About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
my talk today with Lisa at the New Research Summit
I thought I’d go ahead and put my part of Lisa and my talk here for people to read. A pdf version is availble from a link on the sidebar. Keynote Talk: “Online Citizenship: Amazon.com Citizen Reviews and Student/Classroom Blogs” … Continue reading
Posted in New Research Summit
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Sirc’s English Composition as a Happening
From the back of Sirc’s book: Almost everyone will be upset by this book. I feel that I’m a part of teh audience Sirc seeks, and I have been deeply disturbed—and prompted to careful thought—by his critique of the cultural … Continue reading
punk resources
Suggestions from Robert Clark here in Eugene. These are on the syllabus for a class taught by Daniel Wojcik: Laing, Dave. 1978. Interpreting Punk Rock. Hebdige, Dick. 1979. Subculture: The Meaning of Style. in The Subcultures Reader 2nd ed. 2005. … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Pedagogy, Suggestions from others
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New Research Summit: Welcome
Welcome to my blog. I’ve posted a few images (usually involving quotes) here that I’ll be showing during my talk. Post 1: Sisyphean Task Post 2: The Presence of Others Post 3: Introductions to the Blog Post 4: Gee’s Post … Continue reading
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New Research Summit Post 9: Reflection on Blogging
I wrote this at the end of fall quarter:
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