| Aspect | Amber Keen | Steve Holmes | |--------|------------|--------------| | Primary focus | Feminist recovery, women’s non-traditional rhetoric | History of computing, materiality of digital texts | | Methodological innovation | Digital social network analysis for collaboration mapping | Procedural rhetoric applied to archival databases | | Core publication | “Scrapbooks as Algorithmic Rhetoric” (2020) | “The Codex of the Code” (2018) | | Shared concern | How access and interface shape historical argument | How access and interface shape historical argument |
Introduction In the evolving landscape of rhetoric and composition studies, the work of Amber Keen and Steve Holmes stands out for its rigorous attention to the intersection of material texts, digital archives, and feminist historiography. While their individual research trajectories are distinct—Keen often focusing on feminist recovery projects and Holmes on digital rhetoric and the history of computing—their collaborative and parallel efforts have significantly advanced how scholars understand the preservation, access, and interpretation of marginalized rhetorical artifacts. Amber Keen- Steve Holmes
Amber Keen and Steve Holmes represent a vital current in 21st-century rhetoric: scholars who embrace digital tools while fiercely critiquing them. Together, they remind the field that an archive is never just a pile of old documents—it is a living rhetorical construction. For graduate students and researchers looking to build ethical digital archives or recover silenced voices, engaging with Keen and Holmes’s work is not optional; it is foundational. | Aspect | Amber Keen | Steve Holmes