Hanly, John P.
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
"Belle of Monticello" : the transgressive rhetoric of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Tur
Identifier: b7929338
Introduction [excerpt]
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge has all but been forgotten by history. Those who know her name associate her with Thomas Jefferson, her nation-building grandfather who once authored The Declaration of Independence. During her life she functioned as, and behind-the-scenes, played a major role as Jefferson's biographer and apologist, educating others about his personal life and defending him against some of his harshest critics. Yet, like many women of the...
Dates:
2019
Conversing on disability : analyzing and exploring how scholars are discussing disability studies, discovering disability in YA literature, and finding disability analyses in composition classrooms, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis McC
Identifier: b7929087
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates:
2018
Digital technology's effect on adolescents' writing processes, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Tre
Identifier: b7929342
[Introduction -- excerpt]
[T]he current study uses a RAD [replicable, agreeable, and data supported] approach to answer the question: how is digital technology affecting the composing process through a qualitative examination and analysis of the literary practices of Generation Y? Generation Y, which includes those born in 1997 or later, has never known to compose without digital technology; they are the generation most affected by digital technology, and their writing skills and processes have been influenced by...
Dates:
2019
Emotions, discomfort, and ethical responsivity : taking the risk to care, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Hla
Identifier: b7930285
Introduction [excerpt]
Drawing on my experiences as a secondary educatator, my research into the affective turn in composition theory--and intending to participate in and contribute to recent conversations among scholars in the field about how to respond to the emergence of post-truth--I propose in my thesis a new paradigm for composition educators to embrace in addressing the challenges that the Rhetoric Society of America, Writing Program Administration, and scholars such as [Bruce] McComiskey, [Ellen C.]...
Dates:
2020
Pride Prejudice and Zombies : an evaluation of Austen's use of socially circulating rhetoric regarding the modern phantasmagorical reinvention of Pride and Prejudice, 2017
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lej
Identifier: b7669059
Introduction [excerpt]
My thesis will argue that [Jane] Austen remains a critical rhetorical voice, one that has been reinvented through the centuries up to the present day and is still relevant and being reinterpreted currently. Essentially, I hope to contribute to the project of understanding the emerging "rhetorical self" of Austen, by building on the work of James Kastely, alongside others, in order to claim that there is still more we can learn about Jane Austen, and ourselves, by exploring how...
Dates:
2017
Thank you for calling, how may I help you? : a Burkean analysis of agency as established through call soft skills training materials, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Dep
Identifier: b7876906
Introduction [excerpt]
[T]he complex rhetorical situations in which customer service representatives are rountinely engaged ... require specialized training through the use of manuals and other specialized texts. These texts, compiled by the organization's training and managerial staff, serve as guidelines on how to assist, to interact with, and to serve, customers within a professional context. Employees who are undergoing training learn how to service external audiences through the implementation of...
Dates:
2018
The rhetoric of slam poetry and its potential in the college writing classroom, 2015
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sca
Identifier: b7667382
Introduction [excerpt]
To ... begin this thesis, I will situate slam poetry in relation to composition and rhetoric scholarship, by investigating and ultimately questioning the tendency to reject the use of literary or fictional texts in first year writing courses. I will address why compositionists tend to prefer using overtly politically or socially conscious nonfiction articles in order to teach academic writing and suggest that slam poetry might provide a highly effective alternative or additonal focus for...
Dates:
2015
What do you mean this class doesn't count? : negotiating the challenges of writing placement in two-year colleges, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sef
Identifier: b7929092
Introduction [excerpt]
I begin by looking briefly at the historical circumstances that led to the initial introduction of writing placement practices, how these events influenced a demand for new placement procedures, and how this initiative developed over time to become a more complex issue than originally anticipated. Then, I review the evolution of placement practices, engaging with and analyzing the field's conversations regarding the most popular placement paradigms over recent decades. Last, I provide an...
Dates:
2018