTQI+ Students and Empathic Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty
Transcending Boundaries: LGBTQI+ Students and Empathic Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty
Sibylle Gruber. © 2023. 23 pages.
This chapter addresses the important role of moral respect, reciprocity, and dialogical interactions in order to create spaces that move beyond traditional heteronormative...
Re-Visioning Academic Narratives for Marginalized Spaces: The Ecology of J.E.D.I.
Re-Visioning Academic Narratives for Marginalized Spaces: The Ecology of J.E.D.I.
Sibylle Gruber, Nancy G. Barrón. © 2022. 23 pages.
Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (J.E.D.I.) goals have gained wide acceptance in higher education systems. However, despite many efforts to infuse J.E.D.I. principles...
“Bloom and Grow Forever”: Language, Identity, and Transcultural Life Stories
“Bloom and Grow Forever”: Language, Identity, and Transcultural Life Stories
Sibylle Gruber. © 2022. 17 pages.
This chapter discusses how the author's experiences growing up in Austria influenced her early experiences as an English language learner in the U.S. and later as a faculty...
Participatory Culture, New Media, and Civic Engagement: A Generation Who Dares to Hope
Participatory Culture, New Media, and Civic Engagement: A Generation Who Dares to Hope
Sibylle Gruber. © 2012. 13 pages.
In this chapter, the author focuses on how humanities teachers can, and should, adapt classroom practices that promote civic engagement by paying attention to the needs of a new...