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Author: Leslee Johnson

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Blackademics

8 May 20208 May 2020
by BP Porter https://youtu.be/NDRujy1shEU Link to BP's website and annotated bibliography with his sources.
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Portfolio of a wandering, creative mind

6 May 20206 May 2020
by Laura Deaver of B. Graves's Lang120 class portfolio of writing and advice to future lang120-ians
Spring 2020 Showcase

Sittin’ Pretty

4 May 20204 May 2020
by Tashia Ethridge of B. Graves's Lang120 class Tashia Ethridge breaks it down for incoming Lang120 students
Spring 2020 Showcase…

Narratives of Families in Crisis

4 May 20204 May 2020
by Clara Mouw https://youtu.be/lyeJ7LfOqpE Clara's research on how families describe their experience of having a critically ill loved one came full circle in her presentation.
Spring 2020 Showcase…

Book vs. Movie Adaptation

4 May 20204 May 2020
https://youtu.be/PxWbpQAwSvQ a short film by Lucas Paschal exploring the challenges of adapting one genre to another
Spring 2020 Showcase

Sensible or Sensational?

4 May 20204 May 2020
A genre analysis of television based news through comparing content / programming of FOX news to that of PBS Newshour by Wesley Bryant
Spring 2020 Showcase…

Awareness in Statistics

3 May 20203 May 2020
Website by Dartagnan Mullins to increase awareness of the ways science, specifically stats, can be misleading in mainstream news sources.
Spring 2020 Showcase…

Care for you, too

3 May 20203 May 2020
website by Sadie Scripps This is a website for school aged children who are struggling with balancing being a child and a caregiver for a parent with mental illness. My…
Spring 2020 Showcase

Podcast on the Rhetoric of *To Pimp a Butterfly*

3 May 20203 May 2020
Thomas Tillman leads a conversation viewing TPAB through the lens of rhetoric and politics.
Spring 2020 Showcase

Infographics on Writing: Gallery

3 May 20203 May 2020
by students in Kristin Shepard's and J. Pisano's Lang120 classes. [envira-gallery id='835'] Click on each image for a full size view of the infographics.
Spring 2020 Showcase

Diversity in Speculative Fiction

3 May 20203 May 2020
by Riley Hall of Jennifer McGaha's Lang120 class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhkwjd2sGw
Spring 2020 Showcase

Environmental Racism

3 May 20203 May 2020
Website by Kate Daggett, of Kristin Shepard's Lang120 class
Spring 2020 Showcase

An Introduction to Keep America Beautiful

3 May 20203 May 2020
https://youtu.be/9lO8quay348 by Delaney Tallett, from Kristin Shepard's Lang120 class
Spring 2020 Showcase

What Was Riot Grrrl?

2 May 20203 May 2020
by Jillian Bailey of Jennifer McGaha's Lang120
Spring 2020 Showcase

Asian American Representation

2 May 20202 May 2020
by Jaime Chao, of Jennifer McGaha's Lang120 class https://youtu.be/09BgWqIafdk
Spring 2020 Showcase

Women-Only Spaces, a historical how-to

2 May 20202 May 2020
by Sam Shepard, from Jennifer McGaha's Lang 120 class
Spring 2020 Showcase

Nick Drake: Mental Health in Music

2 May 20202 May 2020
by Max DiFrisco of Jennifer McGaha's Lang120 class https://streamable.com/1arciv
Spring 2020 Showcase

Born to be a Pauper (a masterpiece)

2 May 20202 May 2020
bu Austin Campbell of Jennifer McGaha's Lang120 class https://youtu.be/yaV2KaLUelc
Spring 2020 Showcase

The Literary Canon

2 May 20203 May 2020
by Mikayla Townes in Jessica Pisano's Lang120 class. https://youtu.be/Rj9A8wU4z0g
Spring 2020 Showcase

Free College?

2 May 20202 May 2020
A video by Laura Searles in Jessica Pisano's LANG120 class. https://youtu.be/iZq7Zl-Vb6Q
Spring 2020 Showcase

Welcome to the First-Year Student Showcase!

2 May 202023 Nov 2020
The First-Year Student Showcase, hosted by UNC Asheville’s Writing Program, evolved from an essay contest to a celebration of first-year student work. Originally The Gudger, named for former UNCA professor…

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