Education divides us, and more than some of my students and colleagues realize. When I ask classes to estimate the percentage of citizens in the…
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Education issues in general, beyond the teaching of rhetoric and writing.
Like many students, I started to search for the courses with the clearest, most rigid grading criteria. “Writing” became a euphemism in my experience for…
Comments closedBeing on the academic job market, technically a week or so past my MFA confirmation, I thought it would be clear that the MFA in…
Comments closedDemocracy in Chains by Historian Nancy MacLean was worthy of a few online posts earlier this summer, when I first read a loaned copy and was…
Comments closedProfessors advising me, colleagues at universities, and classmates remind me that as I prepare to return to the academic job market, I need a clear…
Comments closedBy May, I’ll be half-way through an MFA in Film and Digital Technology. People ask why a Ph.D in rhetoric would need an MFA. My…
Comments closedThe study of rhetoric is the study of effective persuasion, which is why I study narratives. I’m convinced stories effectively persuade audiences by offering a…
Comments closedWhen I read academic job listing for Digital Humanities the skills range from HTML coding to video editing. Some list audio editing. These are not how…
Comments closedIf I were alone, I don’t know what I’d be doing. I think I would have forced myself to return to school or teaching, since…
Comments closedWhen I consider the purpose of completing a doctoral program, and I am considering this a lot as of late, I am starting to question…
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