Since we started this trail-themed blog, I have been amazed at how often I have stumbled upon something that seems to support the emerging theme. Remember the Shirky quote from Here Comes Everybody? (It’s sticky at the top of this blog.) Well, I returned to this quote after editing a video (taken with my phone [...]
Entries from May 7th, 2010
People: Trevor Hoag
May 7th, 2010 Comments Off
Trevor Hoag is finishing his second year in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing, and will begin his first dissertation chapters this summer. He works at the intersection of rhetorical theory and continental philosophy, particularly in the areas of memory, ethics, and pedagogy. His departmental bio is located here: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rhetoric/graduatestudies/graduateprofiles.php
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It’s all about the <3
May 6th, 2010 Comments Off
People now have access to myriad tools that let them share writing, images, video—any form of expressive content, in fact—and use that sharing as an anchor for community and cooperation. The twentieth century, with the spread of radio and television, was the broadcast century. The normal pattern for media was that they were created by [...]
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People: Sean McCarthy
May 5th, 2010 Comments Off
Alongside Will Burdette, Sean is one of the (dis)organizers of this Trailmeme/DWRL mashup. When not coaxing himself and others into such quixotic adventures, Sean is a doctoral student in Digital Literacies and Literatures, and is an Assistant Director at the DWRL. His research explores how Web 2.0 platforms and practices open up new ways of welcoming [...]
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People: Tim Turner
May 5th, 2010 Comments Off
Tim Turner is currently finishing his dissertation, “Torture and the Drama of Emergency: Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare,” and will receive his PhD in English from UT Austin in May 2010. He has been an editor and contributor to the Viz. blog for four years.
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People: Noel Radley
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Noel Radley is a doctoral candidate in English at the UT-Austin, where she teaches courses on literature, writing, and technology. Her dissertation “Reforming the Body: Image and Text in the Sixteenth Century” traces the relationship between visual culture and poetry during the English Reformation.
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People: Laura Trantham Smith
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Laura Trantham Smith (laura.smith@mail.utexas.edu) is a Doctoral Candidate in English at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches courses on poetry, public art, and gay and lesbian literature. Her dissertation, *After Rupture: Innovative Identities and the Formalist Poetry of Alice Notley, Akilah Oliver, and Sharon Bridgforth* examines the intersection between social identities and [...]
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People: Rachel Schneider
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Rachel Schneider is a fourth year doctoral student in the English department. She teaches writing and musical theater, and her dissertation will discuss the eighteenth-century prose fragment.
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People: Andi Gustavson
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Andi Gustavson a doctoral student in American Studies at UT Austin. Her research interests center on documentary expression, the rhetoric of social action, and visual culture.
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People: Catherine Coleman
May 5th, 2010 Comments Off
M. Catherine Coleman is a member of the DWRL Geo-Everything Group, a doctoral student in English and an Assistant Instructor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas, Austin. In her research, she applies critical studies of space and place to 19th-21st century American literature and culture. She is currently writing a dissertation on [...]
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