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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoMy chapter “East to West – The Inter-Connectedness of All Things Created” will be published in the forthcoming book Sustainability in/and Writing Intensive Courses as part of the Lexington Books’ Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. The book should be out by MLA 2017.
Thanks!
Pam
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Nicky Agate started the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHave you recently published a book, presented a project, or won an award? Share your news with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter. Message me your news here on the Commons (@terrainsvagues) or e-mailcommons@mla.org over the next couple of days to be included in the September issue!
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Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Petar Penda deposited THE BALKAN HIGHER-EDUCATION EXPRESS in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoBalkan universities are in a hurry to beat Oxbridge and Ivy League universities. But, from their dire straits, can Balkan teachers afford the train ticket to compare and contrast? Therefore, in this paper we will talk about the situation in the higher education system in the Former Yugoslav countries which has lost its vigour and rigour with the…[Read more]
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Roger Whitson deposited DTC 101: Introduction to Digital Technology and Culture in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCatalog Description
101 [ARTS] Introduction to Digital Technology & Culture 3 Inquiry into digital media, including origins, theories, forms, applications, and impact with a focus on authoring and critiquing multimodal texts.Course Description
This course is an introduction to digital technology and culture that integrates interdisciplinary…[Read more] -
James Gifford deposited ENGL 3386: Studies in American Literature “Versioning Digital Humanities” in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoEnglish 3386 equips students for critical encounters with the texts, images, sounds, and situations that constitute American life, politics, history, and culture. This section is organized around the theme of “Versioning Digital Humanities.” Many texts go through various “versions” as they are revised for republications, corrected for new edition…[Read more]
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited “Between Knowledge and Metaknowledge: Shifting Disciplinary Borders in Digital Humanities and Library and Information Studies” in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe emergence of the digital humanities in specialized disciplines and librarianship alike necessitates a recalibration of the balance of knowledge and what Julia Flanders calls “metaknowledge.” DH in the disciplines has brought discussion of metaknowledge – data structures, archival and editorial standards, digital curation and representation -…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic TAships Available ISU Graduate Programs in English and the Teaching of English in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Colleagues,
The M.A. and Ph.D. Programs in English at Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID) combine the study of English and American Literature with practical and theoretical coursework in the teaching of composition and literature.
We now have two additional TAships available for graduate students…[Read more]
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Heidi Bostic deposited The Humanities Must Engage Global Grand Challenges in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe humanities must work together with STEM if we are to succeed in articulating relevant, historically informed, and culturally nuanced responses to grand challenges.
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Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic Hawthorne Society Summer Meeting registration in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoThe 21st Summer Meeting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
June 2-5, 2016
The Stoweflake Inn at Stowe, Vermont
Early Bird Special for Registration ends April 1!Register here: http://www.planetreg.com/greenmountainhawthorne
Please please go to the website below to download a DRAFT of the program for the conference. This will be updated…[Read more]
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Brooke Carlson deposited SoTL and Rubrics: Transforming Feedback to the Written Word in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoHow do we offer feedback to essays? Over time, the response as narrative has become problematic. Class sizes have increased, more classes are being taught, fewer professors are teaching composition. Time has become even more scarce as duties outside the classroom multiply for full-time faculty. In addition, technology has changed the way by…[Read more]
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Peter Brooks deposited Connected Academics and the Ethics of Reading in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agocontribution to the 2016 MLA Convention Panel sponsored by “Connected Academics”
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Lillian Melendez deposited James Joyce’s Priesthood through his Art of Writing in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoDreams are abstract thoughts in one’s mind that can be revealed. Thoughts that are suppressed can be revealed in the subconscious mind. Sigmund Freud views dreams as one views sleep; as an abstract code that can be decoded through actions and through the ‘slip of the tongue.’ The Freudian slip is found in several passages of A Portrait of the A…[Read more]
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Brooke Carlson deposited (Skillfully) Wielding the World-Wide Web in the Classroom: “I’m NOT Gonna Be That Creepy Guy” in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoI used to share with my classes that ebooks are outselling books, and like the music industry, the book market is now digital. While the record business has shifted in profound ways with the rise of digital technology, the book press is still in flux. Digital book sales over the past couple of years have been fluctuating around book sales. As a…[Read more]
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Brooke Carlson deposited (Skillfully) Wielding the World-Wide Web in the Classroom: “I’m NOT Gonna Be That Creepy Guy” in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoI used to share with my classes that ebooks are outselling books, and like the music industry, the book market is now digital. While the record business has shifted in profound ways with the rise of digital technology, the book press is still in flux. Digital book sales over the past couple of years have been fluctuating around book sales. As a…[Read more]
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Caroline Edwards deposited The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publishing in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel was designed to address the convention’s featured issues of the academic profession, publishing & editing, open access, and new technologies. Using a roundtable format, the panel discussed how open access publications are transforming the kind of research that is possible and necessitating new editorial practices. The session hosted an…[Read more]
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Caroline Edwards deposited The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publishing in the group
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel was designed to address the convention’s featured issues of the academic profession, publishing & editing, open access, and new technologies. Using a roundtable format, the panel discussed how open access publications are transforming the kind of research that is possible and necessitating new editorial practices. The session hosted an…[Read more]
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Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic “Writing? Authoring? Scribbling: Fuller, Hawthorne, and Their Contemporaries” in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoWe welcome proposals on biographical/contextual relations; representations of women; intertextuality; trans-Atlantic/trans-American treatments; race, gender, class, and sexuality, etc.
Please send 250-word abstracts to Ivonne Garcia (garciai@kenyon.edu) and Charlene Avallone (avallone000@gmail.com) by March 15, 2016.
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Kenneth Pinion started the topic [MLA 2017 CFP] Looking for a Light in the Dark: On Mental Health in Pedagogy in the discussion
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months ago“Looking for a Light in the Dark: On Mental Health in Humanistic Pedagogy”
This session seeks papers that offer effective strategies for confronting mental health issues amongst educators. Potential topics may include (but not necessarily exclude): the rise in depression amongst graduate students and faculty; the prevalence of mental health iss…[Read more]
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Mary-Beth Brophy started the topic Call for Roundtable Participants: MLA 2017 Convention in the discussion
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThe Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession is planning a roundtable for the 2017 MLA convention in Philadelphia tentatively entitled: “Could this get me fired? Employment rights and risks for just-in-time faculty.”
We’re particularly interested in ensuring that our least job-secure colleagues are represented on the roundtable, so I’d l…[Read more]
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