My teaching interests revolve around composition theory and pedagogy, digital writing, race rhetorics, and more. You can review my most recent Statement of Teaching Philosophy here.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Rhetoric 105, Writing and Research, Summer 2018, 2019, 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021. See Rhet 105 Course Materials Here.
English 380: Rhetorics of Social Media, Spring 2020 See Engl 380 Course Materials Here.
English 481, Composition Theory and Practice, Spring 2016 PDF of course materials here.
English 593, Seminar in the Teaching of Rhetoric, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018 McDuffie Eng 593 Prosem Syllabus.
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
English 101, Composition as Critical Inquiry, Fall 2010 PDF of course materials here.
Click here for in-depth materials on a genre-studies-based 101 course.
Interdisciplinary Studies 121.19: Race and Technology, Spring 2014. Click here for more details.
Interdisciplinary Studies 121.19: Race and Social Media, Fall 2014. PDF of course materials here. See sample student projects from my IDS courses on our course blog, http://raceandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/
English 145, Writing in the Disciplines, Spring 2011 PDF of course materials available here.
English 145.13, Writing for Business Majors (The Genres of Social Media), Fall 2014. (Online) PDF of course materials here.
English 145.13, Writing for Business Majors (The Genres of Social Media), Spring 2015. (Online)
English 145.13, Writing for Business Majors (The Genres of Social Media), Spring 2015.
English 239, Multimodal Composition, Fall 2013 PDF of course materials available here.
English 246, Advanced Composition, Spring 2013 PDF of course materials available here.
English 283, Rhetorical Theory and Applications, Fall 2012 PDF of course materials available here.
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
English 1001, Composition and Language, Fall 2009 PDF of course materials available here.
English 1002, Composition and Literature, Spring 2010 PDF of course materials available here.
English 2760, Introduction to Professional Writing, Spring 2009 (Co-Instructor with Dr. Timothy N. Taylor)
Parkland College, Champaign, IL, College for Kids Program
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Journaling-Inspired Reading and Writing” Jul. 8-18, 2013
“The Hunger Games: Reading and Writing Dystopias” Jul. 8-18, 2013
“Because of Winn-Dixie: Inspiration for a Writer’s Workshop” Jul. 12-22, 2010
“Percy Jackson: Writing, Mythology, and More” Jul. 12-22, 2010
READY Workshop, Jan 15, 2015
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