Teaching

English 101E: Expanded Composition

Weekly discussion seminars, peer review, grading, and online components including

Blackboard and transition to Canvas (Fall 2016-17, Spring 2016-17)

                                                                                   

English 101: Composition

"Discourse Communities"; online components include discussion boards and student

conferencing (Fall 2013-14)

 

English 102: Composition and Popular Culture

"Science Writing" (Spring 2013-14)

"Monsters and Popular Culture" Readings include excerpts from Dracula, Frankenstein,

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and selected nonfiction including film reviews, criticism, and opinion pieces (Fall 2017-18)

           

English 203: World Literature

Readings include: Erland Loe's Naïve Super and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: A Family

Tragicomic; additional readings including Epic of Gilgamesh, Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa, Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild", José Rizal's Noli me Tangere, William Faulkner's “Barn Burning”, William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie." (Spring 2017-18)

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English 333: Technical Writing

Course themed around ethics and digital professionalism; assignments include

job/academic application materials, website design and analysis, and a collaborative project centered on developing a business scenario. (Spring 2019-2020)

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ENG 311: Survey of Contemporary Literature (guest lecture)

Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" and craft in speculative writing; heavy focus on

creating "literary" works with attention to characterization (2013)

 

ENG 314: Popular and Genre Fiction (guest lecture)

World building and beginnings in the craft of speculative writing; Jeff

Vandermeer's Wonderbook used for basic concepts, as well as several multi-

media samples (2019)