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)
Harvey – “Presence in the Essay”
Harvey, Gordon. “Presence in the Essay.” College English 56 (1994): 642-654. Harvey shares a concern with the problem with the way textual analysis has been taught in the past, but doesn’t agree with the solution – that the personal should … Continue reading
the scope widens
My favorite part of my week right now is probably Monday mornings, from 7 to 8 a.m. At this time, I am usually at a coffee shop across the street from the middle school I am currently interning at, eating … Continue reading
perhaps a shift in focus?
There is something white, bourgeois, male, and straight (while in most discourse I prefer heterosexual because straight impliees that queer is a deviation, here I use straight because it implies the conformist tow the line style so indicitive of academic … Continue reading
Martin’s dissertation
Martin, Eric V. “Reconceiving the Voice-to-Style Relationship in Academic Discourse: A Study of Students’ Initial Perceptions and Emerging Writing Practicies.“ Diss. Illinois State U, 1995. Aronowitz and Giroux define voice as “the ways in which students produce meaning through the … Continue reading
this is just inspiring
From Martin, Eric V. “Reconceiving the Voice-to-Style Relationship in Academic Discourse: A Study of Students’ Initial Perceptions and Emerging Writing Practicies.“ Diss. Illinois State U, 1995.: My challenged uncle does not have verbal skills, but yet he has voice and … Continue reading