Category: Research Problems

Ethics · Gender · NLP · Research Problems

Gender as a variable in writing studies–presentations and paper accepted

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As I noted back in November, I’m presenting “Gender as a variable in writing studies: Ethics and methodology” at the Writing Research Across Borders IV conference in Bogotá, Columbia, on Thursday, February 16. While preparing for WRAB, I wrote an article that has been accepted to appear in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings of the First… Continue reading Gender as a variable in writing studies–presentations and paper accepted

Comp Pedagogy · Discipline · Empirical research · Legal writing · Research Problems

Empirical research into legal comm’n & professional status of LRW faculty

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I was delighted to finagle an invitation to speak on a panel at the Legal Writing Institute in Portland on July 12, during the meeting of the LWI Professional Status Committee. The committee met in a plenary session with a larger audience and conducted its business, and then we panelists were asked to comment in short form (two… Continue reading Empirical research into legal comm’n & professional status of LRW faculty

Comp Pedagogy · Critical/Cultural Studies · Ethics · Research Problems

Readings for 8011 for November 29

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This week we’ll have a visit from Drs. Tom Reynolds and Patrick Bruch to talk about research in pedagogy. We had several readings to prepare for this discussion. Here they are: Herndl, C. G. (2004). Teaching discourse and reproducing culture: a critique of research and pedagogy in professional and non-academic writing. In J. Johnson-Eilola &… Continue reading Readings for 8011 for November 29

Critical/Cultural Studies · Definitions · Research Problems

Reflections on October 4 readings for 8011

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A critical turn Most of this week’s readings come out of the cultural or critical studies orientation. (Blyler and Thralls and Blyer explore this orientation in general terms; Longo employs it in her history of technical writing.) The only exception is Smagorinsky. I’ll share some observations about the first three, along with some questions I… Continue reading Reflections on October 4 readings for 8011

Epistemology · Ethics · Research Problems

Reflections on this week’s readings for 8011

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This is my reflective memo for this week’s readings in 8011 Research Methods in S&TC. Barton & Eggly Barton, E., & Eggly, S. (2009). Ethical or Unethical Persuasion?: The Rhetoric of Offers to Participate in Clinical Trials. Written Communication, 26(3), 295-319. One conclusion of this study: That researchers seeking informed consent from cancer patients to… Continue reading Reflections on this week’s readings for 8011