Marlen Elliot Harrison, Ph.D.
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Marlen Elliot Harrison, Ph.D.
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    Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

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    How Autoethnography Is Being Utilized to Support Learner Development

    Disrupting the MA English Thesis: Autoethnography in Advanced Literary Studies

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    Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University

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    “He Was the One Teacher That Pushed Me the Most During My Stay Here at SNHU”

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    Esxence 2016 – Roundtable – Judging & Criticism in Artistic Perfumery

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Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine

"In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal."
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The English Teacher: Strawberry Cockroach

Excerpt from Book 1, Japan; Part 1, Hajimeru (Beginning) As any learner of a foreign language knows, it is sometimes...
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Novel: The English Teacher

BOOK 1: JAPAN When a chance discussion introduces the idea of teaching English in Japan, the gregarious yet still single...
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Marlen a.k.a “ThePerfumeCritic” in MensJournal.com

Marlen has an alter-ego, “ThePerfumeCritic”! Read his take on ten, great male fragrances for 2013 in MensJournal.com. Read the article...
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Columnist & Editor

Marlen has been working in the fragrance industry since 1990. Having started in sales and line representation, he later began...
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Book Chapter: Humanizing Pedagogy and the Personal Essay

"classroom observations showed us that there was a strong connection between not only the theory and practice of using personal essays, but also of the outcomes such practice will have on student writing, creating a more humanized classroom environment."
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Internal vs. External Characteristics: Anna from The Book of Longings

When building characters, a great strategy I like to use (among others) is to consider both internal and external characteristics.
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New York Times: Good News for the Subway, Underarm Candy

The trend is partly inspired by the success of products like AXE, the male deodorant, shower gel and body spray...
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Friendship and Imminent Threat in  My Ántonia and The Invention of Wings

Friendship and imminent threat are two themes that are emerging concurrently in my reading of Willa Cathers’ My Ántonia and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings.
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Writing on the Edge: The Power of No – Buddhist Mindfulness and the Teaching of Composition

"Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, we are determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. (Hanh 23)"
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Workshop: Feminist Communitarian Ethical Frameworks

“presumes a researcher who builds a reciprocal,collaborative, trusting, and friendly relations with the persons he orshe is studying.” (Denzin, 2003,...
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Workshop: Face and Cross-cultural Communication

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