As I mentioned in my text to you all, I have Covid, so I won’t be able to come to class tomorrow to watch your presentations. 🙁 Instead, you will … Read More
Hi all! Remember to come to class tomorrow to work on your group projects. Rather than sending back my written comments on your topic proposals, I will conference with each … Read More
Thursday, 11/30
- For next week, read Passing Part 2.3-4 and Part 3.1-4 (finish it)
- Work on your group project topic proposal
Tuesday, 12/5
- Group Project Proposal Due (in class)
- Passing
As we agreed upon in class, your group project will now include a final reflective essay that will replace the final exam. Please review the assignment instructions for details, and … Read More
- Read Passing Part 1.3-4 and Part 2.1-2
- ALSO please visit our class notes document and list your group project members. We will do some group work in class on Tuesday,
Read chapters 1-2 of Passing. Here is a link to the Internet Archive version of the complete text.
Instead of two more field research essays worth 10% each, you will now submit ONE more field research essay that will be worth 20% of your grade. You will submit … Read More
For those of you who missed class on Thursday 11/9, go to the class notes, answer the questions listed there, and bring it to class to turn in on Tuesday. … Read More
Think about your topic for the next field research essay and come to class with your research question. … Read More
- Read Stone Butch Blues Chapter 3 (Content Warning: this chapter contains police violence and sexual assault. Take care of yourselves and reach out to me if you want to talk)
- Your revision of Field Research Essay 1 is due on Sunday, 10/22 by 11:59 pm. Submit your revised essay on Blackboard.
- Here are some sample essays for you to
- Carefully read through all of the comments I made on Field Research Essay 1. Email me if you didn’t receive your essay or if you can’t see the comments.
- Bring
Writing Center Pop-up Event Thursday, 10/19 from 12-2pm
Do you need some writing help? The City Tech Writing Center and English Department are hosting a Writing Pop-Up on Thursday, October … Read More
- Read, annotate (your own personal annotations), and bring to class: Chapters 1-2 of Stone Butch Blues (content warning!)
- “Dueling Dualisms” is optional
- Start brainstorming interesting topics for Field Research Essay
I never updated the OpenLab announcement with the assigned page numbers for this week. I apologize! I will not expect anything to be read for class tomorrow since this was … Read More
- Catch up on your reading and annotating!
- Read
- Miller, Jennifer. “Gender Performativity,” LGBTQ+ Studies: An Open Textbook. Accessed at SUNY OER Services (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA)
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper
DUE: Friday, 9/29 by 11:59 pm
Submit your essay on Blackboard. Upload a file from your computer, click “agree,” and then click “submit.”
Remember, you will be submitting a … Read More
- Complete your field research
- Type up a rough draft of Field Research Essay 1 and bring it to class for a workshop. Print it out and bring in a copy.
Continue to develop your field research essay. Write out your:
- Research Question
- Hypothesis
- Research Plan (what type of data are you going to collect and how?)
That’s it! … Read More
- Develop a research question based on the reading/lectures from the most recent portion of the semester
- Read Grimm’s Fairy Tales: “Rapunzel,” “Little Snow-White,” “Little
Field Research Essay 1 will now be due on Thursday, 9/28… Read More
- Download, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Miller, Jennifer. “The Constructionist Turn in Gender and Sexuality Studies.” LGBTQ+ Studies: An Open Textbook. Accessed at SUNY OER Services (Licensed under
Continue reading and annotating “Age, Race, Class and Sex” and “Intersectionality”
- Download, read, annotate, and bring to class:
- Lorde, Audre. “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference.” Sister Outsider. Trumansburg: The Crossing Press, 1984. Accessed at Alexander
Read and annotate “What is LGBTQ+ Studies.” The collaborative annotation document is located on the OpenLab menu. … Read More
Perusall didn’t work! Don’t worry about the assignments. Let’s discuss next steps in class today. … Read More
- Sign up for OpenLab and request membership to join our class
- Create an account in Perusall and use code WESTENGARD-ER48M to join our class
- Review the syllabus and course schedule
Welcome to your English 2180 OpenLab page! I’m so excited to start this semester with you. Our class is in person, which means that we have regular meetings Tuesdays and … Read More
