Here's the body of what I'll present at the 2017 SUNY Council on Writing conference in Syracuse, NY. My talk is just that-- a talk-- so these notes are really only serving as memory aids. I won't be reading word-by-word directly from a conference paper, but rather will be verbally outlining a thesis on the … Continue reading Cognitive Seeds: The Role of Creative Thinking in First-Year Composition
In a few weeks I'll be presenting at the 2017 SUNY Council on Writing conference to be held at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY. Here's the abstract of the presentation I'll deliver, which delves into creativity, cognition and the college writing classroom in the age of distraction. Cognitive Seeds: The Role of Creative Thinking … Continue reading Cognitive Seeds: 2017 SUNY Council on Writing Presentation
This is lifted from a creative piece I wrote a while back. It fits the mood of this Fourth of July well, when my mind drifts into fantasies of deserts, golden hayfields and cacti caked in the red glow of sunset--essentially anything recent political developments haven't infringed as of yet (as hard as Scott Pruitt … Continue reading A Prose Poem for the Fourth of July…
Jacob Richter 