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 …

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 …

I wanted to make sure I got this blog post in before 2011 because I wanted the post dated in the year the milestone was accomplished.
Some might not see this as much of a milestone, but when I think about how my personal life has changed and been changed since …

I just received my midterm grade for Rhetorical Theory. It has me pleased. This is the first exam I’ve taken where I wasn’t nervous or worried. I went into the exam with several thoughts: I’ve been going to class, I’ve done all the reading, I’ve been making charts and taking …

During May Seminar, I took New Media Rhetoric. I LOVED the class, getting to read Lev Manovich et al. while working on new media projects on Frankenstein–what more can you ask for?
Our last assignment was to write a reflection on new media. There is so much I WANTED to say …

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 …

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…

It is finished. And it is attached below as a PDF file.

Blog Usage’s Effect on the Writing Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography [PDF]

And here’s the purty little Wordle of my AB.

Snapshot taken from Wordle.
Under the Running Biblio, I have a Works Cited of all sources used for the AB.
In finishing this …

Like I had nothing else to do. I dropped my lit review for ENGL 5371 into Wordle, taking out common English words, and this is the result.

Wordle Image