bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Essence of Existence
Authors: Bryan Sara E. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

The visual and spatial orientation of Western and Greek thought is analyzed against the aural and temporal perspective found in a Jewish and Hebrew mode of thought These different modes of thought have directed the use of language and communication within these two groups; by comparing these two methods of communication, we are able to locate and discuss the strengths and the weaknesses of each. A new balance between the two can encourage a more effective and affective communication.
Karl Jaspers on Listening to the Sacred Within Empirical Existence
Authors: Gordon Ronald D. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

Karl Jaspers was among the world’s foremost existentialist philosophers. This article introduces Jaspers’s notion of “listening to” or “reading” spiritually significant symbols in order to encounter the sacred within our natural and material environments. An attempt is made to convey Jaspers’s background, his philosophy of cypher-listening, his place within existential philosophy, his relation to religion, and the relevance of his early existential philosophizing for our own 21st-century era of “existential threat.” Expanding traditional conceptions of “communication” to include human-and-nature and human-and-divine encounters is also encouraged.
“If You Were a Good Christian…”
Authors: Leonard Arielle , Ting-Toomey Stella , Dorjee Tenzin ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

This narrative study investigated the perceived experience and navigation of identity gaps in intrafaith Protestant dating relationships. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 self-identified Christians. Guided by the communication theory of identity, the analyses revealed identity-rooted dilemmas that disrupted the ideal Christian relationship trajectory. Under two identity gap motifs, four themes were uncovered: personal identity dissonance via enacted identity, perceived partner identity dissonance, church prescriptions and expectations, and intimacy boundary regulation and synchronization dilemmas. Three communication strategies were identified as attempts to navigate identity gaps: reinforcing faith-based identity awareness, practicing multiple interaction pathways, and tracking and sustaining third-party viewpoints.
What’s My Purpose Now?
Authors: Fanari Alice , Cooper R. Amanda ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

This study investigates how first-time religious missionaries use communication to readapt to life outside the mission field after returning home. The findings suggest that returning missionaries used communication to facilitate the reentry. In-depth qualitative interviews with 14 Christian missionaries revealed three common experiences: reconciling the missionary identity, reentering the social context, and transitioning to the post-missionary life, as well as four types of communication used to facilitate the reentry: storytelling, disclosing, connecting with God, and silencing. These findings provide insight into the experience of returning missionaries, their spiritual development, and use of communication.
“She Went to Church to Pray and Was Preyed Upon”
Authors: Garden Randa Lumsden ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

Grounded in narrative inquiry and framed by narrative theoretical perspective, the present study addresses the following research questions: (a) How does a church and associated church foundation practice religious affinity fraud? and (b) What are the communication challenges and experiences families may undergo when a church and associated church foundation practice religious affinity fraud on their vulnerable family members? An in-depth narrative inquiry exploring one church’s practice of religious affinity fraud on a family serves as a cautionary tale for other families to make them aware of the deceptive strategies used by charismatic church leaders to steal from the elderly and help minimize the chances of this misdeed happening to their family. Findings provide an entry point for cultural change in church communities where affinity fraud is prevalent. They also provide insight to families, researchers, and lawmakers so they can better understand how they can effectively communicate with and safeguard the elderly population.
Ears to Hear
Authors: Phillips Andrew ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

This study examines the effects of deductive and inductive preaching in a church setting. A sermon fulfills Bitzer’s description of a rhetorical event in context, exigence, and nature of utterance (1968). A series of deductive and inductive sermons was preached to gauge the preferences of listeners and impact of these rhetorical events on their lives. Two focus groups, as well as six interview subjects, participated in this qualitative study through pretests, post-tests, and interviews. Findings contribute to the field of communication by exploring ramifications of inductive and deductive preaching and the effects of each in a congregation situated in an increasingly biblically illiterate culture, specifically in the context of Churches of Christ.
Fusing Piety and Pop Culture
Authors: Brichta Maximilian ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

This essay analyzes the form of Hillsong Los Angeles’s live Sunday services and Hillsong California’s digital services using Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic analysis. Specifically, it extends Burke’s concept of the “representative anecdote” to accommodate the sequence of formal choices made in Hillsong church services. Furthermore, it considers the dialectical interactions of this underlying narrative, the material aspects of the service, and ritual enactments of the discourse therein. The essay offers a processual look at how one of the most popular global church movements articulates an organizationally coherent message in a local setting and also contributes to our understanding how millennial-led ministries influence the contemporary religious marketplace.
Erasing All the Darkness
Authors: Brandley Ben ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

Despite the Mormon Church having policies and doctrines that discriminate against 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, some queer people choose to stay in the organization. This study explores how collective forgetting is used as a strategy among queer Mormons as they navigate Othering. By employing a critical thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 15 queer and actively involved members of the Church, this research examines the tensions of remembering and forgetting discrimination and traces how official religious rhetoric influences interpersonal and identity decisions. Discussions on how the findings connect with whiteness and anti-queerness are presented within the context of the Church. Limitations and future paths of study are offered.
You Are What You Love (to Eat)
Authors: Buller-Young Jake ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

One of the problems with applying Maurice Charland’s theory of constitutive rhetoric to religious communication is that the theory is largely discursive. Yet embodied ritual is often crucial for understanding religious contexts. This study, then, seeks to theorize a constitutive rhetoric of practice, focusing on what Charland calls the ideologies of aesthetic experience. Using the Mennonite cookbook More-with-Less as a case study, I propose that practice, broadly construed, can be a constitutive rhetoric that interpellates the subject into the compressed narratives embodied in everyday actions.
Constructing a Transgender Version of Jewish Tradition: Joy Ladin’s The Soul of the Stranger
Authors: Spencer Leland G. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

In 2019, Joy Ladin published The Soul of the Stranger, a book that offers a transgender critical reading of the Torah along with Ladin’s personal reflections as a transgender member of a Jewish community with a background in Torah observance. This essay offers an analysis of The Soul of the Stranger, arguing that Ladin constructs a transgender Jewish tradition in the text. Ladin disavows the ostensible incompatibility of trans and Jewish experiences by showing how her reading of Genesis and Jonah accords with rather than departs from traditional rabbinic approaches to Jewish texts in two key ways: by reinterpreting apparent binaries in the creation narratives and by explaining biblical figures’ trans-related experiences. Ladin’s reimagining of foundational Jewish texts forecloses transphobic Torah interpretations by refusing to allow potential detractors to set the terms of the conversation. By appealing to Jewish tradition and, thereby, simultaneously constituting it, Ladin imagines and creates a trans-inclusive Judaism framed on its own terms rather than in opposition to voices of exclusion.
St. Catherine of Siena’s Dialogue: Enacting Semioethics-Responsive Communication
Authors: McDowell Christina L. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

St. Catherine of Siena’s life and writings illustrate the ways a person’s communication can provide guidance to others. Catherine exemplifies a dialogic responsiveness and commitment to semioethics by embodying her narrative tradition with an attentiveness toward charity and love toward others. Through an exploration of Catherine’s participation in society, giving specific attention to her effort to communicate with other people, this essay tells the story of St. Catherineof Siena; discusses her semioethics responsiveness through uncovering her dialogic approach grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition; and addresses her responsiveness to others, using her letters to demonstrate her semioethics.
Faculty Onboarding and Assimilation in the Religious Academic Setting
Authors: Crow Brook , Sellnow-Richmond Debbie ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

Faculty members face a great deal of uncertainty when hired by an institution. With a new work environment and unfamiliar processes, a faculty member can experience stress when starting a new position. To reduce possible feelings of isolation and dissatisfaction, colleges and universities can create onboarding programs that focus on specific needs that should be addressed. Faculty members hired to universities that align with their religious orientations may have nuanced retention and satisfaction experiences. This case study uses Jablin’s organizational assimilation theory (OAT) to understand how faculty members’ onboarding process affects their assimilation in religious colleges and seeks to understand additional factors that may lead to the overall satisfaction of new faculty members.
"Christian Worldview": A Defining Symbolic Term of the American Evangelical Speech Code
Authors: Ward Sr. Mark ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

In the speech code of American evangelicalism, the symbolic term “Christian worldview” and its companion term “biblical worldview” are ubiquitous. Speech codes theory (SCT) holds that symbolic terms simply and quickly communicate complex ideas, values, and meanings that are taken for granted in the shared culture of a speech community. Symbolic terms accomplish this work by activating community members’ cognitive schemata or shared mental organization of cultural knowledge. The present study elaborates the historical and contemporary ideas, values, and meanings tacitly conveyed by “Christian worldview,” reports field observations of a one-year “worldview” small group Bible study and interprets this symbolic term as a defining marker of American evangelical culture. SCT holds that a distinctive culture manifests a distinctive speech code of socially constructed meanings that shape its cultural life. The study argues that the symbolic terms “Christian worldview” and “biblical worldview” shape American evangelical culture life according to meanings essential for interpreting that culture and for the discursive constitution of evangelical subjectivity.
The Iron Lady’s Capitalist Christianity: Margaret Thatcher’s Rhetorical Theology
Authors: Spencer Leland G. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

Margaret Thatcher made history in 1979 when she became the first woman prime minister in the history of the United Kingdom. Unlike many of her predecessors, Thatcher regularly drew on her religious faith in her rhetoric and her approach to shaping policy. This article argues that Margaret Thatcher’s public speeches, memoirs, and official biographies of her life, when taken together, offer a coherent statement of her understanding of Christianity that we call a rhetorical theology. Thatcher’s rhetorical theology offers a justification for her fiercely individualistic public policies from within her articulated religious perspective. We analyze fragments of discourse by and about Thatcher that we argue constitute her rhetorical theology: an understanding of Christianity that offers a muted British version of the prosperity gospel to justify conservative economic and social policies.
Between Fundamentalists and Funnymonkeyists
Authors: Kearney Michael R. ,   Religious Communication Association
Published: March 2024

“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” was the title of a 1922 sermon by Harry Emerson Fosdick, announcing a question that fueled public dispute in the fundamentalist–modernist controversy in 1920s America. The question persists today, but this article turns to the metaphors of apocalyptic rhetoric and routine cynicism to suggest a deeper question energizing fundamentalist and antifundamentalist rhetoric: What does the future of faith look like in an era of cynicism? This article brings a philosophical hermeneutic approach to Fosdick’s sermon as well as the rebuttals of John Roach Straton and Clarence Edward Macartney. Macartney’s distinctive form of apocalyptic rhetoric, this article argues, offers a possible way to counter fundamentalism’s dangers without tacitly accepting its methodological premises of marginalization and polarization.
Exploring GPT-4's Characteristics Through the 5Vs of Big Data: A Brief Perspective
Authors: Alyasiri Osamah Mohammed , Akhtom Dua’a , Ali Ahmed Hussein
Published: March 2024

In the dynamic field of modern artificial intelligence, GPT-4 emerges as a key participant, addressing challenges similar to Big Data's 5Vs—Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Value. This study explores the convergence of GPT-4's operational framework with the core aspects of Big Data, highlighting the model's flexibility and efficacy in handling intricate datasets. GPT-4 excels in managing extensive textual data, aligning with Big Data's voluminous nature, and demonstrates real-time processing capabilities to match the rapid evolution of Big Data. While initially text-oriented, GPT-4 expands into image recognition, enhancing versatility and aligning with Big Data's Variety aspect. The model's evolving proficiency in non-textual domains broadens its utility. Addressing Veracity, GPT-4 critically evaluates diverse training data, mirroring Big Data's challenges in ensuring accuracy. Its outputs, offering context and insights, contribute to actionable knowledge and align with Big Data's objectives. Despite differences, GPT-4 serves as a microcosm, providing scalable and accessible data processing capabilities, establishing itself as a crucial tool in the AI domain. This paper emphasizes the parallels and underscores GPT-4's adaptability in handling complex datasets.
System design and implementation of an IoT electronic pulse sphygmomanometer
Authors: Niu Yitong , Wang Haiyang , Abdullayevdep-t Vugar , Al_Barazanchi Israa Ibraheem
Published: March 2024

A sphygmomanometer is a standard testing tool for monitoring blood pressure and plays a vital role in modern medical diagnosis. Traditional smart electronic sphygmomanometers are complex and costly; this paper designs a low-cost electronic pulse sphygmomanometer through microcontroller control. This design collects the gas pressure information through the barometric pressure sensor and inputs it into the analog-to-digital converter. It converts the collected analog signal into a digital signal and then completes the determination of blood pressure and pulse through the recognition algorithm. Finally, this design is found to have the advantages oa f wide range of applicationslightweightht, low price, etc., and has important application value.
Improved GIS-T model for finding the shortest paths in graphs
Authors: Raed Abdulkareem Hasan  , Mustafa Mahmood Akawee  , Tole Sutikno
Published: March 2024

A system of models and methods is proposed for the stated problem, which is the development of software for searching the shortest paths in graphs. These models and methods are based on a comparative analysis of various types of geographic information system-transportation (GIS-T) and optimization methods that pertain to searching for the shortest paths in a graph. The goal of this research is to find a solution to the problem. The fundamental ideas behind GIS-T and computational geometry (CG), in addition to the approach of combinatorial optimization, were utilized in this endeavor. Compilation of the newly developed software takes place in the Java Eclipse development environment. Examples of graphic interfaces and potential solutions are used to illustrate its capabilities in relation to the quest for the shortest routes possible within the confines of a particular geographic area. The compiled geographic information system (GIS) tool known as "route" determines the routes that are the shortest distance between existing settlements as well as those that have been defined by the user. In addition to this, it enables the problem to be solved in circumstances in which certain roads become inoperable or certain settlements may be reached via the specified field roads.
A Survey of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Controllers for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
Authors: Hiba Sahib Rasheed Alzubaidy  , Hanan Jabber
Published: March 2024

Many local devices across the globe, including those in homes, oil wells, hospitals, vehicles, andcountless more locations, will be linked through the Internet of Things (IoT). The number of connecteddevices will surpass 50 billion in 2020, as predicted by Gartner. Some examples of this strategy includethe (IoMT, IoNT, and IoBT). All of this is situated beneath the network architecture. More design,construction, and mapping flexibility is brought about by the software-defined network, or SDN. Toenable SDN to support the functioning of the Internet of Things (IoT), the SDN controller is the "core"of SDN in any network. Given the pervasiveness of IoT devices and the critical role that SDN controllersplay in enabling them, we will examine the most effective controller types and determine which ones aremost suited to IoT devices. As a result, there are unique requirements for security, speed, and otheraspects of IoT applications. This will serve as the foundation for the comparison, which will be carriedout utilising the API and the Python programming language.
A Survey on microstrip filters, diplexers, and triplexers state of art between 2018 and 2022
Authors: Juan H. Namdar  , Mohammed Q. Mohammed  , Waleed Y Hussein
Published: March 2024

Communication plays an important role in life these days. Communications interfere in many applications, for example, military, medical and community systems. Communications have brought the world closer. This article shows a state of art of previous studies about many devices used in communication systems. These devices are categorized under the term microstrip devices.Filters, Diplexers, and Triplexers will be the scop
Mining Utilities Itemsets based on social network
Authors: Sara salman Qasim  , Lubna Mohammed Hasan
Published: March 2024

Mining utility item sets based on social network data involves extracting meaningful patterns and associations from user interactions. In this paper, the process begins by collecting and preprocessing data from platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Utility measures are defined based on frequency of occurrence, user engagement metrics, or other domain-specific criteria. Itemsets that meet certain thresholds are identified using techniques like frequent itemset mining or advanced algorithms like Apriori or FP-growth. Additional analyses, such as association rule mining, uncover relationships between different itemsets or user segments, providing valuable insights for personalized recommendations, targeted advertising, and decision-making processes.
Evaluating if Ghana's Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011 (Act 829) Sufficiently Addresses Medical Negligence Risks from Integration of Artificial Intelligence Systems
Authors: Benneh Mensah George , Dutta Pushan Kumar
Published: March 2024

With artificial intelligence (AI) integrated increasingly to enhance personalized diagnosis and data-driven treatment recommendations, this analysis examines the legal sufficiency of Ghana’s Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011 (Act 829) to address medical negligence risks from reliance on AI systems in clinical settings. The CREAC framework structures evaluating gaps where existing health regulations may lack clarity for emerging issues of accountability. Explanation contextualizes the probabilistic nature of AI inferences and how general principles of medical negligence could have ambiguous application currently if erroneous AI contributions result in patient harm. Application to a hypothetical scenario assesses if adequate protections for appropriate integration exist across developers, systems, healthcare facilities, and practitioners under applicable interpretations of existing laws. Finding liability rules insufficient absent targeted AI governance, conclusions recommend amending Act 829 in key areas to codify expectations for responsible innovation and prevent ambiguity in liability.

This work carries scientific novelty as one of the first structured jurisdictional analyses internationally of healthcare AI accountability gaps through a legal lens. Practical significance lies in setting the stage for strengthening protections in Ghana through proposed statutory reforms that reduce uncertainty around this crucial area for quality care. The method and recommendations offer a model for modernizing medical negligence law and AI policy amidst ongoing digitization in healthcare worldwide.
Mapping the Evolution of Arabic Language Research: A Bibliometric Approach
Authors: Abdulroya Benseng  , Sakirin Tam
Published: March 2024

This bibliometric analysis examines the progression of research on the Arabic language using a thorough dataset obtained from Scopus and shared on GitHub. This study uses quantitative measurements to analyze the field's progression, pinpointing significant trends, notable contributors, and thematic emphasis areas. The analysis shows a strong connection between linguistic studies and technology improvements through the incorporation of computer approaches like natural language processing and deep learning. Geographical contributions demonstrate a worldwide interest in Arabic language studies, with Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Jordan, and Tunisia being the top countries in terms of scholarly output and citation effect. The study delves into a detailed examination of sociolinguistic aspects, specifically focusing on gender, in Arabic language research. The discipline is expanding dynamically and showing interdisciplinary characteristics through a consistent growth in research output and a diverse range of themes indicated by keyword analysis. The co-occurrence network analysis demonstrates the interconnection of research issues, with "Arabic languages" serving as a core node connecting several sub-disciplines. This bibliometric analysis illustrates the expansion and thematic development of Arabic language research, highlighting its growing complexity and worldwide influence. This study enhances comprehension of the present state and future trends of Arabic language studies by emphasizing the use of computational technology and the importance of international cooperation.
آليات العمل الدعوي في اماكن العمل
Authors: Salman Yacoub Youssef Ahmed , Al-Hiti Muhannad Abdel Aziz Fawaz
Published: March 2024

الحمد لله رب العالمين، والعاقبة للمتقين، ولا عدوان إلا على الظالمين، "ولقد خلق الله سبحانه وتعالى إنما خلق الجن والإنس ليعبد وحده لا شريك له، وليعظم أمره ونهيه، فعلم اخي بذلك أن من الحكمة في إيجاد الخليقة: أن يعرف الله سبحانه بأسمائه وصفاته"، وأنه على كل شيء قدير، تحمل أصحابه من بعده الأمانة، "وساروا على الطريق، فدعوا إلى الله "عز وجل"، وانتشروا في أرجاء المعمورة دعاة للحق، وبذلك يتضح لكل طالب علم أن الدعوة إلى الله من أهم المهمات، وأن الأمة في كل زمان ومكان في أشد الحاجة إليها"، بل في أشد الضرورة إلى ذلك.
Human-Centric Development: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Opportunities in the G20 Global Agenda
Authors: Vijaywargia Dr. Tripti
Published: March 2024

This chapter explores the G20 human-centric development focus, highlighting key issues and challenges faced by the intergovernmental forum in its pursuit of inclusive and sustainable progress. It emphasizes the importance of translating commitments into concrete actions, addressing inequality, and fostering global partnerships to achieve the G20 human-centric development aspirations In a world increasingly interconnected, the Group of Twenty (G20), an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries and the European Union, has emerged as a pivotal force in shaping global development agendas. Recognizing the centrality of human well-being and sustainable progress, the G20 has placed human- centric development at the forefront of its endeavours, striving to address the multifaceted challenges that hinder the advancement of societies worldwide. Embracing a Human-Centric Approach, the G20 human centric development focus is deeply embedded in its overarching theme, & quote; One Earth, One Family, One Future; This theme encapsulates the notion that the future of humanity is inextricably linked to the collective well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. By adopting a human-centric approach, the G20 seeks to ensure that development efforts prioritize the needs, aspirations, and empowerment of individuals, communities, and future generations
The Researcher as Missionary: Problems with Rhetoric and Reform in the Disciplines
Authors: Segal Judy , Par– Anthony , Brent Doug , Vipond Douglas
Published: March 2024

In short, we explore here the general question of why we might want to turn the people we study into audiences for our work, and then the more particular questions of how we might do so usefully and without adopting the colonial, self-righteous attitude evoked by our title. (Segal, et. al 73).
Call Me Horatio: Negotiating Between Cognition and Affect in Composition
Authors: Fulkerson Richard
Published: March 2024

We have here four books, a sort of mini-groundswell, dealing in different ways with “affective issues” in composition, to use McLeod’s relatively focused term, or with “the domain beyond the cognitive,” to use the more expansive phrasing of Brand and Graves. (Fulkerson 101).
Sponsors of Literacy
Authors: Brandt Deborah
Published: March 2024

In this essay I set out a case for why the concept of sponsorship is so richly suggestive for exploring economies of literacy and their effects. Then, through use of extended case examples, I demonstrate the practical application of this approach for interpreting current conditions of literacy teaching and learning, including persistent stratification of opportunity and escalating standards for literacy achievement. A final section addresses implications for the teaching of writing. (Brandt 167).
Habits of Mind: Historical Configurations of Textual Ownership In Peer Writing Groups
Authors: Spigelman Candace
Published: March 2024

In this paper I want to argue that students’ attitudes about authorship and intellectual property rights are, among other things, evidence of certain cultural "habits of mind," habits which are shaped throughout their lifetimes and which they bring to their interpretations of the writing group experience. (Spigelman 234-35).
Rhetorical Listening: A Trope for Interpretive Invention and a “Code of Cross-Cultural Conduct”
Authors: Ratcliffe Krista
Published: March 2024

I make the following moves in this article: (1) I briefly trace how rhetorical listening emerged in my thinking; (2) I explore disciplinary and cultural biases that subordinate listening to reading and writing and speaking; (3) I speculate why listening is needed; (4) I offer an extended definition of rhetorical listening as a trope for interpretive invention; (5) I demonstrate how it may be employed as a code of cross-cultural conduct; and (6) I listen to a student’s listening.
Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays
Authors: Comfort Juanita Rodgers
Published: March 2024

This article asserts that personal essays by black feminist writers such as June Jordan might be used to teach first-year and advanced student writers how to connect their personal and social identities in ways that will enhance the rhetorical impact of their writing while transcending mere “confession” or self-indulgence.
The Erasure of the Sentence
Authors: Connors Robert J.
Published: March 2024

This article examines the sentence-based pedagogies that arose in composition during the 1960s and 1970s—the generative rhetoric of Francis Christensen, imitation exercises, and sentence-combining—and attempts to discern why these three pedagogies have been so completely elided within contemporary composition studies. The usefulness of these sentence-based rhetorics was never disproved, but a growing wave of anti-formalism, anti-behaviorism, and anti-empiricism within English-based composition studies after 1980 doomed them to a marginality under which they still exist today. The result of this erasure of sentence pedagogies is a culture of writing instruction that has very little to do with or to say about the sentence outside of a purely grammatical discourse.
Le Style est L’Homme Meme: The Action of Literature
Authors: Brown Marshall
Published: March 2024

Suggests that doing literary criticism is how teachers and students hear other voices as they read, instead of projections of themselves. Espouses the study of style as the vehicle of literary criticism. Proposes a definition of style.
Pomo Blues: Stories from First-Year Composition
Authors: Carroll Lee Ann
Published: March 2024

Shows how some key postmodern ideas about texts forced a teacher and her students to rethink typical writing assignments and typical student responses. Describes the assignments and considers how they invite postmodern critique. Suggests giving up grandiose, romantic notions that Freshman Composition can fix students either personally or politically.
Cather, Woolf, and the Two Mrs. Ramsays
Authors: Williams Deborah Lindsay
Published: March 2024

Discusses Willa Cather’s novel “Lucy Gayheart,” which provides the only public access to Cather’s sense of connection to Virginia Woolf, a writer she admired. Uses Cather’s “provocative” placement of Mrs. Ramsay as a way to re-frame thinking about this novel. Considers it as an experimental modernist novel.
(Re)Reenvisioning the Dissertation in English Studies
Authors: Olsen Gary A. , Drew Julie
Published: March 2024

Contends that the academy has forgotten the origin of the dissertation and has turned it from a substantive contribution of scholarship to an instrument of evaluation. Argues that continuing to treat the dissertation in this way maintains an unequal power hierarchy of “masters” and initiates–it should be seen as the first serious scholarly monograph a scholar produces.
Opinion: Ethical Issues Raised by Students Personal Writing
Authors: Morgan Dan
Published: March 2024

Discusses common-sense and immediate measures (and attendant difficulties) to deal with ethical issues raised by students’ personal writing. Advocates giving more attention to the increasing complexities of teachers’ roles; to the complicated and thoroughly nontraditional lives led by most students; to the increasingly personal interaction that takes place with students; and to issues of trust and ethical responsibilities.
Confronting Stereotypes: Maus in Crown Heights
Authors: Loewenstein Andrea Freud
Published: March 2024

Concentrates specifically on the experience of using “Maus” (a narrative in comic strip form) with one class which met in spring 1996, after the accidental killing of a Black child by a Hasidic Jew in Crown Heights, New York. Uses the text at Medgar Evers College in a freshman composition course which also functions as an introduction to literature. Describes the classroom dynamics.
Visualizing English: Recognizing the Hybrid Literacy of Visual and Verbal Authorship on the Web
Authors: Stroupe Craig
Published: March 2024

Argues that the current electronic environment forces English studies into competition and combination with extra-verbal codes and languages. Describes a specific approach to reading, composing, and teaching the problematic combination of verbal and nonverbal features in texts conceived for or in electronic environments. Describes continuities between visual digitality and the verbal literacy currently taught within English Studies curricula.
Integrating Rhetorical and Literary Theories of Genre
Authors: Devitt Amy J.
Published: March 2024

Claims scholars in English, as a field of study, share a common object of study, specifically the study of discourse. Compares and attempts to integrate the scholarship on one part of discourse--genre--from two subdisciplines of English, literary and composition study.
On Reading Differently: Through Foucault’s Resistance
Authors: Muckelbauer John
Published: March 2024

Considers the possibility that engaging a text need not proceed through a preexisting program and, further, that another style of engagement may indicate intriguing possibilities for resistance. Demonstrates a type of criticism called “productive reading.” Concludes that it is not sufficient to assume that reading must proceed through a primary emphasis on accuracy and representation.
Opinion: The Rhetoric of Reproof
Authors: Podis Leonard A. , Podis JoAnne M.
Published: March 2024

Questions the rhetoric of reproof and asserts the authors’ belief that the practice of scholarly critique is generally salutary. Hopes to stand as a testimony to the firm belief in the importance of critique in the ongoing scholarly conversation. Considers ethical problems with (and use of) the rhetoric of reproof, and ethical awareness and the scholarly conversation.
Portfolio on Portfolios
Authors: Romano Tom
Published: March 2024

Offers a discussion, in the form of a portfolio, of how the author helps student teachers reflect on their teaching through learning portfolios including artifacts on the culture of teaching, pedagogical insights, big risks and monumental leaps, and failures. Notes that these portfolios often surprise and instruct the author about students’ subjective teaching experience. Full article available in print version only.
Dog Day Literacy
Authors: Fox Roy
Published: March 2024

Explores what the author learned about teaching and the limits of language through a series of mishaps that occurred during a family move, which disrupted his assumptions and led him to question the limits of language to represent experience. Invites students to discover for themselves how representations of reality which differ from language are valuable in and of themselves. Full article available in print version only.
Advocating for Change: A New Education for New Teachers
Authors: Fleischer Cathy
Published: March 2024

Discusses the role of teachers in relation to parents. Suggests English educators have much to do in helping teachers learn how to inform parents about the best practices in English/language arts. Posits that teachers--preservice and practicing--must think about their roles differently to see themselves as advocates, not just for students, but for their teaching practices.
Whole Language, Whole School, Whole Community: Truths and Consequences
Authors: Onore Cynthia
Published: March 2024

Discusses disciplinary actions against the principal of a small, suburban elementary school in Westchester County, New York, from several vantage points: the legal story, the whole–language story, the leadership story, and the school in the community story. Discusses the struggle of public schools both to constitute and to relate to the policies and lived practices of a democracy.
Here’s What I Did: Making “Sharing” Research Meaningful for Teaching
Authors: Bush Jonathan
Published: March 2024

Discusses the “Teaching Ideas” column in “English Journal” in terms of the way these articles work and how they might be re-envisioned. Claims the importance of the particular teaching situation must be emphasized to give a better understanding of the diversity, individuality, and attention to context that teaching English requires.
Conversations and Competence: How English Teachers Fail to Connect
Authors: Callahan Susan
Published: March 2024

Notes that secondary English teachers must negotiate between using standard professional discourse and the sub-discourse used within a particular school or school district. Suggests strategies to use to help future teachers negotiate between the two.
Spinning the Web: Relationships, Talk, and Learning in a Diverse Classroom
Authors: Puidokas Cammie Kim
Published: March 2024

Presents concerns of a middle school teacher regarding the possibility that programs designed to enhance teachers’ cultural sensitivity might inadvertently serve to emphasize the differences between white teachers and their students of color. Relates how her students dealt with the use of racial epithets by other students.
Understanding in the Most Fundamental Way
Authors: Lee Carol
Published: March 2024

Argues that more is needed than a generic, Euro-centric, or culture specific set of teaching strategies to address the issue of equity in schools. Offers a critical perspective on the working principles articulated in the report of a special commission on how best to prepare English teachers to work effectively with increasingly diverse students.
On Not Teaching Grammar
Authors: Vavra Ed
Published: March 2024

In “On Not Teaching Grammar,” Ed Vavra distinguishes between usage and syntax and addresses the question, “To teach or not to teach grammar and how?”
Grammar Instruction: What Teachers Say
Authors: Petruzzella Brenda Arnett
Published: March 2024

In “Grammar Instruction: What Teachers Say” by Brenda Arnett Petruzzella, teachers tell how they teach grammar as a part of teaching writing, as mechanics and usage rather than a way to describe the structure of our language.
Censorship—When Things Get Hazy
Authors: Suhor Charles
Published: March 2024

Examines some of the hazy areas involving censorship and sanctions for teachers who teach censored material or who violate none-too-clear school district rules or procedures. Looks also at clear cases of poor judgement on the part of teachers.
The Teacher’s Nightmare: Getting Fired for Good Teaching
Authors: Lacks Cissy
Published: March 2024

Contains a summary of the events leading to the firing of teacher Cissy Lacks and her successful court battle to win her job back with compensations. Presents Lacks’ own reflections on censorship, discrimination, tenure, publicity, legal representation, and constitutional issues.
Teaching Ideas
Authors: Redmon Robert
Published: March 2024

Contains two articles on writing instruction: the first shows how the prospect of student publishing inspires students to try new forms of writing; the second explains a marking system that encourages students to see the importance of the content in their writing.
It’s the THAT, Teacher
Authors: Hipple Ted
Published: March 2024

Questions the value of classic literature in teaching secondary school students to read for pleasure. Suggests that a better vehicle for the same goal is young adult literature like “The Outsiders.”
Honoring the Best YA Books of the Year: 1964–1995
Authors: Donelson Ken
Published: March 2024

Expresses disappointment in the book and publishing community for not giving an award each year to the best young adult book. Presents an annotated list of the author’s own favorites for each year from 1964 to 1995.
Global Issues: Our International Day: Its Origins, Features, Outcomes
Authors: Simmons John S.
Published: March 2024

Reviews a range of topics addressed at the annual business meeting of the International Assembly on the Teaching of English during the 1995 National Council of Teachers of English meeting. Topics include cultural diversity outreach, test-driven curricula, diversity versus tradition, and literacy.
School Reform: A Reflective Essay
Authors: Nicastro Gerilee
Published: March 2024

Describes the author’s experience as a classroom teacher working for six years on school reform as a member of her school’s site-based decision-making committee. Discusses a sense of belonging to a professional committee, teacher-initiated integrated curriculum, frustration in coping with rotating principals, growing expectations to assess student achievement, and the impact on participants’ professional lives.
The Power of Brevity in War Poetry
Authors: Bartel Roland , Grandberry Diana
Published: March 2024

Argues that the poetry of war is often compressed and powerful and that students of writing and literature can learn from these poets that restraint creates resonance. Discusses war poems with emphatic conclusions; war poems that are short and direct; and teaching the dynamics of brevity through a variety of activities using war poems and war quotations.
Why I Am a Multiculturalist: The Power of Stories Told and Untold
Authors: Dilg Mary D.
Published: March 2024

Explores the many reasons to read and teach multicultural literature, including to know oneself and others, and because people still lead largely segregated lives. Considers the impact of including and excluding lives and cultures. Responds to opposition to including these works, and details the power of multicultural literature to move students.
Minimizing Writing Apprehension in the Learner-Centered Classroom
Authors: Reeves LaVona L.
Published: March 2024

“Minimizing Writing Apprehension in the Learner-Centered Classroom” by LaVona L. Reeves lists the characteristics of apprehensive writers and offers a number of strategies for drawing them out.
Global Issues: Rhetoric Reconsidered-Here and Abroad
Authors: Naff Bea , Schnaufer Theila
Published: March 2024

Describes a project in a third-year Latin class in a high school in the Appalachian foothills in which students (1) identified and analyzed classical rhetorical devices in speeches by Winston Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr.; (2) used rhetorical frames; and (3) wrote their own speeches as part of a year-long writing exchange with senior-level English students in England.
Chaos, Complexity, and Fuzziness: Science Looks at Teaching English
Authors: McAndrew Donald A.
Published: March 2024

Describes three recent scientific theories (chaos theory, complexity theory, and fuzzy logic) and shows how they serve as metaphors for understanding English teaching.
Finding a Way: Student Self-discovery and N. Scott Momaday’s The Way to Rainy Mountain
Authors: Charles Jim
Published: March 2024

Argues that Barbara Kingsolver is one of the fresh new American voices whose work could find a comfortable niche in the curriculum canon for high school literature classes. Describes her novel, “The Bean Trees,” determining that it is an extremely “teachable” work. Outlines opportunities the book offers in terms of themes, various literary techniques, and other connections.
This World of English
Authors: Heller Daniel A.
Published: March 2024

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Toward Creating a TV Research Community in Your Classroom
Authors: Morris Barbra S.
Published: March 2024

Describes three instructional stages of television research for the classroom: (1) establish students as experts; (2) provide a solid research procedure; and (3) require written reports and oral presentations of research findings to the class.
The Politics of Teleliteracy and Adbusting in the Classroom
Authors: Curry-Tash Marnie W.
Published: March 2024

Starts with a macro or global analysis of television, leading into an examination of how media (television and commercials in particular) functions at a micro or personal level. Proposes ways these issues can be transformed into challenging and meaningful curricula that teach students to engage in critical evaluations of the content and broader implications of commercial advertisements.
A Semester of Action Research: Reinventing My English Teaching through Technology
Authors: Traubitz Nancy
Published: March 2024

Investigates whether technology supports curriculum content, how to get technology into average-level English classes, and what strategies using technology would appeal to students. Discusses reassessing teaching strategies, formulating a question and collecting data, initial survey results, implementing strategies, student response, difficulties implementing technology, and the final student survey.
Young Adult Literature: Modernizing the Study of History Using Young Adult Literature
Authors: Kaywell Joan F. , Oropallo Kathleen
Published: March 2024

Presents brief annotations of 61 books of young adult historical fiction and nonfiction that address other time periods (biblical time period, the 1700s, the 1800s, the 20th century, political unrest overseas, and chronicles) that could be used in the classroom as part of a unit of study. Describes possible activities using five of the books.
Setting the Trap: Developing K-12 Standards for the English Language Arts
Authors: Miller Jeanetta
Published: March 2024

Describes the trial and error process over a three-year period in which a group of English teachers developed district-level content and performance standards for writing. Describes workshops which led to action research teams. Argues they did three things right: invented their own standards, shared the inventions with colleagues, and learned to live with paradigm shifts.
Playing with Subtext: Using Groucho to Teach Shakespeare
Authors: O’Connor John S.
Published: March 2024

Describes how a high school English teacher uses a Groucho Marx scene to help his students learn to read the subtext in Shakespeare plays of social context, characters’ goals and desires, and obstacles standing in their way. Offers examples of skits students perform which make these subtexts explicit.
Short Fiction: Second Place: The Girl from India
Authors: Klosner M.
Published: March 2024

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Poetry: Honorable Mention: Joy
Authors: Zant Frank Van
Published: March 2024

Available in print version only.
Lucy in the Chocolate Factory: From the Business World to the High School Classroom
Authors: Solomon Carol Westreich
Published: March 2024

Offers observations on the author’s experience of the past two years as she returned to teaching high school English after over 20 years of training adults in business in government to improve their writing. Reflects on the differing demands of these work environments, and on how the canon itself and approaches to teaching classics have changed over those 20 years.
Entering the Whirlwind: Editing English Journal, 1994-1998
Authors: Christenbury Leila
Published: March 2024

Describes the author’s experiences as editor of “English Journal” from 1994 to 1998. Describes the controversy and institutional pressures from above that attended her editorship, because of her devotion to publishing articles propounding widely varying views on controversial topics of heated debate within the profession.
“Glimpses of Lives Close to Mine”: English Teaching at a New Century
Authors: Shadiow Linda K.
Published: March 2024

Linda Shadiow’s article looks at a number of questions about teaching and how they were answered over the course of the 20th century.