Dustin Hannum, Author at TECHStyle

Expect to Be Disappointed? Moby-Dick and ENGL1102 (Part I)

By Dustin Hannum March 3, 2014 April 6, 2014 Assignments, Lessons, and Exercises, Feature

The title for this post (the first of two) comes from a response I received to a brief writing exercise I assigned to a group of University of Rochester students in a previous semester’s writing class. I was considering the possibility of teaching Moby-Dick in a freshman writing class, and… Continue reading

Aaron Kashtan featured in The Atlantic

By Dustin Hannum February 22, 2014 February 22, 2014 Britt News

Brittain fellow Aaron Kashtan is featured in a recent Atlantic article by Noah Berlatsky entitled “The Incoherent Backlashes to Black Actors Playing ‘White’ Superheroes.” The article details recent social media outcry on the part of many white fans in response to the announcement that African-American actor Michael B. Jordan has… Continue reading