Cask of Amontillado Activity

This is an activity I use in English 101 to teach my students about adaptation and remediation as they begin adapting their writing into a new medium. Students read the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" and listen to its radio adaptation to consider how the play adapts central idea into a new format. They then apply these concepts by planning a film adaptation of the story.

Analyzing Ads Activity

This is an activity I use in English 101 to teach my students about rhetorical appeals and how they appear beyond the classroom setting. After learning about Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, the class watches an ad the heavily features one of these appeals and identify how and why the ad is making this appeal.

Following this, the students identify these appeals in a series of political ads.

Research on Critical Making Pedagogy

This is a research project I completed for English 801 at the University of Kansas on Critical Making as a composition practice.

I've included both a written report and a PowerPoint on Critical Making with ideas and activities for incorporating Critical Making into the First-Year Writing Classroom.

Composition Pedagogies in Movies

This is a Research Paper and PowerPoint I presented at the CEA Conference in 2024  on the portrayal of composition pedagogies in films.

The research I did for it helps inform much of my approach as a teacher while offering insights into the cultural expectations placed on writing instructors.