Education Specialistr
Education
- B.S. Mankato State University, Political Science and Journalism
- M.A. Mankato State University, Women's Studies
- M.A. Mankato State University, English
- Ph.D. University of Iowa, American Studies
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In general, I work as a teaching consultant. I meet with
teachers for one-to-one observations and conversations, organize
the Center's yearlong Teaching Enrichment Series, address concerns raised
by an advisory council of teaching assistants, and develop customized workshops
for on-campus departments or groups of teachers. I coordinate the TA Liaison Council
that advises the Center on its activities (and hope to draw adjuncts into
this conversation) and am working with the library's user education coordinator
on a host of interesting teaching and learning projects. As a consultant,
I draw on a wide-ranging teaching background. I've taught at a community
college, a private liberal arts university, a mid-sized regional university,
and two research universities. The two common elements in each of these
assignments has been teaching writing and cultural diversity intensive
courses. Beyond teaching writing courses, I have also taught classes focusing
on American literature, on women's autobiography/creative nonfiction, and
on the history of US civil rights activism; I've offered courses in departments
of English, Women's Studies, American Studies, and Sexuality Studies. While
I've taught classes big and small, graduate seminars and undergraduate
discussion sections, my favorite teaching assignments are classes with
first year students.
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