About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Elizeth on Bersani (2010): Is the Rectum a Grave?
- Joe Schicke on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Teaching/Learning in Progress: Thinking about the “Backchannel” – Liz Ahl on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Ariane on the idea of a writing center
- Editorial Pedagogy, pt. 1: A Professional Philosophy - Hybrid Pedagogy on Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”
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Category Archives: Education
notes from the interblags: the I’m off to Europe edition
I have to clean out a few tabs before heading off for vacation. I leave in 40 minutes for San Francisco, and then tomorrow I’m flying to Europe! I can hardly believe it; I’ve never been, so this should be … Continue reading
notes from the interblags: college edition
A series of links: • The University of Iowa’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is offering money to departments for students who sign up for Friday classes, in an attempt to curb student drinking on Thursday nights (Iowa State … Continue reading
University of Oregon may go private
interesting story in today’s OSU Barometer. The problems that develop when states don’t fund their public education enough.
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notes from the interblags: the ridiculous amount of links edition
It’s that time again: I have to clear out my bloglines account some. Some interesting reads I want to remember and link others to: • Related to my Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Talk on the way people talk about Ann Coulter, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Education, Gender, Notes from the Interblags
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another video from michael wesch
Okay. I’m exhausted and was about to go to bed, but then I saw this video by Kansas State cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch (via Metaspencer). The video is pretty rad, I think, and raises a lot of questions (much like … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Ethics, Internet culture
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