Alexander Champoux-Crowley

PhD • WPA, Comp/Rhet, Translingualism, Literacies, Critical Pedagogy • he/him

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

Fact: 100% of Faculty in D’Apartment of Language, Culture, and Cognition have the highest degree in their field.

Congratulations, Dr. @TaiTDo on your important research on belonging, stellar defense, and commitment to using your platform to advocate for peace in Palestine.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@AndyLuttrell5 Swales ran the MICUSP at Michigan where he did linguistic corpus analysis of scholarly writing from a wide range of disciplines. Tons of cool (discipline by discipline) research on academic conventions, but CARS (more general) has always been my go to with my students for intros

[UCD Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology]

“Food security in Bronze Age Ireland: FOODSEC” is delighted to welcome zooarchaeologist, Dr Erin Crowley-Champoux to the team (pictured middle, with Dr Penny Johnston and Assoc. Prof. Meriel McClatchie). https://t.co/ubu8COJPOs
@erin_aisling
@KerriCleary
#LoveIrishResearch

[Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her @AnnaRMills]

Thanks to all those who came to "What to Do About #ChatGPT: Next Steps for Educators" for so many useful points and questions.
Here are the recording: https://t.co/vxA4HVTIi7 and slides: https://t.co/IGcj0XPEg2.
Feel free to share! #AcademicTwitter #AIED #LLMs @AcademicChatter

[Brian Rosenwald @brianros1]

My hottest take: just get rid of the AP program. Figure out a way to get kids into classes at local colleges & universities. The stilted, test oriented classes are nowhere near of the same quality/style as college classes & it empowers the College Board monopoly.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@BrieBarron For sure! I know many who made it (my wife included!), but it always seemed harder without the dry run of the M.A. before committing to 5+ years. That said, WAY nicer to have that PhD in a shorter time!

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@BrieBarron I should clarify: M.A. along the way usually involves a capstone thesis-y project during your PhD coursework (end of year 2) that gets you an MA. My wife is an Anthro PhD and it was the parachute that saved a lot of her straight-from-BA colleagues.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@BrieBarron 2 years off for me (1 teaching hs, 1 running a college writing center), then M.A. in English comp/ped before my PhD in Rhet/Comp. Anecdotally, saw more burnout w/ straight-in. MA-along-the-way is a good idea.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

Successfully defended my dissertation yesterday! Thanks to everyone for all the support along the way big and small!

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@TaiTDo Also, I suggested Bo Kho. More meat, less veg. Use the V8 in your stock in lieu of tomato paste.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@TaiTDo You. You will make it.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

End of a long journey

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

So stoked to be a coauthor with @rorhetorician , @AllisonHutchiso , Sarah Primeau, and Molly Ubbesen on “The Laborious Reality vs. the Imagined Ideal of Graduate Student Instructors of Writing"! Thanks @WPA_Journal for all the feedback and support! First article!

[Allison Hutchison, Dr Researcher @AllisonHutchiso]

4 years ago, a plucky @WPA_GO team embarked on a research journey about graduate student instructors' labor conditions. Today, @WPA_Journal accepted our article. Thank you to our leader, @rorhetorician, & coauthors Sarah Primeau, Molly Ubbesen, & @WRITAlexander for collaborating.

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

Homemade mask pro tip for academics: conference lanyards make great ties!

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

Really grateful to @broadviewpress for their help with a digital copy of Focus on Writing for students who left their books at school in the wake of COVID-19. Quick and super helpful response!

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@ButtMaybe I think Brasa sells it, if you’re still craving it tomorrow. Get a pulled chicken plate with a side of beans and rice and yucca fries while you’re at it. You won’t regret it!

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

1. In the list of ABs transgressions, pretty minor, but 2. As someone who teaches that very class from time to time, not a good sign for ABs return to WI postsecondary education. @DanielHouseNFL

[Alexander Champoux-Crowley @WRITAlexander]

@jonLbradshaw @ButtMaybe I like Bazerman (“Speech Acts, Genres, & Activity Systems”) where he describes genres as arising in response to situations and undergoing a constant process of typification as users & situations (&motivations!) change. The resume is always a good example!