Early, early in the new day of December 15, I was finishing up the last project of my first semester in the doctoral program when a question popped into my head: “How many words have you written this month?”
For a second, I thought I was back in November; last month, I …

There are no words right now. Tomorrow, well, later on in the day, I will be able to reflect on the fact that my first semester of doctoral work is complete! It’s been a long journey, and I will discuss that later.
I just finished my last project, a replication study …

Well, I finished the final for Research Methods today. When I read through the final, I just knew it would take two days to do. There was so much. Four parts, short answers, develop research methods for project, critique the methods of two studies, and develop/propose a course or program…you …

Well, knocked out another project today: the micro-study for ENGL 5363: Research Methods in Technical Communication and Composition.
The micro-study is titled “What Students Can Learn about Writing in the Workplace”; it is available [here].
And yet again, to feed my addiction, here is the wordle.

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Another class is DONE. Woo Hoo. Three down, one more class to go.
This is the final exam for 5369. For it, we were to select one article from several presented and apply the theories of technology (and their philosophers) to the article.
I selected the article “Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Brings $254,500 …

Yes, I know “Rhetting” is not a word, but I wanted to use it anyway. Took my 20th Century Rhetoric final. It thoroughly blew my mind. The final consisted of four questions we were to answer as thoroughly as possible within the three-hour time limit. I talked of Bakhtin and …

NO WORDS can describe how I feel right now. Despite the fact that I have two studies to write and three finals to take within the next five days, I am done writing major papers.
My 20th Century Rhetoric paper, “The Power of the Spirit: Rhetorical Moves of Maria W. Stewart” …

Second paper down. One more to go before I finish up with some studies and then final exams.
This paper was for ENGL 5369, Discourse and Technology: Theories of Technology course.
Title: “Illuminating the ‘Mundane’ of Basic Writers through Micro-Blogging”
You can check out abstract, Works Cited, and the full course paper @ …

It is the beginning of the end. First paper done. And I couldn’t be happier. Can check out the abstract and paper [HERE]. Title of paper: “Making Space: Using Social Media to Create Participatory Virtual Worlds”
Here’s the Wordle of my paper…