About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
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Category Archives: Writing 511 Teaching Writing (Fall 2005)
Hiatt: “The Feminine Style”
Hiatt, Mary P. “The Feminine Styel: Theory and Fact.” Eds. Kirsh et al. 43-48. “This group-style theory is reflected in the descriptors ‘masculine’ style and ‘feminine’ style. Men and women, it is commonly believed, write differently. The conviction has run … Continue reading
Ritchie & Boardman: “Feminism in Composition”
Ritchie, Joy S., and Kathleen Boardman. “Feminism in Composition: Inclusion, Metonymy, and Disruption.” Eds. Kirsch, Maor, Massey, Nickoson-Massey, and Sheridan-Rabideau. 7-26. p. 14 – mentions Teachign Writing: Pedagogy, Gender, and Equity by Cynthia Caywood and Gillian Overing: “one of the … Continue reading
Shaughnessy’s Errors and Expectations
Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. “For the BW student, academic writing is a trap, not a way of saying something to someone. The spoken language, looping … Continue reading
resignation…
The first draft of the final paper is due tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. I have to pretty much have it done by 8:00 a.m. because I’m busy in the morning (office hours, teaching, other class), so here it is: 13 … Continue reading
more from turnbull’s dissertation
Page 37: The use of first-person rather than the more formal third-person, of course, is not an absolute negative indicator of academic voice. As James C. Raymond pointed in “I-Dropping and Androgyny: The Authorial I in Scholarly Writing,” use of … Continue reading