Monthly Archives: July 2008

T-Rex discusses performatives

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Michael

I’m an online comic junkie, and I love dinosaur comics, which is usually smart, ironic, and hilarious. Yesterday and today T-Rex took up the topic of performatives, drawing, obviously, on J.L. Austin’s How To Do Things with Words. T-Rex’s character … Continue reading →

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CCCarnival: Kobelson’s Sp(l)itting Images

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Michael

Derek’s made a call for a carnival on Karen Kopelson’s “Sp(l)itting Images; or, Back to the Future of (Rhetoric and?) Composition” (CCC 59.4, June 2008). Read the article and join! I’ll be reading it shortly and posting about it soon, … Continue reading →

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Oregon State Director of Writing Position open

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Michael

I normally don’t post job positions I see open, but thought I would in this special instance: Oregon State University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor (depending on qualifications), tenure-track faculty position as Director of Writing, with desirable … Continue reading →

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next to last day at OSU

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Michael

Today was my next to last day teaching at OSU. My business writing class is going so well! With only 7 students, I was both excited for the small class and worried about class dynamics. But the students have been … Continue reading →

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cite check

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Michael

Inside Higher Ed has a post about poor citation in academic publishing. I’ve noticed this problem a few times in journal articles and books: misspelled authors’ names, wrong journal volume numbers, a bibliographic entry that doesn’t have the translator listed, … Continue reading →

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