Now that every educator is supposedly delivering an online education to students, we need to educate parents, students, administrators, politicians and even some of our…
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Teaching about traditional, digital, and visual rhetoric. Some posts on the teaching of philosophy to undergraduates.
Democratic primary debates, of which we’ve now had ten, are exemplars of what debates should not be, how not to persuade people to change opinions,…
Comments closedMost people I know with doctorates in rhetoric are not teaching within a tenure-track appointment. After nine years, I admit that I’m not going to…
Comments closedWith my one-year contract, my classes sections have had to complete student evaluation during the fourth week of both the fall and spring semesters. As…
Comments closedTeaching traditional “English” was never my ambition. When I considered teaching as a high school student, I wanted to teach media: journalism, photography, and television…
Comments closedWriting is how I relate to myself and to others. Writing has been a part of my life since at least the second grade when…
Leave a CommentIt’s Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. And like Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day, it is another exciting day of grading ahead. And another. And another.…
Comments closedTeaching first-year composition (FYC) only reinforces my view that dedicated teacher-scholars from the field of composition, with a current and deep understanding of the field,…
Comments closedThe humanities most definitely are in crisis at our colleges and universities… and for good reasons. I tire of the stories about millionaires and billionaires…
Comments closedFar from the perfect professor with eidetic recall and charisma, I am the first to announce to students that I will make mistakes during a…
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