Title:  KAIROS:  A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

Editors:  Douglas Eyman, James A. Inman, Cheryl Ball, Beth Hewett

Publication information:  KAIROS is an online refereed journal focusing on the intersections between rhetoric, technology, and teaching.  Each issue has a special topic, most recently (Fall 2007) the topic was “Scholarly Webtexts.”  As it is a journal created exclusively for the Internet, articles published here make use of the available technology, including the frequent use of hypertext and embedded media.  The audience is meant to be scholars from the entire field interested in technology and composition, as KAIROS attempts to extend its reach to graduate students as well as seasoned professionals.  Published semi annually.  Submissions dealing with pedagogy and technology from scholars at all levels in the field are encouraged, but they stress the articles must conform to their web-centric style.  Subscription:  none (online archive available to anyone).

Accessibility:  Available online as well as through the Library (1996-present).

Analysis:  KAIROS explains that they try to focus on the marginalized voices in the field, and publish work by adjunct, part-time, and graduate student scholars.  They note that they attempt to push the boundaries of the definition of academic writing, and do so in their online environment.  Indeed, KAIROS’s website is impressively “techie,” and often their articles are useful and engage with the current issues of technology in the field.  Still, looking at a few recent articles, there is clearly more that can (and should) be done with the genre of online article…in 2007, mere hypertext (in the majority of the articles) just doesn’t cut it as “pushing boundaries” anymore.  Some of their articles do make greater strides, though, still one notes the reliance on printed text in several other articles.