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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how to respond to a break-up letter
McSweeny’s offers a great response here: Dear Emily, I enjoyed reading the letter you left on my coffee table. You haven’t shared your writing with me since the beginning of our relationship (was I too harsh?), and it’s a pleasure … Continue reading
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in state college
A few friends and I took eight days to drive across the country. We got into State College on Friday, and since then, I had explored downtown a bit, found the coffee shops I will probably be spending time at, … Continue reading
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the road trip begins tomorrow
Just to keep you updated, I leave Corvallis tomorrow! In 8 days I will be a Pennsylvanian!
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T-Rex discusses performatives
I’m an online comic junkie, and I love dinosaur comics, which is usually smart, ironic, and hilarious. Yesterday and today T-Rex took up the topic of performatives, drawing, obviously, on J.L. Austin’s How To Do Things with Words. T-Rex’s character … Continue reading
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Oregon State Director of Writing Position open
I normally don’t post job positions I see open, but thought I would in this special instance: Oregon State University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor (depending on qualifications), tenure-track faculty position as Director of Writing, with desirable … Continue reading
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