The production of knowledge is the academy’s very reason for being, and if we cling to an outdated system for establishing and measuring authority while the nature of authority is shifting around us, we run the risk of becoming increasingly irrelevant to contemporary culture’s dominant ways of knowing. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Planned Obsolescence, pg. 17 In… Continue reading Week 4: Ways of Knowing
Week 3: Into the Information Commons
In class Library Tour (physical and virtual) with Breanne Crumpton Class meets in Belk Library room 024. Tour, exploration, discussion of library resources. Discussion of Formalism, New Criticism, Reader’s Response Criticism Key concepts & practices “[Because I could not stop for Death]” by Emily Dickinson “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams Assignments Readings: Planned… Continue reading Week 3: Into the Information Commons
Week 2: Faculty, Field, Footprint
In class Getting to know our faculty: Visit: https://english.appstate.edu/faculty-staff Table 1: Atkinson to Flores Table 2: Groover to Wahpeconiah Table 3: Wilson to Searfoss Table 4: Vernon to Mannon Share your findings with the class in a 1-2 minute presentation. Conversations: The field: history, major areas, specializations Academia: tenure-stream vs non tenure stream, rank, job market… Continue reading Week 2: Faculty, Field, Footprint
Week 1: Customizing the Course
In class (document): Introductions Survey Designing the syllabus Getting to know our faculty Assignment (for next class) Read Entering the Conversation: Introduction and Part 1 (link) Getting to know our faculty: Visit: https://english.appstate.edu/faculty-staff Table 1: Atkinson to Flores Table 2: Groover to Wahpeconiah Table 3: Wilson to Searfoss Table 4: Vernon to Mannon Activity: Read… Continue reading Week 1: Customizing the Course
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