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William P. Banks teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Rhetoric and Composition. Currently, he's researching the literacy practices of adolescent gay males, particularly how they perform "self" on their weblogs using both alphabetic and visual codes. He has guest-edited a special issue of Computers and Composition on the theme "Sexualities, Technologies, and the Teaching of Writing," which won the 2005 Ellen Nold Award for distinguished contribution to the field of Computers and Writing. His articles have also appeared in College English, Dialogue: A Journal for Writing Specialists, Illinois English Journal, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College. He serves as Director of the First Year Writing Studio. Degrees B.A. Georgia Southern University M.A. Georgia Southern University Ph.D. Illinois State University Areas of Interest Theories of Rhetoric and Composition Teaching of Writing Histories of Rhetoric Minority Rhetorics English Education Computers and Composition National Writing Project Children's and Adolescent Literatures Courses Taught 8601: Advanced Research Methods in Rhetoric & Composition 7666: Teaching English in the Two-Year College 7601: Research Design in Rhetoric & Composition 6625: Teaching Composition, Theory and Practice 4950: Literature for Children 4540: Special Topics Seminar 3890: Critical Writing 3810: Advanced Composition 2730: Functional Grammar 1200: Composition 1100: Composition E-mail & Website Links Send Email Personal Site Graduate Concentration in Rhetoric & Composition First-Year Writing Studio
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Survey of Diversity in First-Year Writing (Instructors & Administrators)
Will Banks (East Carolina U), Martha Marinara (U of Central Florida), Samantha Blackmon (Purdue), and Jonathan Alexander (U of Cincinnati) would like to invite you to participate in a quick survey related to issues of diversity in first-year writing classrooms and programs.
While investigations into cultural and ethnic diversity continue to transform teaching practices in college writing courses, there remains a significant gap in our knowledge about whether or not lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) topics, concerns, or issues have become part of college curricula. Although a few scholar-teachers have told stories of their personal experiences of integrating LGBT content into classes, there has been no systematic, large-scale inquiry into the representation of LGBT topics, concerns, or issues in first-year writing classes. To gain insight into what kinds of exposure, if any, students in their first year of college have to LGBT issues and concerns, we are asking you to take 10 – 15 minutes to respond to the following survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=531123206826
In order to offer a quick and efficient a survey as possible, some questions may not appear for all participants depending on their answers to earlier questions about their professional responsibilities. Do not be alarmed as all submitted responses will be considered in the final data analysis.
While we are sending invitations to participate to a number of listservs, please help us to get as complete a picture as possible by forwarding this message and link to other colleagues who may be interested in participating in this study.
We thank you in advance for taking the time to help us with this important research project.
Will, Martha, Sam, & Jonathan