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Teaching Philosophy

I teach both creative and critical writing, and most of my courses are situated within Spelman's Writing Minor. Whether leading first-year students in their first sustained research projects, or a small group of seniors as they workshop creative-nonfiction essays, my emphasis is always on the rhetorical elements of the task at hand, including purpose, audience, genre, evidence, and style. 

I believe that helping students gain greater awareness of the rhetorical situations in which they compose, both in and out of the classroom, allows them to identify and speak more authoritatively on the issues that concern them. In this way, I work to connect students' "personal" concerns to the "academic" concerns of the classroom: in my ideal world, we would not bifurcate personal and academic concerns, but would focus on the ways that they co-create and inform each other.

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Courses Currently Taught

For a full listing of courses taught at various schools, please see the "Teaching" section of my cv.

First-Year Composition (English 103 / 193)
     Syllabus (pdf)
     Exercise: "Conversation with an Author" (pdf)

Investigation (English 286)
     Syllabus (pdf)
     Exercise: "What Does It Mean to Buy a Book?" (pdf)

Argumentation (English 287)
     Syllabus (pdf)
     Exercise: "Research Report" (pdf)
     Exercise: "Claims & Warrants" (with student response) (pdf)

Rhetorics of Advertising (English 384a)
     Syllabus (pdf)
     Exercise: "Odd Audience" (pdf)
     Exercise: "Re/mediating Aunt Jemima" (pdf)

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop (English 391)
     Syllabus (pdf)
     Exercise: "Breaking Cliches" (pdf)
    
Independent Study: Writing and Depression (English 452)
     Syllabus (pdf)

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Teaching Demonstration
 

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3 minutes, 45 seconds / 4.7 MB
 

Segment #1: Opening of class
Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
November 20, 2007

Background info on inkshedding exercise (pdf)

Transcript of video, including descriptions of setting and gestures (pdf)
 

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9 minutes, 45 seconds / 10.8 MB
 

Segment #2: What Is a Digital Essay?
Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
November 20, 2007

Digital essay assignment (pdf)

Gallery of students' digital essays

Transcript of video, including descriptions of setting and gestures (coming soon)

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