Office Hours
Monday 1:15–4:15 pm
Education
PhD, East Texas A&M University, 2027
MA, The University of Southern Mississippi, 1996
BA, Mississippi State University, 1994
About Me
I recently moved to Auburn to teach at Auburn University after teaching high school English in Mississippi for 30 years. I have three grown children. I plan to spend my time at Auburn University working with students in Core Composition and advancing my professional career through research, writing and involvement with the University community.
Areas of Expertise
American Literature, Pedagogical practices, Rhetoric and Composition, Feminist theory
Research Interests
Cultural Rhetorics, Feminist theory, Spatial Rhetorics, Rhetoric and Composition, Pedagogy
Publications
Book Reviews
Forsberg, Jennifer, Isabel Roque and Rebecca Devine (Temple). Review of Routledge International Handbook of Working-Class Studies. M., Launius, C., and Strangleman, T, eds. Journal of Working Class Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, December 2021, pp 138-142, https://doi.org/10.13001/jwcs.v6i2.
Devine (Temple), Rebecca. Review of Women’s Professional Lives in Rhetoric and Composition: Choice,
Chance, and Serendipity, Eds. Elizabeth A. Flynn and Tiffany Bourelle, Peitho, Vol. 23, no. 2, Winter/Spring.
Devine (Temple), Rebecca. Review of The Heaven of Mercury by Brad Watson. Sun Herald, Aug. 18, 2002, 74.
Journal Publications
Keane-Temple, Rebecca. “The Sounds of ‘Sanctuary’: Horace Benbow’s Consciousness.” The Mississippi Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, 1997, pp. 445–50. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26476256.
Conference Papers and Presentations
Devine (Temple), Rebecca. Introduction. “Sacred Spaces and Pedagogical Places” Graduate School Network Rhetorical Society of America, May 2024, Denver, Colorado.
Devine (Temple), Rebecca. “Writing, Place, and Gatsby.” Presentation accepted at English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) Conference, University of Texas at Arlington on February 10, 2023.
Temple (Devine), Rebecca. “Heterotopias in Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts. International Conference on Gender Studies: “Que (e)rying Gender.” London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, September 2021.