Teaching Goals
My immediate goal as an first-year composition instructor is to further develop my own capacity to compose multimodally so that I can better model strategies for my ENG 101 students; long-term, I hope to use those improved skills to develop an online library of multimodal resources to support my students.
In an effort to reach this goal, I’ve been familiarizing myself with tools like Adobe Express so that I can provide a diverse array of resources to students that employ a variety of strategies, like this self-guided presentation to support the revision of a profile of a business or organization or the supplemental lecture videos housed at my YouTube channel.
Virtual Office
One way I support my online ENG 101 students is through my Virtual Office, a hub where students can get in touch with me and peruse the various supplemental lectures that I’ve created to aide them in their coursework. This site, while in use and available to students, is under ongoing construction as I continue to develop resources.
Recently Taught Courses
ENG 101: First-Year Composition (online and asynchronous)
Writers’ Studio, Arizona State
Accelerated, 7.5-week composition course focusing on rhetorical understanding and practicing, critical languaging, and composing as a process.
COMM 305: Descriptive and Narrative Writing (online and asynchronous)
Mount St. Mary’s University
A creative writing course and workshop focusing on the development of a personal writing style across a variety of genres.
WCIV 102: Origins of the West (online and asynchronous)
Mount St. Mary’s University
Course in fulfillment of Mount St. Mary’s Core Curriculum focusing on the origins of the contemporary Western world through examination of its Greek, Roman, and Judeo-Christian roots with a special emphasis on the legacies that continue to shape the world in which we live.
WCIV 201: The Western Imagination (online and asynchronous)
Mount St. Mary’s University
Course in fulfillment of Mount St. Mary’s Core Curriculum drawing on the literature, art, and history of the West between 1500 and 1918 to examine the emergence of the global, urbanized, and technologically-advanced Western world in which they live.
Excerpts from Recent Student Evaluations
“The instructor is so helpful, friendly and approachable. She is so quick at responding to student emails. She actually encourages students to reach out for help, questions or concerns. She cares so much about your success in her class and provides detailed and helpful feedback on assignments. She cares to build a relationship with her students, which makes her the best instructor. Rachel is amazing! I am so thankful to have taken ENG101 with her.”
“I really enjoyed the attention I was given. I felt like the instructor really cared about bettering my writing.”
“Rachel was encouraging and her feedback was constructive without being condescending. She was a constant presence in the course. She was approachable and responded in a timely manner. ”