Amanda Sladek
Associate Professor, Comp Coordinator
Office:
THMH
TH202F |
Phone: (308) 865-8116 |
Email: sladekam@unk.edu
Education
- Ph.D., English. University of Kansas. 2016.
- B.A., English and Psychology. Midland University. 2011.
Areas of Specialization
- Composition and Basic Writing pedagogies
- Literacy studies
- World Englishes
- Antiracism and linguistic justice
- Writing Program Administration
Publications
- “Revision Rainbow: Editing for Sentence Variety.” Dynamic Activities for First-Year Composition: 96 Ways to Immerse, Inspire, and Captivate Students, Eds. Michal Reznizki and David T. Coad, NCTE, forthcoming.
- “Student-Centered Grammar Feedback in the Basic Writing Classroom: Toward a Translingual Grammar Pedagogy.” Journal of Basic Writing 40.2 (2022): 68-95.
- “‘Say What You Want to Say!’: Teaching Literacy Autoethnography to Resist Linguistic Prejudice.” Self+Culture+Writing: Autoethnography for/as Writing Studies. Eds. Rebecca Jackson and Jackie Grutsch McKinney, Utah State UP, 2021: 126-135.
- “Literacy as Threshold Concept: Building Multiliterate Awareness in First-Year Writing.” Composition Studies 47.2 (2019): 108-126.
- “Using Digital Resources to Teach Language Variation in the Midwest” (with Mattie Lane). Teaching Language Variation in the Classroom: Strategies and Models from Teachers and Linguists. Eds. Chris C. Palmer and Michelle Devereaux, Routledge, 2019: 129-137.
- "The New Literacies Narrative." Writing on the Edge 26.1 (2015): 63-72.
- "Constructing the Crisis: Audience Perceptions of For-Profit Education and Institutional Integrity in the Closure of Dana College." International Journal for Educational Integrity 10.2 (2014): 60-70.
Courses Taught
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ENG100A: English for Academic Purposes
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ENG101: Introduction of Academic Writing
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ENG102: Academic Writing and Research
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ENG303: Introduction to Linguistics
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ENG311: Advanced Writing
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ENG805: Teaching of Composition
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ENG808: English Around the Globe
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ENG809: Theory of Rhetoric and Composition
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ENG899: Special Topics: Rural Literacies
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ENG 899: Special Topics: Writing Instruction and Multiple Literacies
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LOPR126: First Year Seminar (You at UNK: Developing Individual, Intellectual, and Interpersonal Identity)