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I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Ritchie & Boardman: “Feminism in Composition”
Ritchie, Joy S., and Kathleen Boardman. “Feminism in Composition: Inclusion, Metonymy, and Disruption.” Eds. Kirsch, Maor, Massey, Nickoson-Massey, and Sheridan-Rabideau. 7-26. p. 14 – mentions Teachign Writing: Pedagogy, Gender, and Equity by Cynthia Caywood and Gillian Overing: “one of the … Continue reading
Shaughnessy’s Errors and Expectations
Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. “For the BW student, academic writing is a trap, not a way of saying something to someone. The spoken language, looping … Continue reading
resignation…
The first draft of the final paper is due tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. I have to pretty much have it done by 8:00 a.m. because I’m busy in the morning (office hours, teaching, other class), so here it is: 13 … Continue reading
more from turnbull’s dissertation
Page 37: The use of first-person rather than the more formal third-person, of course, is not an absolute negative indicator of academic voice. As James C. Raymond pointed in “I-Dropping and Androgyny: The Authorial I in Scholarly Writing,” use of … Continue reading
note to self – find this lunsford article
I was reading Lunsford’s essay in Feminism and Composition and she refers to an essay that I can no longer find on the web: Lunsford, Andrea, with Rebecca Rickley, Michael J. Salvo, and Susan West. “What Matters Who Writes? What … Continue reading