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Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
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Category Archives: English 584 Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies (Spring 2009)
Moran: “Computers and Composition 1983-2002” (2003)
Moran’s 2003 essay is an overview of the journal Computers and Composition from its inception in 1983 to 2002. He chronicles the ways in which hope is implemented as a force and theme throughout the journal. In particular, writers in … Continue reading
Porter: “Why Technology Matters to Writing” (2003)
I have read Porter’s “Cyberwriter’s Tale” numerous times before, and I’m reading it again for Stuart Selber’s class, “Postcritical Perspectives in Literacy Studies.” Porter’s argument was very helpful as I was writing my thesis. To summarize, he uses his own … Continue reading