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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- Michael on Cynthia Nixon: "It’s a Choice"
- Hillary on Cynthia Nixon: "It’s a Choice"
- Michael on Cynthia Nixon: "It’s a Choice"
- Hillary on Cynthia Nixon: "It’s a Choice"
- yossale on Latour (1993): We Have Never Been Modern
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- In NYPD Custody, Trans People Get Chained to Fences and Poles http://t.co/kfezIJwy (via @shawnaross) 19 hrs ago
- OH at Starbucks: Professor critiquing THON canning. <3 20 hrs ago
- Fraternity student suing fraternity for allowing someone at party to put bottle rocket up his own ass http://t.co/Bz4TGrRd 1 day ago
- "Hughes also owed plaintiff and others on the ATO deck a duty of care not to drink under age, or to fire bottle rockets out of his anus." 1 day ago
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Category Archives: K-logs
The New Research Summit
Lisa Ede and I are presenting at the New Research Summit in Eugene on May 12. Lisa will talk about her research involving citizen reviewers on cites like Amazon.com and on her experience using blogs in the classroom, and I’ll … Continue reading
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links to rhetoric and composition blogs
Lisa directed me towards Composition and Rhetoric Weblogs and Weblog Resources. It seems pretty thorough. Check it out!
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Writing Center Blog
Dennis Bennett at the OSU Writing Center has created a really cool portal where Writing Assistants can blog about their thougths, anxieties, and experiences. It seems to be a really cool venue for students to post their thoughts about the … Continue reading
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rough draft to article on my blog for WIC newsletter
This is the rough draft of an article that Vicki Tolar Burton asked me to write for the WIC newsletter on using this blog. I thought I’d post it here as well, in case someone who doesn’t read the newsletter … Continue reading
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on what a “knowledge log” should be
After writing my seminar paper for English 595 (on k-logs), I am left reflecting on what a knowledge log should be. A lot of my posts were simply remediating note cards, serving as a place to keep quotes and paraphrases … Continue reading
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