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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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Jeremiah Wright as critical theorist
From Dennis, Time Wise’s article arguing that Jeremiah Wright was right: Indignation doesn’t work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country–the theft of native … Continue reading
ideas for scaffolding students’ business proposals
I’m enjoying teaching business writing a lot more this term than I did last term, but I’m still frustrated with my students business proposals as I read them. There are some things that I thought I was clear on when … Continue reading
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grad school: killing the revolution
this comic seems all too accurate.
I feel like a failure
I just got a call from a friend who works as an academic adviser on campus. He told me that a student complained to him about my extreme delay in getting work back to students in her class. This is … Continue reading
“The New Work of Composition”
Looks like I’m headed to the 2008 Thomas R. Watson Conference, themed “The New Work of Composition,” in October. I found out a few days ago that my proposal, titled “Ann Coulter, Discourse, Desire, and Dignity: Figuring Words that Wound … Continue reading
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