Welcome Students from UNC’s English 12 Course

A warm welcome to students from UNC’s English 12 course.Please have fun navigating and evaluating my blog. Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, and feedback in the comments section of […]

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Matthew C. Nisbet

August 16, 2010

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A warm welcome to students from UNC’s English 12 course.

Please have fun navigating and evaluating my blog. Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, and feedback in the comments section of this post. Also of interest, from the fall semester, see this class blog debate” involving the students from my Communication & Society course here at American University, and the reading list for the same course scheduled this spring.

Matthew C. Nisbet

Associate Professor of Communication, Northeastern University

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