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Dawn of the Undead Classroom: Pop-Culture in the First-Year Composition Classroom
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Supplemented by the findings of her IRB certified research project, Sierra A. Ellison delves into the positive effects pop culture and genre have on the first-year composition classroom, exploring how engaging students through a common discourse that is relatable and comfortable can aid in their writing and composition progression. She explains how teaching under a framework such as the undead and examining these types of thematic material can engage students in the material and give students the space to open up about key issues like race, sex, politics, morality, and consumerism that they might be reluctant to discuss otherwise.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ellison, Sierra A
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Joanna Levin
- Dr. Justine Van Meter
- Professor Morgan Read-Davidson
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/english_theses/21
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.chapman.edu:english_theses-1023