{"id":1728,"date":"2012-11-13T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/11\/r3-contributor-elizabeth-f-desnoyers-colas.html"},"modified":"2012-11-13T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T09:49:00","slug":"r3-contributor-elizabeth-f-desnoyers-colas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/11\/r3-contributor-elizabeth-f-desnoyers-colas.html","title":{"rendered":"R3 Contributor: Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/543\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GsYYVDTZ9sg\/UKJrYIgw4iI\/AAAAAAAAAsk\/SSbhAcHKFZM\/s1600\/dr_colas_headshot.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/543\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-GsYYVDTZ9sg\/UKJrYIgw4iI\/AAAAAAAAAsk\/SSbhAcHKFZM\/s200\/dr_colas_headshot.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"138\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">Dr. Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Armstrong Atlantic State University, in Savannah Georgia. She is currently the Coordinator of Armstrong\u2019s African American Studies minor. Her areas of research interests include African American preaching, storytelling and narrative, African American women\u2019s role in the military, and examining the rhetoric of rap music performed by African American women.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Desnoyers-Colas is a retired U.S. Air Force Major who spent her distinguished<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blogger.g?blogID=6837901219583668417\" name=\"_GoBack\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> 15 year career as a Public Affairs Officer.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">\n<p>Elizabeth\u2019s Contributions:<\/p><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/11\/keep-votes-alive-ballots-birthrights.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Keep Votes Alive: Ballots, Birthrights, and Believers<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/05\/thank-you-for-your-service-in-honor-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Thank You for Your Service: In Honor of Memorial Day<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/03\/light-black-candle-illuminating.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Light the Black Candle: Illuminating the Darkness of the #TrayvonMartin and #JordanDavis Murders Through Dialogue, Part 1<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/03\/light-black-candle-illuminating_23.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Light the Black Candle: Illuminating the Darkness of the #TrayvonMartin and #JordanDavis Murders Through Dialogue, Part\u00a02<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/05\/stories-that-must-be-told-sharing.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Stories That Must Be Told: Sharing African American Women\u2019s Narratives of Military Service<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">6.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/search?q=Elizabeth+F.+Desnoyers-Colas&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Stories That Must Be Told: Sharing African American Women\u2019s Narratives of Military Service<\/a><\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif\">7.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/08\/renisha-mcbride-matters-burying-pain-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Renisha McBride Matters: Burying the Pain of the Zimmerman Effect<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Elizabeth F. 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