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Manufacturing Coalition: Cooperation, Solidarity, And Sisterhood In The New York Women's Trade Union League, 1906-1919, Marybeth Poder
Manufacturing Coalition: Cooperation, Solidarity, And Sisterhood In The New York Women's Trade Union League, 1906-1919, Marybeth Poder
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation examines how the rhetorical postures of coalition within the meeting minutes, officers’ reports, and Annual Reports of the New York Women’s Trade Union League between 1906 and 1919 contributed to the League’s ability to overcome the many economic, cultural, ideological, and gender differences that acted as barriers to their unified action to improve the lives and working conditions of women wage earners. Within the Literature Review and Methodology section, I first explore the scholarly roots of my project in recent rhetorical and women’s historiographic endeavors as well as in the work of labor and feminist historians, and then …
Interactive Audience And The Internet, John R. Gallagher
Interactive Audience And The Internet, John R. Gallagher
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation takes up a question posed by Lisa Ede and Andrea Lunsford in 2009: “In a world of participatory media—of Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia, Twitter, and Del.icio.us—what relevance does the term audience hold?” Using a case study methodology (e.g., Dyson and Genishi; Stake; Yin), I examine how three popular internet writers—all writers who engage with political issues in different venues—conceptualize their audiences and respond to audience feedback. Using established scholarship about audience, including Ede and Lunsford’s work, as well as newer digital scholarship (e.g., Arola, Carnegie, Edbauer Rice), I extend the existing conversation on audience to the context of digital …
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Development Of Expertise In Teaching First-Year Composition, Carolyn Anne Wisniewski
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Development Of Expertise In Teaching First-Year Composition, Carolyn Anne Wisniewski
Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to learn about the processes by which novice college composition teachers develop pedagogical thinking, including how graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) respond to new teaching challenges. While previous composition studies research on GTA preparation has emphasized the influence of prior writing and classroom experience, we still have gaps in our knowledge about novice instructors’ learning and development, including about the role of reflective practice in shaping pedagogical thinking and classroom instruction. Using qualitative research methods, this study sought to construct an account of the processes by which GTAs reflect upon and react to teaching challenges. …