General Resources

• Blackboard login: Since we have our own site, we won't be using Blackboard a lot, but you can use its digital dropbox to turn in electronic copies of your work if you'd like.
• University Center for Excellence in Writing (UCEW): UCEW provides consultation for writers working on any project. The writing consultants have been especially trained to help students in the English department's Gordon Rule classes.

Class Resources and Handouts

• Why Collaboration and Peer Review?: So why do I put so much emphasis on collaborative work like peer review?
• Channelling Barclay: Tips for more effective peer review.
• How to Avoid Embarasing Embarrasing Embarassing Silly Errors: Take steps to avoid needless error and improve your grade.
• All About Argument: A packet we'll use in class that describes the basic of argument in an academic paper.
• Peer Revision One: Our handout for our first round of peer revision.
• Grading Cirteria: We'll use these criteria to think about what's important in a paper.
• Peer Grading Revision Sheet: After we look at the grading criteria, we'll all get some practice grading with this exercise.

Reasources for the Readings

• Mary Louise Pratt, "Arts of the Contact Zone"
  • Mary Louise Pratt's website: Pratt wrote her essay while at Stanford, but now she teaches at New York University. Visit her page to get a quick sense of her career.
  • MLA website: This essay was orginally presented as a keynote address at a Modern Language Association (MLA) conference. Members of MLA, then, were her audience. What's the MLA? Visit the site and find out.
  • Guaman Poma's text: View the entire text of Guaman Poma's letter, both the words and images.
  • Saussure's famous diagram: Scroll down to the images.
  • Stanford Degree Requirements: Cultures, Ideas, Values no longer exists; what are the implications for Pratt's argument?
  • Atahualpa: What's the deal with Atahualpa and the Bible? Wikipedia's entry explains.
    
    
• Kenji Yoshino
  • Kenji Yoshino's website: Yoshino's website has more information about his book Covering. You might also check out his page at Yale Law School, where his is a member of the faculty.
  • D.W. Winnicott: Quick information about the psychologist who talks about True and False Selves.
  • Lawrence v. Texas: Information on this Supreme Court ruling.
  • Tennessee v. Lane: Information on this Supreme Court ruling.
  • Solomon Amendment: Brief overview of the amendment and ensuing controvery.
    
    
• Edward Said, "States"
  • The Edward Said Archive
  • Palestinian Declaration of Independence
    
    
• Claire Gaudiani, "The Challenge of Diversity"
  • Claire Gaudiani's website