Welcome to my Citizenship Writing ePortfolio. This is where I am displaying assignments from my English 400 Citizenship Writing class. You can view various assignments from over the course of the semester. I have included reflections for each assignment and a reflection on the course is available on the conclusion page.
Professional Profile
My name is Jamesha Watson and I am currently a senior double majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology with a family studies concentration. I graduate from Longwood in May 2019. I am currently a Resident Assistant in Curry Residence Hall and I work as a student worker in the Registrar’s office. I am also involved in several different organizations on campus, such as Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Longwood Ambassadors, Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Club (president), and Alpha Phi Sigma (Secretary). I have been published in the International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. This past summer I completed an Internship at Goodwill of Central and Coastal VA in their Asset Protection department. I have skills in Microsoft office, SPSS, and R-studio. My experiences at Longwood has helped me learn what type of person I am and what I want to accomplish in the future. Longwood has taught me I love helping people more than anything. Upon, graduating from Longwood University, I plan to get my Master’s in Public Administration. Once I receive my masters, I plan to work for a nonprofit and open two of my own nonprofits as well.
ePortfolio Purpose and Content
The purpose of this ePortfolio is to display and reflect on my projects and other assignments from English 400 Advanced Writing Seminar class. After completing this course, I am able to recognize and analyze different rhetorical devices to help me grow as a writer. This course has also helped me grow my active citizenship writing skills as well. The skills and concepts that I have learned in this class will help me throughout my future and future career. The skills I have learned will be needed for when I am asking for grant money in the future for my nonprofits and being able to appeal to different audiences using rhetorical devices will help me gain support. Throughout this class, I completed journal entries to reflect on the assigned readings throughout the course. I wrote a rhetorical analysis and was able to visualize the different rhetorical devices used by the filmmakers and discuss how they appealed to the audience. The common good project allowed me to work with other individuals in my class and rely on my team members to get things done. I was also able to take the course concepts I learned in class and apply them to the common good project to appeal to the audience. English 400 has helped further develop me into an active citizen by equipping me with the knowledge and tools needed to be able to enact change in my future career through written communication, such as designing a professional website for a nonprofit and showcasing their purpose.
Course Learning Outcomes
All of the coursework and materials developed in the course were designed to fulfill the Course Learning Outcomes below:
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 specific 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.