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Content in Writing Studies

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Lauer and Brumberger’s (2019) article, “Redefining Writing for the Responsive Workplace” has been a game changer for me across different parts of my job: teacher, researcher, administrator. Because of this article, I think I am closer to identifying what the goals of a writing major should be–which has informed some recent course design. Because of… Continue reading Content in Writing Studies

Digital Scrap 5: Promoting Writing for the Web & WRP

In Fall 2018, the English Department is rolling out a new concentration in Writing, Rhetoric, and Publication. The program has three signatures which I’ll discuss here as commitments: a commitment to preparing concentrators to write in and for the public a commitment to preparing concentrators to write in print and digital media a commitment to… Continue reading Digital Scrap 5: Promoting Writing for the Web & WRP

Digital Scrap 4: Promoting Technical Writing

I like a good flyer. These aren’t particularly good by any stretch, but they’re better than most–at least among those I’ve seen. This spring I’m slated to teach technical writing (which is new for me). Because I’m at a liberal arts institution and because of the nature of the world, I’m developing the course with… Continue reading Digital Scrap 4: Promoting Technical Writing

Practitioner Stories

I’ve always been a fan of Jim Ridolfo’s article on rhetorical delivery via the practitioner story of Maggie, a feminist activist who was working on a manifesto. In the production of that manifesto, she shopped it around for feedback before publication before it was eventually recomposed and recirculated after she distributed it. I think that… Continue reading Practitioner Stories

Digital Scrap 2: Videomaking as Layered Literacy

I’ve been a fan of Daniel Anderson‘s videos for years. They’re really interesting examples of multiple issues coming together: layered literacy, materiality, performance, making (poesis), rhetoric, and art (techne). As part of my credentialing for become an online teacher, I’m enrolled in a professional development course, and the first assignment in the course was to create… Continue reading Digital Scrap 2: Videomaking as Layered Literacy

WAC and TFT: Does Theory Need Verification?

In a couple of earlier posts (intro here and follow-up here), I introduced and discussed a version of a TFT course I’m developing keyed to introducing students to writing in their target disciplines. This post comes as an update, detailing the relationship between an assignment I inherited and the TFT curriculum. Since “Interdisciplinary Composition” was developed, it included an… Continue reading WAC and TFT: Does Theory Need Verification?

Digital Scrap 1: Newhive

I was introduced to NewHive by Jason Luther in his introduction as a DRC Fellow. It’s an interesting platform with many more possibilities than I’ve suggested here through my own composition. I used it (like Jason) as a introductory piece but this time as a ‘meet the new faculty’ section of my departmental newsletter, but I see… Continue reading Digital Scrap 1: Newhive

The Social Web During Hurricane Matthew

Now that everyone has stopped talking about Hurricane Matthew in Charleston, I feel like I can make this observation. But first, a little background: I’m from Arkansas, a land-locked state where tornadoes are the concern. Unlike hurricanes,  tornadoes are momentary. They last a few minutes, and everything is either okay or less than okay. My… Continue reading The Social Web During Hurricane Matthew