1) The discourse community I chose to study was Political Science, as it follows my major of Law and Constitutional Studies.
2) My discourse community communicates via email, research journals, face to face and through the American Political Science Associations various pages, for example, on the internet and through Facebook.
3) Professor Sharp polled his colleagues in the Political science department prior to our interview. He reports that they use writing at least 50% of their time. When Professor Sharp was employed by the State Department he wrote every day and he said, “You better do it well!”
4) One example of a non-verbal form of communication that is used amongst Political Science scholars would be the side eyed glances they give …show more content…
Thus far they have been unable to come to a consensus on this. Human behavior is unpredictable and influenced by many factors, unlike math it isn’t something that can be viewed strictly as “Black and White”. In the State Department, Professor Sharp said they valued evidenced based writing. In other words, they wanted the evidence analyzed and his best assessment of it.
6a. I recently turned in an essay for Professor Sharp’s Comparative Politics class. It is this assignment that I am referencing in the ‘Questions About Assignment …show more content…
What I think sets this community apart is the hotbed discussions are relevant to today. For example, the Rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, or the resurgence of Russia. This discourse community is actively engaged in exposing students to a broader world view. We have already had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by a guest speaker. The TA for my Comparative Politics class holds office hours as well as my professor and both have been extremely willing to have any discourse I am in need of or want to continue after
2) My discourse community communicates via email, research journals, face to face and through the American Political Science Associations various pages, for example, on the internet and through Facebook.
3) Professor Sharp polled his colleagues in the Political science department prior to our interview. He reports that they use writing at least 50% of their time. When Professor Sharp was employed by the State Department he wrote every day and he said, “You better do it well!”
4) One example of a non-verbal form of communication that is used amongst Political Science scholars would be the side eyed glances they give …show more content…
Thus far they have been unable to come to a consensus on this. Human behavior is unpredictable and influenced by many factors, unlike math it isn’t something that can be viewed strictly as “Black and White”. In the State Department, Professor Sharp said they valued evidenced based writing. In other words, they wanted the evidence analyzed and his best assessment of it.
6a. I recently turned in an essay for Professor Sharp’s Comparative Politics class. It is this assignment that I am referencing in the ‘Questions About Assignment …show more content…
What I think sets this community apart is the hotbed discussions are relevant to today. For example, the Rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, or the resurgence of Russia. This discourse community is actively engaged in exposing students to a broader world view. We have already had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by a guest speaker. The TA for my Comparative Politics class holds office hours as well as my professor and both have been extremely willing to have any discourse I am in need of or want to continue after