Agency… Rewriting the Future 10 Feb 201515 Feb 2015 A recent article in the The New York Times ("Writing Your Way to Happiness") talked about the research by psychologists such as Timothy Wilson who maintain that writing can lead…
Uncategorized Yes, But Are You Having Fun? 3 Oct 2013 Irv Peckham, who teaches writing at LSU and whose work I have always admired, stirred up a lively conversation on the WPA-L email list this week (is an email list…
Uncategorized Starting Again, and Focusing on Writing 4 Sep 20134 Sep 2013 The start of the fall semester should mean that summer is over - though the weather outside in Louisville reminds us otherwise. Regardless of the weather, I realized a while…
Pedagogy… We all need readers – celebrating the Dissertation Writing Retreat 24 May 201324 May 2013 As I write this sitting in England, I know that back at the University of Louisville they are getting ready for the last day of the University Writing Center's annual…
Uncategorized… Rashomon for Researchers 18 May 201318 May 2013 One of the great gifts this spring has been the opportunity to sit down and talk with brilliant, insightful people and just have the time to explore ideas together. Last…
Uncategorized… What Can You Accomplish in a Week? Part 2 25 May 201230 May 2012 It's the last day of the UofL Writing Center Dissertation Writing Retreat. As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the questions I was pondering was what the participants…
Uncategorized What Can You Accomplish in a Week? 20 May 2012 Tomorrow is the start of the first Dissertation Writing Retreat at the University of Louisville Writing Center. This is the first retreat like this we've held (and, yes, I absolutely…
Uncategorized Words by Day, Images at Night 30 Apr 201230 Apr 2012 I want to take a moment to note one of the intriguing things I have noticed over the years about working with words and images. It comes down to this:…
Digital Media… Traveling Different Roads at the Same Time 14 Apr 201214 Apr 2012 A month goes by in a hurry before I'm back on the blog. A pressing deadline for a book chapter and some teaching to do came first, throw in a…
Pedagogy… The simple art of listening to – and caring about – what students say 4 Mar 2012 Time for a bit of rant today. I was at a local conference on teaching recently, doing my dog-and-pony show about how students engage with digital media outside the classroom…
