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Dr.
Linda Learman
Assistant Professor
(517) 264-3907
llearman@adrian.edu
Education
PhD in English (Rhetoric and Composition),
Wayne State University (2008)
MA in English (Written Communications),
Eastern Michigan University (1998)
Specialties
Rhetoric and Composition; Teaching of
Writing; Critical/alternative Writing
Theory and Pedagogy; Literacy Studies;
Computers and Writing, Writing Center
Theory and Pedagogy, Qualitative Research
Methods
Research
Studies currently in progress (in development
from dissertation) include developing
pedagogies to work with student conflict
and resistance in first-year writing,
understanding the revising processes of
undergraduates through rhetorical and
textual analysis; and proposing methodological
considerations for classroom research.
Review: Learman, Linda Mercer.
“Writing Genres By Amy Devitt.”
Issues in Writing. 15.1
(2004): 125-132.
Presentations/Conferences
“Of Conflict and Collaboration:
Reflective Instrumentalism in the Composition
Classroom.” Presented at the Conference
on College Composition and Communication,
San Francisco, CA, 2009.
“Research on Student Revision Revisited.”
Presented at the Conference on College
Composition and Communication, San Antonio,
TX, 2004.
“Essay #3: A Writing Teacher’s
Close Encounter with New Media.”
Presented at the New Media Conference,
Detroit, MI, 2004.
“The Question Concerning a Critical
View of Technology: Paying Attention in
the Computer Classroom.” Presented
at the Conference on College Composition
and Communication, New York, NY, 2003.
“Connecting the
Text to the Hills to the Streets.”
Presented at the Conference on College
Composition and Communication, Chicago,
IL, 2002.
“The Pedagogy
of Paulo Friere and Critical Literacy
in America.” Presented at National
Council
“Paulo Freire,
The Problem of Authority, and Rhetorical
Education in America.” Presented
at Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and
Composition, 1999.
Professional
Memberships
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
National Council of Teachers of English
Modern Language Association
Michigan Council of Teachers of English
Awards
Rumble Fellow, Wayne State University
Distinguished Graduate Student in Written
Communications Award
Other
Interests
Playing soccer, golf, waterskiing, travel,
enjoying the outdoors.
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