Amy Ann Latawiec
EDUCATION
Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Ph.D in English 2016
Wayne State University, Detroit MI
MA in English 2014
Wayne State University, Detroit MI
BA in English 2008
Dissertation: Self-Directed Learning and the Development of Self-Efficacy in Basic Writing
A qualitative teacher-research study designed to gauge whether and how pedagogy geared toward the development of students’ own personal learning objectives for the Basic Writing classroom increases the development of students’ dispositions of self-efficacy and motivation.
RESEARCH AREAS
- Developmental Writing theory and pedagogy
- Dispositions and cognition
- Writing Program Assessment
PUBLICATIONS
Jankens, Adrienne and Amy Ann Latawiec. “Revising Reflection for Results in Teacher Research.” Composition Forum 46. Spring 2021, https://compositionforum.com/issue/46/revising-reflection.php. Accessed September 9, 2022.
Krupansky, Mariel, Latawiec, Amy and Hillary Weiss. “Age, Ability, and Self-expression: The Question of Purpose and the Intersections of Comfort in the Classroom.” The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics JOMR, vol. 3, no. 2, 2020, http://journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/3-2-issue-krupansky-latawiec-and-weiss. Accessed May 11 2020.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ENG 1020: Introduction to College Writing (online & in-person)
- STRETCH – FYW 1 & 2
- ENG 1020: Rhetoric, Research, and Reflection
- ENG 1020: Inquiry, Composition, and Reflection
- ENG 1020: The Rhetorical Toolbox
ENG 1010: Basic Writing (online, hybrid, & in-person)
- ENG 1010: WSU Athletics Bridge program
- ENG 1010: Basic Writing in Digital Environments
- ENG 1010/0500: Basic Writing APEX Bridge Program
- ENG 1010: Basic Writing
- ENG 1010: Basic Writing Hybrid Online
ENG 3190: Rhetoric after 1865
Hybrid ENG 1010/ENG 1020: Collaborative Service Learning
ENG 3050: Technical Writing Reports I (online)
Writing Center Tutor. Wayne State University Writing Center. Fall 2009-Summer 2010.
AWARDS/Funding
CLAS Excellence in Teaching Writing Award
Fall 2020
Wayne State English Department Excellence in the Teaching of Writing Award
Winter 2016
Humanities Center Working Group: Composition Learning Communities
Fall 2013; Fall 2014
Dorette Burke Sheill Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Winter 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistantship – Wayne State University
Fall 2009-2013
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
ENG 1010 (Basic Writing) – AY 2013-19
2013: Development, training, and implementation of required genres and learning objectives for all sections of Basic Writing.
2014-15: Member of task force charged with the development and implementation of assignment sequence/curricular guidelines for Basic Writing in order to distinguish identity of the course within the general education Composition sequence (course genres, learning outcomes, and objectives).
2016-17: Chair of task force leading the development of a comprehensive teaching manual for instructors of ENG 1010: Basic Writing; overseeing research and implementation of pilot programs for ALP/Stretch instruction at Wayne State
2017-18: Chair of ENG 1010 Curriculum Committee leading the continued IRB-approved research and implementation of a Stretch curriculum pilot course for ENG 1010 students
2018-19: Chair of ENG 1010 Curriculum Committee leading the development of the second (expanded) pilot of Stretch FYW to be implemented in AY 19-20.
Writing in the Humanities (Intermediate Writing) – AY 15-16
Member of task-force charged with the development of curriculum (learning objectives; genres; assignment sequences; common syllabi) for a new Intermediate writing course focused on training students for writing within Humanities fields.
ENG 1020 (Intro to College Writing) – AY 14-15
Member of task force charged with development and implementation of assignment sequence/curricular guidelines for First Year Writing in order to distinguish identity of the course within the general education Composition sequence (course genres; assignment sequence; learning outcomes; objectives).
SERVICE
General Education Oversight Committee (Fellow) – September 2021-current
Responsible for coordination and communication with colleagues in the English department for General Education Assessment of BC (Basic Composition) Learning Objectives. Duties include (but are not limited to) attending biweekly meetings of the GEOC subcommittee; development and revision of rubrics used to assess BC and IC outcomes in the English department; communication with faculty teaching Gen Ed BC courses; attending and assisting with development of gen ed assessment workshops for faculty.
Composition Learning Community (Coordinator/Co-Coordinator) – August 2015-2018
Responsible for the Composition program learning community’s involvement in campus-wide training and outreach events; organizing all Composition learning community meetings and trainings; representing the Composition program in campus-wide leadership training; supervisor for all student work assignments within the learning community
Composition Executive Committee – January 2015 – current
Member of primary administrative committee overseeing the direction of the Composition program and all other composition subcommittees.
Composition Curriculum Committee – August 2011 – May 2015; August 2018-May 2019
Revision and development of teaching materials for Graduate student instructors; planning and implementing department-wide teaching workshops; revising common syllabi; authoring custom textbook material for undergraduate general education courses
Composition Assessment Committee – February 2012 – May 2018
Facilitating student and instructor focus groups for assessment projects in First Year Writing and Basic Writing; developing and revising assessment tools including surveys and assessment rubrics; portfolio assessment of Basic Writing and First-Year Writing (programmatic level)
APEX development workshops – April-June 2012; April-June 2013
Assisted in developing curriculum for WSU APEX summer bridge program
Mentoring Committee – September 2010 – August 2011; February 2015 – current
Assisted in developing a mentoring program for Graduate Teaching Assistants in AY 10-11; Mentoring GTAs in their instruction of First-Year and Basic Writing; formal and informal teaching evaluations of GTAs and PTF; Facilitating Basic Writing ENG 1010 Teaching Circle
Salary Committee – 2016-17
Participate in English Department annual salary review
Appointments Committee – 2018-20
AFFILIATIONS / PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, WSU Academy of Teachers (2022-current)
Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) 2013-current
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2011-current
College Composition and Communication (CCC) 2010-current
WORKSHOPS
Lesson planning for new GTAs
August 2022
Semester prep ENG 1020 (online; hybrid; asynchronous)
December 2021
Protecting the body and the mind: Or, how to make grading tolerable
April 2019
Developing reflective and metacognitive mini-lessons in the writing classroom
Mapping Terrains Conference, Macomb Community College
May 2018
Teaching with the PLO
October 2016
Peer Review: Practice and theory
October 2015
Developing a Peer Mentoring Program and Composition Learning Community
January 2015
Teaching the Portfolio: What, Why, How
February 2013
Developing Custom Textbook Content
December 2012
Strategies for reading and grading student work in ENG 1010
August 2012
Portfolio teaching, Reflection, and Metacognition
August 2012
Portfolio Teaching and Assessment
December 2011
Strategies for the Teaching of English 1020
September 2011
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Teachers Teaching Teachers: An Ecology of Teacher Training and Development for First Year Writing” CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. (online) Spokane, WA. April 2021.
“Contingent Collaborations, Curricular Change, Unhinged Structures, Arbitrary Genres: Alternatives to Status Quo Performances for Basic Writing” CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburgh, PA. March 2019.
“The Challenges of Reporting Pilot Data” Teaching of Writing Conference (ToW). Wayne State University. Detroit, MI. February 2019
“We Tried It: Now What? What we learned about the affordances and constraints of departmental identities and innovation” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Sacramento, CA. July 2018
“Piloting a ‘Stretch’ Curriculum: A Longitudinal Study of Basic Writing, Student Dispositions, and the Definition of Success” Humanities Center Brown Bag Series. Detroit, MI. April 2018.
“A Composition Learning Community in Action: Perspectives from Students, Mentors, and Instructors” Humanities Center Brown Bag Series. Detroit, MI. January 18, 2018.
“Bring your ‘Bad Ideas’ about Teaching (Developmental) Writing” Corridors ’17. Detroit, MI. September 30, 2017.
“Beyond the Pass Rate: A Tale of Exigence and Action” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Knoxville, TN. July 2017
“’What’s SRL got to do with it?:’ Strategies and Tools for Self-Regulation in the Writing Classroom” CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, Oregon. March 15-18, 2017.
“Avoiding the ‘Seminal and Traditional’ in the Teaching of Developmental Writing” Innovation and Tradition: Michigan College English Association (MCEA). Warren, MI. October 22, 2016.
“’What’s SRL Got to do with it?:’ Strategies for Self-Regulation in the Writing Classroom” Wayne State Teaching of Writing Conference. Detroit, MI. September 10, 2016
“How to Hold a Slippery Fish: Methodological Challenges and Solutions for Studying Student Dispositions” CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, Texas. April 6-9, 2016.
“A Composition Learning Community: Cultivating Collaboration, Connections, and Culture at WSU.” Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE). East Lansing, Michigan. October 30, 2015.
“Building Sturdy Bridges from Basic Writing to First Year Composition: How Can Assessment and Peer Mentoring be Useful Tools in Program Development?” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Boise, Idaho. July 12-19, 2015.
“Who’s Being Assessed, Here? Challenging the Discourses of Accountability.” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Normal, Illinois. July 17-20, 2014
“Assessment, Integrated Student Services, and Curricular Change: Forging the Trifecta of Student Development.” CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March 2014
“Foster Student Self-Efficacy through Personal Learning Objectives.” Vulnerable Times – MLA: Modern Language Association. Chicago, IL. January 2014.
“Transforming the Future of English: Knowledge Transfer across the Composition Curriculum.” NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English. Boston, MA. November 21-24, 2013.
“Fostering Self-Efficacy: Basic Writers and the Transformation of Knowledge.” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Georgia Southern University July 14-22, 2013
“Lateral Transfer in Basic Composition: Making Connections” The Public Work of Composition CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013
Presentation of preliminary dissertation data analysis. Qualitative Research Network.
CCCC: Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013
“Making Connections: Lateral Transfer in Basic Writing” Dream. Connect. Ignite! – NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English. Las Vegas, NV. November 16, 2012
“Pinterest and Other Tools for Self-Efficacy in the Classroom” What is Composing Today? How do people learn/teach it? – WIDE-EMU Unconference East Lansing, MI. October 20, 2012. “Personal Power in Learning: Developing Pedagogical Practice for Facilitating Individual Student Learning Transfer” Policy, Practice, and Power: Upholding Our Convictions in Demanding Time. – Michigan Council of Teachers of English. East Lansing, MI. October 19, 2012
“L2 Students as Writers and Readers” (#1724)
Panel chair. Conference on College Composition and Communication St. Louis, MO. March 2012
“Precarious Pedagogy: The Risks (and Payoffs) of Atypical Technology Use in the Composition Classroom” Risks and Opportunities – Michigan College English Association
Dearborn, MI. October 14, 2011
REFERENCES
Gwen Gorzelsky
Associate Professor, English; Executive Director of The Institute for Learning and Teaching
Colorado State University
Gwen.gorzelsky@colostate.edu
Jeff Pruchnic
Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Wayne State University
j.pruchnic@wayne.edu
Dana Driscoll
Associate Professor of English
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
dana.driscoll@iup.edu