John Constantine TobinNov 21, 20204 minConfronting and Adapting to Contextual Factors during a Pandemic at the End of a Condensed TermThis was not an ordinary semester: personally, externally, politically, institutionally, virtually. But let’s start with personal...
John Constantine TobinNov 8, 20204 minTeaching During an Election Year: Institutional, Geographic and Political Contexts in CompositionRecently in my pedagogy course, we read “Here They Do This, There They Do That: Latinas/Latinos Writing Across Institutions” Todd Ruecker...
John Constantine TobinOct 18, 20203 minIn the Composition Classroom, ‘Writing’ Is a Reductive TermAs the weeks go by, I am further exposed to what composition can be. The singular notion that the space I occupy in my classroom is as a...
John Constantine TobinOct 3, 20204 minCourse Planning, Teaching Observation, Subconscious Assessment and the Persistence of TimeFor newly minted teachers of ENG101 in the doctoral program at Southern Miss, the first half of the course is mapped out in a general...