RAPID CITY, S.D.(WNAX)- An instructor at the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City is one of the university faculty in the nation invited to join a new cohort of rural scholars based at Tarleton State University’s Rural Communication Institute.

Bryce Tellman says the group is focused on the future of rural areas and best practices.

Tellman says rural spaces are quite different across the country.

Tellman says he has found that place matters in rural areas.

Tellman is a rhetorical scholar who examines language and discourse about rural areas, with expertise in the great plains.