When I first devised this theme for my ENG 101 class, I thought it would be a great way to apply my research on the Big House into the first-year writing classroom. Little did I know how relevant this theme would become in quarantine! This course worked exceptionally well for distance learning; students were able …
If Rhetoric studies the effective expression of ideas, then Rhetorical Grammar studies how our sentences and paragraphs affect those ideas. In the fall of 2019, I enjoyed teaching two sections of Rhetorical Grammar. Empowering students to write with clarity and intention was a really rewarding experience. Peruse our syllabus below. “[Rhetorical] grammar is a positioning …
In the fall of 2019, I adapted the popular course I taught at Spelman College on selfie culture and self representation. In this course, I asked students to write and think critically about social media, autobiography, and self portraiture. In the process, my students produced some great work! Check it out below. Note: All student …
In the spring of 2018 I had the opportunity to teach an Irish Studies course at Emory. It was such a pleasure to teach some of the texts and issues that kick started my own graduate studies! Scroll down for our syllabus and a glimpse inside our classroom.
Check out the course website for ENG 101! In the spring of 2016, I participated in Emory’s Domain of One’s Own Initiative. This program fosters digital literacy by helping students build their own websites and curate their own multimedia portfolios. I designed a first year writing course with major digital assignments prompting students think critically about travel. …
Fall 2015 I taught a section of Writing about Literature on Haunted Ireland. This course explored the supernatural in Irish literature and culture. Highlights included holding a mock-trial about a witch burning, reading Sheridan LeFanu’s lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and exploring Irish-language mermaid poems. For their final, student completed a research project on the supernatural …
