Status Update

I am a writer

See that break in activity between December 2015 and June 2018? That represents my transition from one-course-per-semester coursework to candidacy exam, prospectus writing and defense, and dissertation work. I’m not a consistent blogger. Most of the posts to this blog came from requirements or expectations of graduate coursework. Why the burst of activity? It’s about…
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Thoughts on Ethos

ethos poem photo

I’m in the process of reading and annotating the text I’ve selected for my spring class, and I came across what I consider a great paragraph with a great message that I want my students to grasp and understand. The text is Everything’s an Argument with Readings, 6th edition, by Andrea Lunsford, John R. Ruszkiewicz,…
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5 Readings for Class

Our guest lecturer for next week’s Major Debates in English Studies class is Dr. Igloria. She’s sent us five readings to prepare prior to class. The Defense of the Poesy Workshoppe by Paisley Rekdal Responding to Paisley Rekdal’s “The Defense of the Poesy Workshoppe” by Luisa Igloria Writing Like a White Guy: Language, Race, and…
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