30 Day Poetry Challenge #1
In honor of National Poetry Month, I will posting a poem a day. Check out the 30 Day Poetry Challenge at 30dpc. Below is the first prompt and my poem. Day 1: Write a poem where each line starts with a...
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Day 2: Who was the last person you texted? Write a five-line poem to that person. Sometimes I forget about a part of me that laughs. But you’re like a string on my finger, a bright-pínk post-it,...
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I am now on Twitter. You can follow me here: @hoosierphd. My tweeting will mainly focus on academic issues, education, linguistics, a select few political concerns (mostly education-related), and, as...
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I am planning on revamping my main page into an academic blog of sorts, sharing ideas about research I’m interested in, its implications, and things I’ve found on Twitter and other venues that need...
View ArticleTraditional Academic Feuds in Literacy Studies Part 6: Power and Weak Grammar
Note: This is the sixth part of a multi-part series which (eventually) will become a term paper for a class seminar on literacy. After my last post, I started discussing the issue of Integration with...
View ArticleWhy @derekwebb Should Come Back To Twitter
It started with this: it’s hard when people interpret things online to mean something other than what was intended. these are just honest thoughts, nothing more. — derek webb (@derekwebb) October 7,...
View Article30 Day Poetry Challenge #1
In honor of National Poetry Month, I will posting a poem a day. Check out the 30 Day Poetry Challenge at 30dpc. Below is the first prompt and my poem. Day 1: Write a poem where each line starts with a...
View Article30 Day Poetry Challenge #2
Day 2: Who was the last person you texted? Write a five-line poem to that person. Sometimes I forget about a part of me that laughs. But you’re like a string on my finger, a bright-pínk post-it,...
View ArticleTraditional Academic Feuds in Literacy Studies Part 6: Power and Weak Grammar
Note: This is the sixth part of a multi-part series which (eventually) will become a term paper for a class seminar on literacy. After my last post, I started discussing the issue of Integration with...
View ArticleOn the passing of Dr. Michael Halliday
Dr. Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. His work was very influential for me, and I thought I might share a few words on what he meant. In 2016, Halliday...
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