My name is Jacob Irby, I am an English student studying at Longwood University. I have always been interested in public engagement and helping my community, and during my time as a cadet in the Chatham High School JROTC program I donated over five hundred hours of my time to community service. It is because of my interest and involvement in community service that the majority of my work in this class revolves around this topic.
The works cataloged on this website demonstrate what I have learned during my time in English 400. Each of the major projects either revolves around the importance of social activism or how to become socially active in your own community .
These projects demonstrate the objects of the class:
1.) engage in the process of citizen leadership by investigating multiple perspectives on important public issues;
2.)understand the nature of public discourse/debate as determined by purpose, audience, and context;
3. choose appropriate formats in writing for a variety of purposes;
4.) analyze the effectiveness of their own texts and processes for specifi rhetorical situations;
5.) understand how the knowledge, skills, and values learned in general education are interwoven and interrelated, and how they can contribute to the process of citizen leadership.