Thomas J. Rickert
	I am an Associate Professor in the English Department. My areas of interest include histories and theories of rhetoric, critical theory, composition, cultural studies, and network culture. My book, Act of Enjoyment: Rhetoric, Zizek, and the Return of the Subject, has been published by the U of Pittsburgh Press. Some of my recent publications include "Toward the Chōra: Kristeva, Derrida, and Ulmer on Emplaced Invention" in Philosophy and Rhetoric 40.3 (2007) and "Invention in the Wild: Locating Kairos in Space-Time" in The Locations of Composition, eds. Keller and Weisser (2007). I serve as one of the editors for the Janice Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition for Parlor Press. I also serve as an editor for the online journal Enculturation. Recent courses include Postmodern theory (Engl 626) and a genealogy of the contemporary university (Engl 680I). Office: HEAV 303B Phone: 494-3719 trickert@purdue.edu