{"id":12132,"date":"2017-08-09T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/?page_id=12132"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:51:13","slug":"umehira-instructor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/journal\/past-issues\/issue-9\/umehira\/umehira-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the central research project for the WR 150 seminar \u201cInterrogating Race in Contemporary America,\u201d students were asked to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>make an argument about the ways in which one or more representations contribute to our understanding of the cultural meanings of race in America today. In this essay, Kylie takes as her main exhibit source\u00a0<em>Hamilton,\u00a0<\/em>possibly the most popular cultural artifact of recent years, and interrogates the praise that critics have heaped upon the musical. Kylie\u2019s argument is well-developed, with a clear articulation of Swales\u2019s three research moves (establish the territory, establish a niche, occupy the niche), and relies on an impressive range of sources. I particularly appreciate Kylie\u2019s attentiveness to what readers may need to follow her argument: in providing sufficient context and clear transitions (both within and across paragraphs), she demonstrates how clarity and coherence depend upon moving from old to new information. Kylie\u2019s essay is also a valuable model for future students who wish to include an abstract, keywords, visuals, or usage notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 JESSICA BOZEK<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>WR 150:\u00a0Interrogating Race in Contemporary America<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the central research project for the WR 150 seminar \u201cInterrogating Race in Contemporary America,\u201d students were asked to\u00a0make an argument about the ways in which one or more representations contribute to our understanding of the cultural meanings of race in America today. In this essay, Kylie takes as her main exhibit source\u00a0Hamilton,\u00a0possibly the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4801,"featured_media":0,"parent":12114,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12208,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12132\/revisions\/12208"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}