Hello from me!

I'm Sarah Jaquette Ray, the teacher of this course. I am excited to use a blog as a primary assignment in our class. One purpose of the blog is to widen our audience and discussion beyond our classroom. So, whether you're a student or a reader, I hope you'll find the conversations here compelling, and feel free to comment. Blogs are also great because students are so immersed in media, and a blog helps bring the questions we discuss in class to bear on a wide range of media, texts, and other conversations. We'll use the blog posts to generate discussion in class, and to open new directions of inquiry that are not necessarily in the syllabus.