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Multimodality In Focus, Jonathan Abidari
Multimodality In Focus, Jonathan Abidari
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
This project investigates how multimodality is taught and learned in the context of two sections of accelerated first-year composition (English 104) at Humboldt State University. The project sought to ascertain whether multimodality should be included as a learning outcome for the Composition and Rhetoric program by examining the reflective writing of students in both class sections and interviewing both instructors. The reflective writing and interview responses were then coded with responses being sorted into categories corresponding to the writing knowledge concepts that the students and teachers discussed. Those categories included genre, rhetoric, discourse, literacy, and multimodality. Once sorted, the coded …
Rhetorical Genre Theory And Whiteness, Greg W. Childs
Rhetorical Genre Theory And Whiteness, Greg W. Childs
IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
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Terms Of Time For Composition: A Materialist Examination Of Contingent Faculty Labor, Jesse Priest
Terms Of Time For Composition: A Materialist Examination Of Contingent Faculty Labor, Jesse Priest
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry
Bruce Horner’s seminal book, Terms of Work for Composition: A Materialist Critique provided Comp-Rhet WPAs with a methodology for infusing our conversations about work and labor with a holistic understanding of how these reflect on the lived experiences of students, teachers and administrators. Drawing on empirical data including surveys of contingent faculty at a large northeastern research university, as well as textual analysis of teaching material and an NCTE position statement, I propose the inclusion of a materialist-oriented conceptualization of time to the discussion began by Horner and others. Using the lens of how time is allocated, I argue for …