Category Archives: Composition

My field (add “rhetoric” if you please).

CF 20

Posted on July 2, 2009 by cbd

Composition Forum 20 has been published. Continue reading →

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CCCC 2009

Posted on April 12, 2009 by cbd

Recent trip #1: to San Francisco for CCCC 2009. I booked a quick trip: Wed PM to Sat noon. On the one hand, I wish I’d stayed Saturday night. On the other, I didn’t want to be away from the … Continue reading →

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Open source SIG at CCCC 2009

Posted on March 27, 2009 by cbd

CCCC Open Source SIG meets at CCCC 2009. We decide to merge with the IP caucus, and plan our agenda for the next year. Continue reading →

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500

Posted on January 25, 2009 by cbd

I recently finished teaching our graduate program’s sole required course, ENG 500, formerly “Introduction to Graduate Studies,” now “Theory and the Practice of English Studies.” Most of us remember this kind of course. Its purpose: get students into the habit of … Continue reading →

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WebCT safeassign

Posted on September 9, 2008 by cbd

Starting to think about WebCT accessibility, or lack thereof, I discovered its “safeassign” plagiarism detection has come to WIU. Continue reading →

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Kopelson’s “Sp(l)itting Images”

Posted on July 25, 2008 by cbd

Time to join the fun. Since others have already written some interesting things, I’ll keep this short. First, on context, to pick up on Alex’s comments about Cortland, what if we shift the ground from research universities to institutions where … Continue reading →

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Graduate work

Posted on May 27, 2008 by cbd

News about our graduate program: new curriculum, colloquium, 500 Continue reading →

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CCCC 2008

Posted on April 5, 2008 by cbd

CCCC 2008 activities: our panel about journals on the web; seafood; more Continue reading →

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Literacies shmiteracies

Posted on March 3, 2008 by cbd

A recent NCTE position statement “Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies” fails to measure up. Continue reading →

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Speedschooling

Posted on March 9, 2007 by cbd

Last week I met with a very bright student who had transferred to Western from Illinois. She has enrolled in our teacher education program and is thinking about graduate school, so I explained some of the patterns in English studies … Continue reading →

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