Monthly Archives: September 2015
Outreach, writing, and workshops!
Posted on September 24, 2015 Leave a Comment
Greetings, lovely people! Finding time to write can be challenging when your job and personal/home life keeps you busy, but we writers find a way! Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with a high school English class about contemporary Native Americans, which is related to my specialty of Indigenous Rhetorics. Showing these students such […]
Special Post: So you’re going on the academic job market
Posted on September 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
This post is just for those of you in grad school or who are going on the academic job market this year. (If you are a fellow academic or a grad student, please share this widely. This advice is important.) (For the rest of you, academia has a “job season” and it’s right now through […]
Writing is labor
Posted on September 7, 2015 1 Comment
When we think of labor, we often think about unions and steamfitters and autoworkers and construction crews. What about writers? Writing is labor, too. Sitting down to write an essay or fiction story or poem or annual report or academic grant may not require you to wear steel-toed boots and get your hands dirty, but […]
Amanda Morris, Ph.D. 