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Challenging Dominant Ideologies In Order To Center Marginalized Voices And Enrich Learning: Theorizing Social Justice In English Studies Teaching, Heather Holliger Aug 2023

Challenging Dominant Ideologies In Order To Center Marginalized Voices And Enrich Learning: Theorizing Social Justice In English Studies Teaching, Heather Holliger

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

This portfolio explores the reproduction of and challenges to dominant ideologies in popular culture and scholarly contexts and examines pedagogies for advancing social justice in the field of English studies through three distinct but interconnected projects. The first project considers pedagogy in the public sphere, examining the power of the meme genre to serve as “critical public pedagogy” within movements for social change. The second project focuses on the role of dominant norms in reproducing social injustices through classroom writing assessment, offering insights from antiracist, queer, feminist, decolonial, translingual, and disability justice scholars. The paper also reviews composition scholars’ strategies …


Spring 2017 New Writing Series, The University Of Maine College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Apr 2017

Spring 2017 New Writing Series, The University Of Maine College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

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Infusing The Arts Into Science And The Sciences Into The Arts: An Argument For Interdisciplinary Steam In Higher Education Pathways, Christopher W. Thurley Nov 2016

Infusing The Arts Into Science And The Sciences Into The Arts: An Argument For Interdisciplinary Steam In Higher Education Pathways, Christopher W. Thurley

The STEAM Journal

This article presents an argument for the integration of science into English courses in order to emphasize the usefulness of a Science, Technology, Education, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education. The idea for this approach arose after the implementation of a divisional initiative to create learning communities with a STEM cohort of students called Student Persistence and Retention via Curricula, Cohorts, and Centralization (SPARC³). The author’s involvement in teaching a science-infused English course for this program inspired the argument that follows, which outlines why/how the sciences should learn from the humanities and why/how the humanities should learn from the sciences. The …


The New Writing Series, Fall 2015, University Of Maine Honors College Oct 2015

The New Writing Series, Fall 2015, University Of Maine Honors College

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The New Writing Series brings innovative and adventurous contemporary writing to the University of Maine's flagship campus in Orono on selected thursdays at 4:30 pm.


The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Apr 1978

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

Literary publication showcasing writings, photography, and artwork from Thomas Jefferson College students.


The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Apr 1977

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

Literary publication showcasing writings, photography, and artwork from Thomas Jefferson College students.


The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Jan 1977

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

Literary publication showcasing writings, photography, and artwork from Thomas Jefferson College students.


The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Oct 1976

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

Literary publication showcasing writings, photography, and artwork from Thomas Jefferson College students.


The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Apr 1976

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

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The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College Dec 1975

The Yellow Magazine, Grand Valley State College. Thomas Jefferson College

The Yellow Magazine

Literary publication showcasing writings, photography, and artwork from Thomas Jefferson College students.