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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Sánchez: The Function of Theory in Composition Studies (2005)
The Function of Theory in Composition Studies by Raul Sanchez My review rating: 2 of 5 starsIn this book, Sánchez argues that composition studies has moved away from studying writing and instead now focuses on hermeneutics and ideology. He argues, … Continue reading
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shakes head at psychology
What kind of study is this? Classical to Rap: Music lovers have much more in common than you would think: People who listen to indie bands are miserable shaggy-haired layabouts, while fans of rap music are bold, brash and brimming … Continue reading
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redirection complete!
I couldn’t get the redirection to work from my old site because, for some reason, when I told it the new URL in the WordPress dashboard, the redirection insisted on adding /~farism/ to the new URL. But, thanks to this … Continue reading
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welcome to the new site!
Welcome to the new site! Exciting. I need to do a few things to fix problems, such as get my old site to accurately redirect here (it keeps messing up the URL), fix my search button (still), and a few … Continue reading
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day one
After a week of orientation last week, which left me drained, and a good, relaxing weekend, today is the first day of the semester! Semester. It’s got such a nice ring to it. After three years on the quarter system, … Continue reading
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