Uncategorized Location, Location, Location 13 Nov 201413 Nov 2014 You never know, at the start of the semester, when the pivotal moments of a class are going to take place. You design a syllabus, choose readings, and hope for…
Uncategorized Polymedia and sustaining relationships 1 Nov 2014 Still rolling over in my head the great conversation we had in class this week in my Composing Identities graduate seminar. Now that the class is well underway I want…
Uncategorized Back on the Blog II 22 Oct 201422 Oct 2014 Writing here feels much to me like the work I do in my garden. It's often generative, certainly intermittent, and sometimes I feel like I've left it so long I…
Digital Media… It’s Not Really a Phone, Part 2 5 Nov 2013 So, after years of not bothering for a variety of reasons (cost, learning curve, not wanting to get further tied to my email) I started my adventure in smart-phone land…
Uncategorized After the Conference – The Joys of Participation and Conversation 3 Jul 2013 One of the pleasures of my Fulbright Fellowship has been collaborating on the Everyday Language, Everyday Literacies conference at the University of Sheffield. Julia Davies, Kate Pahl, and all the…
Uncategorized Keep Calm and Carry On 5 Jun 2013 When I first saw the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters, with the dignified print on the red background with the image of the crown above, they struck me as…
Agency… How Does it Feel to be Literate? 9 May 2013 In the work I've been doing this spring I keep coming back to questions of agency. What allows - or constrains - people from engaging in literacy practices. And more…
Literacy… Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy – Out in Paperback! 10 Dec 201210 Dec 2012 Five years ago Amy Zenger and I published a book about the everyday literacy practices represented in popular culture, specifically in mainstream movies. We found that, when you pay attention…
Uncategorized Literacy and Identity – That’s the Easy Part 9 Nov 20129 Nov 2012 In a convenient confluence of thoughts and events, I'm coming up on my Fulbright term in January at the same point that I'm ready to start off on another big…
Literacy… Literacy in a Material World – Or Not. 5 Aug 2012 The number of administrative emails I'm getting means the summer is clearly about to be over and the new academic year is on its way - the large wave I…
