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About Daniel Paul O’Donnell
I am a Professor of English at the University of Lethbridge, where I teach and conduct research in the Digital Humanities, Digital Cultural Heritage, English Philology, and Book History. You can read more about me by following this link.
My university site (which contains syllabi and the like) can be found by following this link. Most of the non-course related material from that site can be found here.
Recent tweets
Textbook companies are teaching classes; colleges charging full tuition. By @GabeKahn http://t.co/FKGsqmxaq0 via @slate49 months ago from Twitter for Websites
Gun nuts’ special privileges: How police treated a dangerous “open carry” zealot http://t.co/YpOl4dDg99 via @Salon49 months ago from Twitter for Websites
@portableant just unsual to see a conversation among DHers discussing it.49 months ago from Twitter Web Client
@portableant @MicroPasts YQL means something different in, well, #yql49 months ago from Twitter Web Client
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Customized pronouns: A good idea that makes no sense (Globe and Mail)
Posted: October 24, 2016 | Author: dpod | Filed under: Research-and-comment, Universities | Tags: gender fluidity, history of english, language, pronouns, students, universities | Leave a comment »Originally published as O’Donnell, Daniel Paul. 2016. “Customized Pronouns: A Good Idea That Makes No Sense.” The Globe and Mail, October 15. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/customized-pronouns-a-good-idea-that-makes-no-sense/article32373933/.
The latest thing on campus is to introduce yourself by name and “preferred pronoun.” “Hello, my name is Dan and I prefer he/him. Read the rest of this entry »