We are diverse. We do not share the same ideology, religion, ethnicity, or socio-economic background.  

We do not need to agree, but we do need to share ideas and to learn to communicate with a clear and open mind, in clear and meaningful language. We need to speak and write with thoughtfulness, even mindfulness, and with honesty.

Engaging Discourse: A 21st Century Composition Reader & Curriculum encourages students to engage in public discourse, the lost art of meaningful conversation.  These “conversations” take…

Welcome to some of the most important conversations of our time:

*  21st century literacy  *  social (dis)connection  *  neuroplasticity *  love * appropriation *

* AI * generation studies (OK, Boomer) * happiness studies *

Even while new discourses define a new era, others remain as timeless as medicine and mindfulness, love and literacy, the latest technology, generational discontent, or the pursuit of happiness. (Not to mention that AI will soon displace me.) Engaging Discourse 2.0…