Close vs Distant Readings #rcdh14
Photo by cinz, CC-licensed, CGB-modified In RCDH this week, we began the turn to a series of weeks where we look at some specific methods associated with digital humanities, and I began our...
View ArticleThe Work of Conferences in an Age of Social Media #4c14
This week is our flagship national convention, the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). After having attended CCCC for many, many years in a row, I find myself once more forgoing...
View ArticleTextexture (#THATCampCNY)
I suppose that it might surprise a few people to learn that, before this weekend, I’d never attended a THATCamp. Surprise! It’s true. I blame this strange omission on several factors, including but not...
View ArticleA Book of Stars #tbt
It’s been a while. My spare time has been consumed with preparing for the 2014 Rhetoric Society of America Conference (that link will take you to the online program for the conference, which did no...
View ArticleThe Strength of Weak Media
There are a couple of different conversations that serve as context for this post, but rather than hail people directly, I’ll just note that it’s that time of the year (for us at Syracuse, anyway) when...
View ArticleRhetBit: a summer mecology project
It’s always a challenge for me to shift gears once the summer starts. After a full year of just-in-time work meeting others’ deadlines (and a few of my own, to be fair), the summer often happens upon...
View ArticleRelearning to Write
I would describe myself as a deep writer, not in the sense that what I have to say is any more profound than anyone else’s thoughts, but in the “deep sleeper” sense. That is, when I write and it’s...
View ArticleThe Job Talk (draft)
On FB a couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to a fabulous blog post from Aimée Morrison, which looked at the differences between the standard conference presentation and the “keynote;” I noted that in...
View ArticleDossiers (sigh)
Winter is coming, and around the country, a host of applicants are diligently applying their talents to the assembly of materials that they hope will demonstrate their suitability for what few...
View ArticleIn-Comprehensive-le
So I’ve got a question, but it’ll take me a while to get to it. A few years back, here at Syracuse, we overhauled our graduate curriculum, paying particular attention to the core curriculum and...
View ArticleFrictional Ethics & Social Media
It’s time for one of those posts where a few different ideas have coalesced into something for me. It’s been a while since I’ve written here–I’d originally intended to post an angry rejoinder to Steven...
View ArticleAll’s Quiet on the WordPress Front
I haven’t been here a whole lot lately. In part, it’s just a matter of devoting my social media attention elsewhere. Some of that attention, though, has been spent on an email newsletter that I started...
View ArticleRhetsy: Under the Hood
Today marks the half-year anniversary of Rhetsy, and while half a year doesn’t sound like much to me as I write it out, it means that, for the past six months, I’ve been collecting links on a daily...
View ArticleSo long, and thanks for all the… #JonVoyage
Jon Stewart’s final episode as host of The Daily Show aired this past Thursday, and I spent a bit of my browse time this week reading all of the thinkpieces that heralded and/or accompanied his final...
View Article5 Tools (& Habits) to Start the Year in Graduate School #rhetsy
The orientation day for our graduate program is Monday, and I’ve been tapped to speak briefly about a topic related to the overall theme of navigating the currents of the program and the discipline. So...
View ArticleFive by Five for Rhetsy
The August 31st issue of Rhetsy marks the beginning of a new school year for me, and in recognition of that fact, I sent out a call for lists of 5 a couple of weeks ago, inviting subscribers to submit...
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