Genre and Subject Matter in the Academia–Military Contact Zone

By Aileen Brenner Houston Since the genre constructs the situation, students will not be able to respond appropriately to assigned situations unless they know the appropriate genre. Amy J. Devitt (583) In December 2015, my colleagues and I in the thesis office at the Naval Postgraduate School began running preliminary student thesis drafts through TurnitinContinue reading “Genre and Subject Matter in the Academia–Military Contact Zone”

Clash of Clans: Military vs. Academia

By Aileen Brenner Houston The struggle of the student writer is not the struggle to bring out that which is within; it is the struggle to carry out those ritual activities that grant our entrance into a closed society. — David Bartholomae It’s 07:55 on a Tuesday. Uniform day. Your black leather shoulder bag—carried byContinue reading “Clash of Clans: Military vs. Academia”

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