Taught By:
Rebekah Crosson
Graduate Teaching Assistant
English, Rhetoric & Composition
University of Louisville
rebekah.crosson@louisville.edu
Read profile here.
Course Description:
English 102 focuses on creating and answering questions through research and writing using academic sources, both primary and secondary. A student in English 102 should expect to: develop and answer research questions; articulate a position relative to others on a topic; address audiences inside and outside the academic community; and compose, revise, and edit multiple assignments equaling about 20 to 25 pages of text, including at least one extended research project.
In this course, we will write and research. We will investigate our research processes and learn how to conduct academic research using sources. This course is based on learning how to research, and as such, we will learn about asking research questions and doing the work to responsibly uncover and answer those questions. Our class will center around research writing, so throughout the semester we will engage with different topics (of your choice) to learn best research and writing practices to fulfill deeper understandings of research writing.
Our class this semester is centered around anti-racism and anti-oppression—we will spend time in self-examination to gain an understanding of those that we inhabit, we will expand our views to learn about those we are unfamiliar with, we will posit commemorations for those that are underrepresented in mainstream (i.e. predominantly white) culture, and we will understand and dismantle the stakes in place that enforce and reward racist and oppressive approaches. You should be prepared to investigate your privileges and biases, to learn more about nondominant communities that you might be a part of or may have never noticed before, and to consider the importance of representation in America and across diasporas: who gets recognized? Why? And how are these decisions made? We will be discussing why these topics matter and how performing this work will benefit you as a student, as a researcher, and a person by preparing you for the responsibilities of literate adul
