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Category Archives: Writing
Congratulations Award Winners: Now Here’s Your Writing Assignment
On November 10, 2015, I was the guest speaker for the Induction Ceremony of the Golden Key Honors Society at Lehman College, CUNY. Here’s what I said: Congratulations! Thank you so much or having me here and for giving me … Continue reading
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Teaching is Embarrassing: Manifesto on Higher Education for the Start of 2015
On September 16, for Convocation at Lehman College, I was honored to be awarded Teacher of the Year. I gave a one minute acceptance speech. I hope this serves as a welcome back to the blog and to the new … Continue reading
September: Already Gone, Always to Return
Welcome (back?) after a long hiatus. My first post for the 2014 academic year was published on another site–the AEPL blog: The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning–thanks for the opportunity. Perpetual September: On Being a Beginner in an Age … Continue reading
Posted in adjacent possible, Complexity Theory and Writing, Writing
Tagged adjacent possible, kauffman, outcomes
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Can Outcomes Matter in Humanities Courses? Two Drafts of a Paper
Assignment: Compose an analytical essay about your experiences in this first semester of college. What might these courses help you do in your future? Draft One-Nov 8, 2013 I am not taking any class this semester other than this English … Continue reading
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After Sabbatical: Beginning Again and Bob Dylan
Ten months of almost weekly chronicling what was my sabbatical felt like the right thing to do. It had purpose: writing was to keep me on track. Since I had no place to be—no classroom, no archives in Europe or … Continue reading
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Teaching and a Trip to the Gramsci Monument: August in The Bronx
When August 1st arrives, it’s always a shock. But this August 1st bring something more than shock. It brings recognition: back to reality. Today marks the first day of my last month before sabbatical ends and I return, after a … Continue reading
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Leaning In and Moving On: A Seat at the Writing Table
Like everyone other woman in a certain place in life, I am reading Lean In by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. This is Sandberg’s manifesto on why feminism has stalled. She argues that women don’t assert themselves enough, don’t demand “a … Continue reading
Writing This, Not That: Conference Prep
Academic conferences were more exciting back in the 1990s. There you have it. Months of research and contemplation on the state of the humanities over the last thirty years, reading this about the “science wars” and this about the fate of writing … Continue reading
Posted in The Culture Wars, Then and Now, Writing
Tagged composition, culture wars, writing studies
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