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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- Max Spiegel on 584: Weekly Position Paper #6: Why Do White People Claim They Have No Culture?
- two teaching things + a little peer review « info-fetishist on Meh Kitty: Online Forums Allow the Tricked to not be Tricked
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- Drew Kopp on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
- Russell, David. “Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum,1995): 51-78. « New Seeds on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
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- "The LGBT-rights movement should fight for economic and social justice—not simply de jure civil rights." Urvashi Vaid http://t.co/hrE7QKXT 13 hrs ago
- Dear cousin: heaven didn't send you your baby. Your fertility and your boyfriend's unwrapped penis did. 13 hrs ago
- Distraction from dissertation: @ImmunoBoy and I argue about how to drink coffee. And then we discuss whether it affects the odor of urine 16 hrs ago
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- Dunkin Donuts wireless is shitty! Makes Penn State's and Starbucks's seem spectacular. That's saying a lot. 1 day ago
- Stanley Fish on plot spoilers. agreed. http://t.co/SaUpW6R5 via @nishmael 1 day ago
- Come fall, I think I should see a neurologist about these migraines. 1 day ago
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Writing 511 will be blogged here as well
I have been keeping my notes and research from Writing 511 (The Teaching of Writing) at another blog on blogger, but I like this blog so much (and I think this blog will become where I work on my thesis … Continue reading
radical shift in topic
Or not that radical. So, I had been considering that enormity of the topic I was considering, combined with my overly scrunched schedule, combined with the fact that I am fascinated by this blogging research idea, I have decided to … Continue reading
My Meeting with Lisa Ede on Monday
When I emailed Lisa Ede and told her I’d like to meet on Monday, I was planning on shooting off perhaps up to a dozen ideas about what my seminar project would be for this class. However, last night I … Continue reading
A Collage of Citations
This is my first post using WordPress. This blog’s purpose is to house my research for my seminar project for English 595: Language, Technology, and Culture. I orginally got the idea to keep a research log on a blog from … Continue reading