I’m reading Hans Blumenberg’s essay “An Anthropological Approach to Rhetoric” at the request of an advisor. The request stems from my attempt to start the second of my three preliminary exam reading lists—the list in rhetorical theory. Anyway, I like this quote, among others in the text:
There is something like the expediency of what is [...]

I’ve started to formulate (on a very early level) my reading list for the STC portion of my comprehensive exams next fall. I plan to do quite a bit of reading over the summer—and this list will definitely grow. To start, here are a few articles/books I am looking at:

Zappen, James P. “Francis Bacon and [...]

Last week, I presented a paper at the Fem/Rhet conference in Little Rock, AK. I have never been to Arkansas. We stayed primarily in the conference hotel, which was in close proximity to the Clinton Library. Which, by the way, is an amazing building and tour.
Some of the highlights:

Hearing a panel with one of [...]

I love this quote from Adorno and Horkheimer:
“The unity of the manipulated collective consists in the negation of each individual and in the scorn poured on the type of society which could make people into individuals.”

So, I’m in the third week of my second year.  Things seem a bit more doable this semester.  The reason: I am taking one less class than I did both semesters last year.  This is a huge load off.  The two seminars I am enrolled in this term are Theories of Feminism and Technology and [...]

This weekend, I’m in Detroit at the C&W Conference. I try to make it to this conference every spring (if possible) to catch up on the latest and greatest from other composition instructors across the country. It’s been interesting to see how each panelist and presenter is dealing with Web 2.0 in the classroom: issues [...]