Author Archive for Amble

Commentary 3

“What difference, I ask, does it make who researches, who writes about, who represents ‘subjects’ in composition research? And what difference does it make how these subjects are represented?” As Brueggemann began her dissertation research, she believed herself a distant…

Commentary 2

Ruth Ray focuses on the context of the classroom and the community when talking about effective teacher research. University research that deals in mass generalizations and standardized testing does little to help in teaching students. The main reason for this…

Week 2 Commentary

Joseph Harris offers a new and refreshing look at the ways that we look at texts, especially in the way we use them in our writing as intellectuals. Harris manages to give good advise and good examples of ways that…