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20 August 2012
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Methods
My dissertation uses a mixed-method approach to examine African-American mom bloggers’ online identity creation–individually and socially, and how these identities and the use of blogs enable interaction with readers and development of a community among African-American bloggers and their readers. This approach is three-fold: interviews with African-American mom bloggers, a …

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19 August 2012
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Framework
At least three foregrounded identities present themselves for the African-American mom blogger: African-American (race), Woman (gender), and Mother (work). Each of these identities is embedded with its own history that must be negotiated by the woman. It’s not a one-time negotiation; it’s fluid, changing to reflect new experiences outside and …

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18 August 2012
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Intro
In the summer of 2010, I took an Internet Writing course, and in the class, we had to write a paper that focused on some aspect of writing for the Internet. At the time of the class, I was in my last leg of course work and was trying to …

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25 January 2012
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Diss This #13: Moving Forward in the Diss Process

It’s been awhile since I’ve last posted. Last semester was a tough one for me, but I managed to accomplish the things I had set before me. I took and passed the qualifying exams at the end of August, I wrote and had approved my full proposal, and I submitted …

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20 September 2011
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Diss This #12: Qualifying Exams

I recently learned that I passed my qualifying exams: the day would be September 9, 2011. It was a hot day, and I had been waiting 11 days, on pins and needles, awaiting a call from my chair. As I typed…no, I won’t bore you with the narration of the big …

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5 June 2011
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Diss This #11: Pre-Proposal and Quals

I’m not sure how one is supposed to feel when she reaches this moment, but I was over-the-moon happy. What moment is this? Finally having my pre-proposal approved and quals date set.
I went through three revisions of the pre-proposal with my diss chair before we submitted it to the entire …

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15 December 2009
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5363 Replication Study & Wordle

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 …

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14 December 2009
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5363 – The Final & Wordle

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 …

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13 December 2009
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5363 Micro-study & Wordle

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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18 September 2009
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Paper Topic(s): 5363

For 5363, Introduction to Research Methods in Technical Communication and Composition, we have to do both a replication study and a micro-study.
For the replication study, I decided to imitate Maxine Hairston’s study, “Not All Errors Are Created Equal: Nonacademic Readers in the Professions Respond to Lapses in Usage.” What I …

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