Editing An Anthology: Editing, Publishing & Blogging,
2010
Kennesaw State University
Editing An Anthology: Editing, Publishing & Blogging, Jessica R. Allgaier
Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)
Editorial work for proposed anthology collection, "The Oxford American Book of Great Nonfiction Writing"
The Facebook Story,
2010
Kennesaw State University
The Facebook Story, Brittany Rowland
Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)
This capstone is an exploration of the Facebook phenomenon in today's world. It delves into Facebook's creation and evolution; the construction of an identity on online social-networking sites and the nature of Facebook relationships and interactions; and the News Feed controversy of 2006 and other issues of Facebook privacy and security.
Tasybih Dalam Surah Al-Baqarah : Satu Analisis Balaghah.,
2010
Universiti Malaya
Tasybih Dalam Surah Al-Baqarah : Satu Analisis Balaghah., Faridah Omar
Student Works (2010-2019)
The aim of this research is to introduce one of the styles of al-Tasybih language ( style of comparative language ) in balaghah’s analysis . Tasybih is a form of Arabic rhetoric which lead to education, teaching and effective communication through the correct use by linguist. The style of al-Tasybih not only in the surface structure, but it contains the meaning of balaghah beautifully in sentences context to the listeners heart and mind. This research is based on fifteen sentences of tasybih from the chapter al-Baqarah that contain two hundred and eighty six sentences. These sentences are categorised based on …
Contemporary Memoir: A 21st-Century Genre Ideal For Teens,
2010
Kennesaw State University
Contemporary Memoir: A 21st-Century Genre Ideal For Teens, Dawn Latta Kirby, Dan Kirby
Faculty Articles
A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. For the past 20 years, the authors have been reading and teaching literary memoir to students of all ages. In the mid-1980s, they began looking for ways to incorporate more nonfiction into their literature classes, hoping to find a fresh genre unflattened by instruction. They wanted to explore with students a genre that literary critics had not already overanalyzed and for which they had not created formulaic heuristics for student analysis. More than anything else, the authors wanted to find literary works that connected directly with students' lived experiences. …
A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, And The Digital Revolution,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, And The Digital Revolution, Priscilla Finley
Library Faculty Research
Baron (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) offers a breezy overview of the ways that technology is shaping reading and writing practices. This book will be valued in the future as a well-contextualized survey of issues that surface among writers in the current online landscape.
The Ruse Of Clarity,
2010
Chapman University
The Ruse Of Clarity, Ian Barnard
English Faculty Articles and Research
This essay interrogates the concept of “clarity” that has become an imperative of effective student writing. I show that clarity is neither axiomatic nor transparent, and that the clear/unclear binary that informs the identification of clarity as a goal of effective student writing is itself unstable precisely because of the ideological baggage that undergirds its construction. I make this argument by finding the traces of composition’s insistence on student writers’ clarity in the attacks on the writing of critical theorists.
Finding The "Lower Lovely Purposes" Of Writing,
2010
Murray State University
Finding The "Lower Lovely Purposes" Of Writing, Paul Walker
Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Subverting The Subject Position : Toward A New Discourse About Students As Writers And Engineering Students As Technical Communicators,
2010
Michigan Technological University
Subverting The Subject Position : Toward A New Discourse About Students As Writers And Engineering Students As Technical Communicators, Roxane Gay
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open
There is ample evidence of a longstanding and pervasive discourse positioning students, and engineering students in particular, as “bad writers.” This is a discourse perpetuated within the academy, the workplace, and society at large. But what are the effects of this discourse? Are students aware faculty harbor the belief students can’t write? Is student writing or confidence in their writing influenced by the negative tone of the discourse? This dissertation attempts to demonstrate that a discourse disparaging student writing exists among faculty, across disciplines, but particularly within the engineering disciplines, as well as to identify the reach of that discourse …
Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn From Engagement,
2010
Utah State University
Going Public: What Writing Programs Learn From Engagement, Shirley K. Rose, Irwin Weiser
All USU Press Publications
An important new resource for WPA preparation courses. In Going Public, Rose and Weiser moderate a discussion of the role of the writing program vis-a-vis the engagement movement, the service learning movement, and the current interest in public discourse/civic rhetoric among scholars of rhetoric and composition. While there have been a number of publications describing service-learning and community leadership programs, most of these focus on curricular elements and address administrative issues primarily from a curricular perspective. The emphasis of Going Public is on the ways that engagement-focused programs change conceptions of WPA identity. Writing programs are typically situated at points …
Mule Deer: A Handbook For Utah Hunters And Landowners,
2010
Utah State University
Mule Deer: A Handbook For Utah Hunters And Landowners, Dennis D. Austin
All USU Press Publications
Mule deer are a familiar sight to residents of Utah and the Intermountain West. Sportsmen hunt them, others seek a glimpse of them while hiking or camping, drivers dodge them, and homeowners sometimes delight, sometimes fret as deer visit backyards and gardens. Deer, many of which live in the towns, cities, and farms that sprawl over their historical habitat, sometimes seem ubiquitous. Useful information about them, either scientific or practical, is less widespread. In this handbook, Dennis Austin fills that need for information, offering a one-stop reference packed with up-to-date knowledge and practical advice on mule deer. Data on deer …
Facing The Center: Toward An Identity Poltiics Of One-To-One Mentoring,
2010
Utah State University
Facing The Center: Toward An Identity Poltiics Of One-To-One Mentoring, Harry C. Denny
All USU Press Publications
In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Facing the Center, Harry Denny unpacks the identity matrices that enrich teachable moments, and he explores the pedagogical dynamics and implications of identity within the writing center. The face of the writing center, be it mainstream or marginal, majority or miority, orthodox or subversive, always has implications for teaching and learning. Facing the Center will extend current research in writing center theory to bring it in touch with theories now …
Using Facebook To Teach Rhetorical Analysis,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Using Facebook To Teach Rhetorical Analysis, Jane Fife
English Faculty Publications
The attraction of Facebook is a puzzle to many people over the age of thirty five, and that includes most college faculty. Yet students confess to spending significant amounts of time on Facebook, sometimes hours a day. If you teach in a computer classroom, you have probably observed students using Facebook when you walk in the room. Literacy practices that fall outside the realm of traditional academic writing, like Facebook, can easily be seen as a threat to print literacy by teachers, especially when they sneak into the classroom uninvited as students check their Facebook profiles instead of participating in …
Composition, Meditative Thinking, And The Writing Classroom: A Historical Analysis And Empirical Study,
2010
California State University, San Bernardino
Composition, Meditative Thinking, And The Writing Classroom: A Historical Analysis And Empirical Study, Gregory Todd Baran
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to explore whether meditation is a beneficial practice in the composition classroom and to validate theoretical claims to its efficacy. Core questions centered on whether or not meditation could help lessen writing blocks, get the writer into the "flow" of writing, spark creativity, and ease the overall writing process.
Spanglish As Alternative Discourse: Working Against Language Demarcation",
2010
University of Texas at El Paso
Spanglish As Alternative Discourse: Working Against Language Demarcation", Kate Mangelsdorf
Selected Works Temporary Series
This chapter explores the notion of language demarcation as related to standard language ideologies and the notion of language "purity." Spanglish is used as a case study. Connections to race, nationality, and class are developed. This book won the 2012 Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Momma’S Memories And The New Equality,
2010
University of Kentucky
Momma’S Memories And The New Equality, Vershawn Ashanti Young
Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Rewriting Christians: A Rhetoric Analysis Of Emergent Church Texts,
2010
California State University, San Bernardino
Rewriting Christians: A Rhetoric Analysis Of Emergent Church Texts, Frances Marie Suderman
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis defines the Emergent Church movement and discusses how it is situated among American Evangelical Christendom (A.E.C.). Furthermore, this thesis explores how Emergent Church texts use the rhetoric of conversation to question established biblical foundations. Through conversations the Emergent Church uses discourse that differs from traditional A.E. Christian language. Within these differences postmodern threads emerge. The theoretical framework for this study is Jean-Francois Lyotard's "The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge". Two key authors considered are Rob Bell and Brian McLaren.
The (Re)Invention Of Feedback,
2010
California State University, San Bernardino
The (Re)Invention Of Feedback, Jason Wayne Loan
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis argues that, far from being obstacles to teacher response, the new media and avant-garde practices of appropriation, the readymade, and nonlinearity can actually work to orient feedback toward textual pratices that both conceptually and technologically embrace networks. The aim is to construct pedagogy (generally) and teacher response (specifically) as creative acts composed in response to the creative act that is student work.
Bridging The Gap: Composition Studies And Applied Linguistics/Teaching English As A Second Language In The Writing Center,
2010
California State University, San Bernardino
Bridging The Gap: Composition Studies And Applied Linguistics/Teaching English As A Second Language In The Writing Center, Chloe Anne De Los Reyes
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis offers a critical comparison of how the fields of Composition Studies and Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language inform the tutoring of second language writers in writing centers. It examines where the two fields diverge and intersect in order to identify what knowledge can be useful from each working with the other. The thesis discusses implications of the findings as well as offers reccommendations for a richer tutoring of second language writers (L2 writers) in the writing centers.
Ua3/1/4 President's Office-Cherry Speeches & Publications,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua3/1/4 President's Office-Cherry Speeches & Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Addresses, chapel talks, notes and educational and political speeches written and delivered by Henry Hardin Cherry and others typed on loose leaf pages. There are also quotations, reports, wills, correspondence and a political cartoon. Many items have no attribution as to author or source. Other authors include A.C. Burton, A.W. Mell, Mattie McLean and J.S. Dickey. Some items are repeated throughout the series and others have been edited. Volume 5 has been digitized for use by researchers.
Ua94/6/3 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Wku Publications,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua94/6/3 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Wku Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Underground publications created by students while attending WKU, includes 1960's/1970's political protest papers such as the Apocalypse and the Expatriate. How to Survive is a guide to courses and professors to avoid and a guide to life in Bowling Green for university students. The Big Red Tool a 21st century satirical take on WKU is also found here.
