About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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sisyphean task video #1: trans remembrance day
This video is in response to Pedagogical Gregory’s video, as well as Jeff Rice’s recent discussion of rhetoric as “The usage of many, many things.” In particular, I’ve been thinking about how I espouse multimodal composition yet don’t really engage … Continue reading
Posted in CCCC 08, New Media, publics, Queer issues and theory, Sisyphean Task Video
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