Composition

 

Undergraduate Research Proposal Writing

In this seminar, students from all disciplines come together to discuss the process of planning, writing, and presenting a research proposal that will satisfy the beginning stages of the undergraduate thesis option. Spring 2011.

Introduction to Argument and Persuasion

In this interdisciplinary research-intensive course, I direct students through a semester-long research project related to their field of study. In 2005, I collaborated on the program-wide Outcomes Statement for this course. I also experiment with research methods, introducing field research and knowledge communities into my courses. Taught Fall 2004 (2 sections), Spring 2005, Summer 2005, Summer 2006, Summer 2008.

Introduction to College Writing

In this introductory composition course, I experiment with various teaching methods, including visits to the university art museum in a unit on visual rhetoric and experiments in sociological contexts in a unit on audience perspectives. Taught Fall 2005 (2 sections), Spring 2006, Summer 2007.