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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic CCHA (MLA Allied organization) CFP for MLA15 in the forum
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago<b>Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir: MLA 2015 Vancouver BC</b>
Stacey Lee Donohue/CCHA Allied Member of the MLA
contact email: sdonohue@cocc.edu
Autobiography and memoir have become canonical staples, but also contested sites for discussing the boundaries of fictional and non-fictional self-representation. Presentations…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Two Year College Discussion Group CFP for MLA 15 in the forum
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago<b>Writing in Context: Content Based First Year Composition (MLA 2015 Jan 8-11, Vancouver, BC)</b>
Stacey Lee Donohue/Discussion Group on the Two Year College/MLA
contact email:
While composition is often a standalone course, some colleges offer it as discipline-specific writing, either as a linked course or integrated into a…[Read more]
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Susannah Mary Chewning started the topic Committee for the Community College MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Committee for the Community College is sponsoring two sessions at the MLA Convention in Vancouver in January of 2015:
The End of Remediation? Papers can address issues related to the future of Developmental studies, including but not limited to accelerated learning, performance-based funding, the Common Core, and the completion agenda.…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
MLA members may be interested in a new call for papers at #Alt-Academy on power, privilege, and social identity. Editor Lisa Knisely seeks essays and articles on the role of social identity, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, in alternative academic careers.
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great stuff! are you publishing this somewhere?
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Hello, the paper is by Thom Bryce (@tbryce); I merely posted it on his behalf. Please do get in touch with him on the Commons! Apologies for the confusion.
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thanks, Katina! will do!
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I’m struck by the juxtaposition here of Thom Bryce’s paper on grindr and Cheryl Higashida’s earlier cfp for the special issue on ‘Sexing the Left’. Arguably, the former demonstrates the timeliness, and urgency, of the latter.
Thom’s conclusion – that, despite some reservations, a commercial, profit-driven form of new communication such as grind…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Load More Guys: Queered Space and the Politics of Grindr to
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months ago[Originally uploaded by Thom Bryce on 10 January 2014.] A script from the roundtable discussion at the MLA on \”Digital Queers\”
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Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic Hiring in the forum
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 12 years agoWonderful news, Elizabeth! Community Colleges in Oregon, too, have openings for full time, tenure track faculty in English. After years of double digit enrollment growth, and not enough of an increase in tenure track faculty, we are playing catch up.
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Katina Rogers started the topic Storified convention tweets in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoA number of people used Storify to compile tweets on particular sessions and topics during the convention. Here are a few; please reply to add more!
Session 80: Hard Mode: Games and Narratives of Marginalization (Anastasia Salter)
Session 130: Things My Computer Taught Me About Poems (Amanda French)
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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years ago
Curious about how people used Twitter during #mla14? @ernestopriego offers his analysis (part 1, part 2).
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And now, part 3. Thanks, Ernesto!
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Katina Rogers started the topic Post-Convention Reflections in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoWe hope you found the 2014 convention to be enjoyable and stimulating. Now that the convention has ended, consider posting reflections (or links to blog posts you’ve written on other sites) in this space. Thank you, and see you next year in Vancouver!
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Who Benefits? Ethics and Competing Agendas in Graduate Education to
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoSlides and draft remarks for session 471, “Who Benefits? Ethics and Competing Agendas in Graduate Education”
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: By Albrecht Classen: The Role of the Forest in German Literature: From the Medieval Forest to the Grünes Band to
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago714. Integrating Ecocriticism into College-Level German Curricula
Sunday, 12 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Arkansas, Sheraton Chicago
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Convention Presentations in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoPraxis Network: Rethinking Humanities Education, Together and in Public
Session 599 (#s599)
Saturday, 11 January, 3:30-4:45 p.m., Arkansas, Sheraton ChicagoDetails about the session, including presenter bios and draft remarks, are available at http://praxisnetwork.mla.hcommons-staging.org/.
How can humanities programs better equip students for…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers posted an update in the group
First-Time Convention Attendees on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoTwo new guest posts in our series of tips for #mla14: Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) shares guidance on live-tweeting, and Natalie Houston (@nmhouston) offers valuable suggestions on how to thrive at the convention.
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