Tanya T. Sasser is an English Instructor at Jacksonville State University. She lives with her husband, son, and dog Sox in her childhood hometown in Alabama.
Too often, rather than inviting First-Year Composition (FYC) students into the
disruptive experience of being a writer, we try to shield them inside the safety
of the walled garden of neatly ordered paths
It’s time to confront our bias against open sources and redefine how our
students research in digital environments. We should both allow them to use the
research sites that are most handy,
