March 12: I had the pleasure of introducing Masta Killa (of the iconic Hip-Hop group Wu-Tang Clan) before his keynote lecture at Siena College's 5th Annual Hip-Hop Week, sponsored by the Damietta Cross-Cultural Center. Past keynote speakers have been Chuck D and Professor Griff (of Public Enemy), Sha Rock (of the Funky 4 +1), and Grandmaster …
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Lo's Gym Book Tour: March 1, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. Book Release Event / Reading / Book Signing Fr. Benjamin Kuhn, O.F.M., House Siena College, Loudonville, NY March 10, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. Book Signing Bookhouse of Stuyvesant Plaza Albany, New York March 15, 2018 – 4:45 p.m. Conference Presentation Kansas City Marriot Downtown / Convention Center The Conference …
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Dr. Todd Snyder, Ph.D | Bio
Trailer Park Kid from Rural West Virginia. First-Generation College Student. College Professor. Reader. Writer. Husband. Daddy. Boxing Aficionado. Rappalachian. Coffee Junkie. Working-Class Scholar. Not in that particular order. I teach college courses that focus on rhetoric’s connection to identity construction. I write about this sort of stuff too. My first book, The Rhetoric of Appalachian …
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The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity
The book that started it all. In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class Appalachian learners are explored. The objectives are to highlight the cultural obstacles that impact the intellectual development of such students and to address how these cultural roadblocks make transitioning into …