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: January 2007
prewriting and collaboration become easier online
Collin Brooke wrote about free online prewriting and brainstorming software that looked pretty cool, so I checked them out. Both of the two websites he sent readers to had to do with mapping, and I’m pretty pleased with both. The … Continue reading
on “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change”
Lisa also suggested that I read Cushman’s article “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change,” which I enjoyed a lot. She advocates for crossing the ivory tower/reality divide that separates universities and their work from the real life work … Continue reading
“Imagined Geographies”
In my thesis, I am arguing for the metaphor of viewing the blogosphere as the ideal city, drawing from the work of Iris Marion Young. Lisa suggested I read Reynolds’s article, and I’m really glad I did. Reynolds is concerned … Continue reading
on the ecology of education
It seems that ecology is a hot topic when it comes to education. Recently Kevin Brooks blogged about the links between Marshall McCluhan and Rachel Carson, quoting from Marc Leverette’s Towards an Ecology of Understanding: [...] we can see that … Continue reading
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grounding my thesis in material practice
I think my thesis is coming along, perhaps a bit slowly, but it’s been wonderful thinking about it and working on it in small chunks. My major professor, Lisa Ede, continually reminds me to ground my theoretical work into material … Continue reading
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