Vision Statement
“We imagine creating Rhetors who receive an affordable education without unnecessary elements such as grades or degrees and become lifelong learners.”
The School for Rhetors restores higher education’s original mission of pursuing absolute truth in all its forms. We imagine creating Rhetors who receive an affordable education without unnecessary elements such as grades or degrees and become lifelong learners. We want our School for Rhetors to be the first step and future steps on potential students’ journey to becoming Rhetoricians.
A Rhetor is someone who:
Identifies Rhetorical Situations and deconstructs its parts
Understands how persuasion operates within any Rhetorical Situation
Applies critical thinking and analysis drawing on important theorists from classical through modern time
Communicates effectively using available means appropriate to any Rhetorical Situation
Respects technology as a potential help and encourages its responsible use
Synthesizes multiple existing theories in order to contribute to self-improvement and improvement of our current culture
Meet Our Founder
Dr. Bobby Kuechenmeister
(Kitchen-my-stir)
Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2005)
Master of Arts in English from Texas A&M University (2007)
PhD in Rhetoric and Writing from Bowling Green State University (2011)
He earned over $12,000 in grant money during college researching and presenting academic conference papers leading to publications about Green Lantern and Superman comic books. His dissertation, Answering the Call of Duty: Composition Pedagogy Problems, Multimodal Solutions, and Gaming Literacies argued that college writing instruction benefits from adapting practices and abilities players use when playing and learning video games. He is a former Ronald E. McNair Scholar. He helped college students apply for fully funded graduate programs with a 100% success rate.
Professional Affiliations
Rhetoric Society of America
National Council of Teachers of English
Popular Culture Association
Modern Language Association