To study rhetoric is to pay attention to how communication works (or doesn’t). For ancient rhetoricians, that meant studying how individuals spoke, what they said, to whom, and in what broader contexts. While much current rhetorical theory still engages these concepts, over time, the study of rhetoric has expanded significantly, Read more…
Pundits of digital media and the Internet, traditionalist bibilophiles, stand-up comedians, arm-chair philosophers — all have expressed some of our collective cultural anxieties about the Internet and what it stands for. Some worry about the often-spastic, fast-paced movement of image and word that assault us when we go to MySpace; Read more…
Most of us can easily remember a few of our favorite books from childhood. For me, there are the obvious ones: Where the Wild Things Are, Winnie the Pooh, Danny & the Dinosaur, and all those awful Little Golden books, like Pokie Little Puppy. But there’s also this little-known book by Margaret Wise Brown called Read more…
WOST 5000 (Special Topics in Women’s Studies) brings together upper-level-undergraduate and graduate students to discuss advanced topics and texts that address issues of gender and sexuality. For at least 100 years, the English-speaking world has found various representations of gay and lesbian individuals on the stage. From the effete and Read more…
English 6625 (Teaching Composition: Theory and Practice) offers graduate students a background in the major theories and pedagogies that continue to shape best practices in the teaching of writing at the college level. Can you remember exactly when you learned to write? or how? Or can you remember the major Read more…
English 7666 (Teaching English in the Two-Year College) provides graduate students in English studies a critical, theoretical, and practical space for thinking through the complex work of teaching English in a “community college” or similar setting. The two-year college (or “community” college) in the United States has an interesting history, Read more…
English 7975 (Developmental English in the Two-Year College) provides graduate students in English studies a critical, theoretical, and practical space for examining the concepts that surround “developmental” courses in English. The two-year college (or “community” college) in the United States has an interesting history, growing out of early 20th century Read more…