Apaté/Aletheia– A MyStory

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018Leave a comment

Here's a MyStory I made, a la Gregory Ulmer. I've been studying Ulmer's work for a few years now, and I've always wanted to explore electacy and image-reasoning in this way. Next up, the MEmeorial! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EqqN3RM_L8

Heating Up the Oven: Cookies, Bubbles and a Slice of Instagram’s Pie

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018Leave a comment

The history of capitalism is the history of marketing; the history of marketing is the history of communication; and the history of communication is, in part, the history of humanity’s ability to deliver and reach audiences. The media infrastructures of the 19th and 20th centuries convinced advertisers that the best way to … Continue reading Heating Up the Oven: Cookies, Bubbles and a Slice of Instagram’s Pie

Hacking Composition

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018Leave a comment

Hacking, rhetoric and writing share unique histories that have overlapped a number of times throughout the history of American academia, as I've written about here. This semester, one of my Writing Studies II courses (a standard 2nd-term first year-composition iteration) tackles hacking and its relationship to writing, venturing a course theme I'm excited to call … Continue reading Hacking Composition

Hacking the Curriculum: FYC, Critical Information Literacies and Social Web Environments

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017Leave a comment

Hacking the Curriculum: FYC, Critical Information Literacies and Social Web Environments Among the benefits of teaching writing at my current university institution is the freedom and flexibility it allots to its composition instructors. Next semester I’ll be teaching Writing Studies II, the second leg of the institution’s FYC sequence. Writing Studies II is … Continue reading Hacking the Curriculum: FYC, Critical Information Literacies and Social Web Environments