Journal Entry 9

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 9

Answer the following questions about the English education article, “Participant and Institutional Identity: Self-representation Across Multiple Genres at a Catholic College,” by Katrina Powell.

1. What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides her work)?

The writer is trying to figure out how students constructs of “self” are reflected school genres and how their backgrounds, specific academic disciplines, and institutional goals affect the constructs.

2. How does this author collect the data she needs to answer her question?

The author collects here data through case studies, highlighting three

3. What sort of genres do you see your peers using as forms of “self-representation”?

I see my fellow peers using amny different type of geners