I would like to focus on Kinneavy and Gunn Allen. I found Kinneavy's argument convincing, and his writing style is accessible. He's employed kairos well! It does seem that kairos is often overlooked, as he mentions. Is it perhaps because "the right or opportune time to do something, or right measure in doing something" (221) is simply obvious? I certainly think we need to keep audience awareness in mind with all rhetoric, though I don't mean to suggest kairos is only audience awareness.
When Kinneavy begins to discuss the college composition scene, he becomes more concrete, advocating for a program with "ethical, epistemological, rhetorical, aesthetic and political dimensions" (231)." I can see crafting a syllabus where every few week another category serves as the theme, but creating such a program would likely be time consuming and might even conflict with current writing goals. Kinneavy doesn't offer enough examples of how to actually implement the program, either.
There is a link between Kairos and Gun Allen's notion that feminism is "rooted in the notion of appropriateness" (206). Being appropriate leads to dignity, and I would add that being appropriate is an intelligent use of kairos. Gun Allen, however, loses some credibility with me when I learn she underwent hypnosis to uncover UFO memories. Her life is fascinating, though deeply disturbing in many ways. She sounds like an unhappy individual (on many days, at least) lamenting the disappearance and assimilation on Indians. Yet, she seem to be resisting a very hard truth---that there has been and will continue to be the disappearance and assimilation of Indians. She seems to draw a distinct separation between white people and Indians, which I believe further complicates her ideas. Would greater unity and understanding (as bell hooks might argue for blacks and white, males and females) be more appropriate?