Progressive activists, well-intentioned as they might be, have managed to colonize Spanish and other Latin languages in the cause of gender-neutral language. This linguistic colonialism…
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Teaching 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 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 closedTeaching rhetoric (especially since I focus on economics) naturally leads to the political. I’ve noticed that when I was teaching within a business school, the…
Comments closedMy colleagues in the humanities, especially within English, composition, and rhetoric, often state as accepted Truth that we are the teachers of critical thinking. This…
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 closedIf you do not listen to a community, you cannot learn how to persuade its members. Apparently, it is impossible for some people to listen…
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…
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