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Biographical Statement
I came to the U of I from my nice, warm native state of Arizona,
where I got my BA in English linguistics (with a minor in women's
studies) from Arizona State University. While I was there, I spent
three years as a Writing Center tutor and discovered that I love
helping people improve as writers just as much as I love doing writing
of my own. Thus, I feel right at home here in Writing Studies; I've
now finished my first year of graduate scholarship and college-
level teaching. I feel fortunate to be a teacher in the Academic
Writing Program, since this has allowed me to nurture interests
in basic writing pedagogy and diversity in the composition classroom.
And because, in my biased opinion, we get the coolest students.
:-) They constantly help me discover new reasons why I want to make
teaching college writing my career.
:: Courses Taught
Rhet 103 & 104, AWP
:: Other Positions Held
Summer Bridge composition tutor
:: Research Interests
Composition pedagogy, basic writing, writing centers, teacher response,
intersections of race/class/gender/sexuality with rhetoric and pedagogy
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