Emory’s newly renovated library is now open! It’s such a treat to work in such a beautiful space surrounded by so many wonderful materials and bright people. Emory names Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library for alumnus Stuart Rose
NYT: Emory Acquires Trove of Rare Jack Kerouac Materials Such a thrill to help unpack these boxes! Looking forward to working the new Kerouac collection in the Rose Library.
Since the fall of 2014, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a research assistant for the Letters of Samuel Beckett at Emory University. The third volume of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, launched December 2014, received rave reviews. I’m quoted in this Emory Wheel article discussing my experience with the Samuel Beckett Project. I’m currently enjoying researching volume …
This week’s texts make a strong case for community engaged pedagogy in the composition classroom. I particularly like Dean’s articulation of the ways in which community engaged pedagogy naturally follows from the goals of the composition classroom (103). However, Dean, Julier, Goldblatt, and Livingston also raise some very real concerns about putting community engagement into practice. I’d …
This week, Cummings and Stancliffe write convincingly about the benefits of teacher-student conferences (In Our Own Voice, Strategies). As I revised my syllabus, I added a component requiring a multimedia composition. Students may chose which assignment they would like to compose multimodally. As it stands now, I have students writing a proposal for each assignment. …
Syllabus Packet
Revised Syllabus & Assignment Sheet
This week, the reading I connected most with was Vivian Zamel’s “Strangers in Academia.” I have a couple of ESL students in my section, and I’m sure I will encounter many more in my time at Emory and throughout my career. I found Zamel’s article a useful breakdown of beliefs I already hold, but that …
