Teaching.
I am comfortable working with writers across age groups, contexts, university and community settings, and types of writing and digital/multimedia composing. I’ve worked with college students in freshman composition and business/technical writing classes, middle-school girls on digital composing, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on documenting their experiences through photography and video stories, and domestic violence/sexual assault survivors on creative writing projects.
I am also invested in professional development and mentoring as another form of teaching, of sharing knowledge people need/want to pursue their passions. As a result, I’ve taught workshops on diverse topics, such as research methods, building resumes and an online presence, working with distressed students, community engagement practices for educators, and document design. I’ve mentored others through establishing the UofL English department’s first M.A. peer mentoring program, mentoring new teachers in my role as Assistant Director of the Composition Program, and providing placements, resources, training, and support to undergraduate researchers with the Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research.
As an instructor in the University of Louisville’s Composition Program since 2013, I’ve taught:
Introduction to College Writing
Intermediate College Writing
Business Writing
Science and Technical Writing
Working with students at the Digital Media Academy, a digital media summer camp for rising sixth grade girls from historically low-performing schools in underserved neighborhoods near UofL.
Regardless of content, all of my courses offer multiple “ways in” to accommodate diverse learners. They ask students to compose across media for a variety of audiences on topics that matter to students. Students in my courses build confidence in their writing skills by learning a wide range of strategies to support their own writing processes, as well as being asked to actively apply or translate their learning across multiple classroom, community, and personal writing contexts. My writing courses also ask students to actively and critically consider multiple perspectives on complex research topics and practice skills of intellectual empathy and humility. See what students have to say about my college writing courses below.
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“Ms. Day is so eager to teach and passionate about what she is doing. She made a great engaging learning environment that made me look forward to her class each session [...] Although the class could be stressful at times with all the material, Ms. Day lightened the mood and was there every step of the way [...] I have no doubt in my mind that I have learned things in this class that has better prepared me for the business world. This was definitely one of my favorite classes and instructors.”
—Business Writing Student
“Ms Day was awesome! She helped me actually feel like one professor here cared about me, the class was personalized and very much a pleasant experience. I very much enjoyed this class and the way it was carried out.”
—English 101 Student
“This course didn’t just provide further academic understanding specific to a class, it provided real-life writing exercises that one can use in their future. I believe this class is essential to all majors.”
—English 102 Student
“This instructor exceeded my expectations of a college instructor going above and beyond the calling of an instructor. She offered assistance not only in the class room but outside the classroom as well [...] we have learned and benefited in many ways by participating and asking questions in class. I also want to commend her editing efforts of our writing. She thoroughly edited each writing assignment and offered genuine and useful feedback. ”