PhD Coursework

ENGLISH 800: Introduction to Research

• EFL Writing Anxiety: An examination of recent quantitative research
• Phenomenology, Life-World, and Burkean Rhetoric: Discovering phenomenological inquiry in an ESL university writing classroom

ENGLISH 803: Language and Cognition (Psycholinguistics)

• Second Language Writing Anxiety: Looking back, looking ahead

ENGLISH 805: Language and Social Context (Sociolinguistics)

• Give Mary Gods a Quid, Ya’All
• Sapir-Whorf and Perceptions of English Language

ENGLISH 808: Technology and Literacy

• Online Communities and Their Facilitation of New Language

ENGLISH 823: Second Language Teaching

• The Closet in the Classroom: Re-positioning queer identity as a ‘non-issue’ in TESOL instruction

ENGLISH 833: Theories of Composition

• Second Language Writers and Authentic Audience: A case for blogging

ENGLISH 830: Teaching Writing

• English 101 Syllabus:English Writing through the 5 Senses
• English 101 Writing Assignment and Rubric: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Sense of Vision
• Teaching Philosophy
• An interview with Amanda Yanella (group paper)

ENGLISH 846 Advanced Seminar in Literacy (Narrative Research)

• Finding the Right Words

ENGLISH 848: Pragmatics

• Communication in face-to-face and online writing tutelage with L2 writers: Building a case for pragmatic exploration

QUALIFYING PORTFOLIO, MAIN PAPER

• The Scented Word: Language and the problem of olfactory literacy

INDEPENDENT STUDIES

• The Making of a Perfume Critic: An exploration in autoethnography, the semiotics of names, and the development of voice and identity

ENGLISH 641 Topics in ESL Pedagogy (Identity in Teaching and Learning)

• Learner, Teacher, Foreigner, Queer: A narrative examination of identity performance