About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Elizeth on Bersani (2010): Is the Rectum a Grave?
- Joe Schicke on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Teaching/Learning in Progress: Thinking about the “Backchannel” – Liz Ahl on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Ariane on the idea of a writing center
- Editorial Pedagogy, pt. 1: A Professional Philosophy - Hybrid Pedagogy on Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
notes from the interblags: college edition
A series of links: • The University of Iowa’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is offering money to departments for students who sign up for Friday classes, in an attempt to curb student drinking on Thursday nights (Iowa State … Continue reading
The Trouble With Diversity, Chapter 1
Last night I continued reading Walter Benn Michaels’s The Trouble With Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality, which I am reading at a snail’s pace. In Chapter 1, Michaels shows that the idea of race as … Continue reading
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such a large inbox
For the first time in ages my email inbox is under 2,500 emails. I plan on continuing to devote time periodically to get this back down to a manageable amount. I’m starting with the older stuff because it’s easiest to … Continue reading
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leopard
I missed my November posts on Friday and Saturday, so I’ll have to post three times today. This I am determined to do. Later. After I finish grading progress reports. On a side note, I installed OS X Leopard last … Continue reading
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