Carrie Brecke
Director of the Writing Center
Roosevelt University
Literature and Languages
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| Office |
Chicago Campus |
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650
(Auditorium Bldg.)
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312-322-7141
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| Hours |
Monday through Thursday 11am-6pm |
| E-mail |
cbrecke@roosevelt.edu |
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| Classes Taught |
LIBS 201A "Writing Social Justice in the Arts and Humanities: Tutoring in the Writing Center"
M & W 11-12:15
WGS 304/404 "Topics in Feminist Theory: Ecofeminism"
T 6-8:30
Click here to browse my folders and files
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| Research Interests |
Critical Pedagogy and Composition Theory
Feminist Theory: Ecofeminism; The Body; Gendered Violence
Gender, Sexuality, and Literature
Currently, I am working on three projects:
Identifying Tutors: Demographics and the Conundrum of Privilege
Beyond Identity: Peerness as a Tutoring Strategy
The Rhetorics of Privilege in Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth
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| Teaching Experience |
Writing
Introduction to Composition (English as Second Language) (ENG 150)
English Composition I (ENG 160)
English Composition II (ENG 161)
Introduction to the Writing of Non-Fiction Prose (ENG 201)
Introduction to the Writing of Poetry (ENG 210)
Writing about Ideas: The Idea of Culture (honors and non-honors)
Writing Center
Tutoring in the Writing Center: An Advanced Writing Course
Campus Writing Consultants: A Methods Course (graduate and undergraduate)
Literature
Introduction to Literature
Women and Literature
Sexuality and Literature
Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Literature (undergraduate and graduate)
Survey of American Literature
Native American Literature
Reading and Politics in a Global Context (undergraduate and undergraduate)
Survey of British Literature
18th Century British Literature (undergraduate and graduate)
Literary Theory and Criticism (undergraduate and graduate)
Women’s and Gender Studies
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Women in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Women in U.S. History, Literature and the Arts
Sexuality, Identity, and Community: LGBTQ’s in US Contemporary Society
Feminist Theory (undergraduate and graduate)
Feminist Methodologies (graduate)
Feminist Theories of the Body (undergraduate and graduate)
Ecofeminism (undergraduate and graduate)
Lesbian Theory (undergraduate and graduate)
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| Administrative Experience |
1997-2006 Asst Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Writing Center
2003-2006 Coordinator of LINKS Tutoring for UIC’s First Year Writing Program
2001-2002 Coordinator of Staff Tutoring at the UIC Writing Center
2000-2002 Coordinator of Liberal Arts and Sciences Summer Bridge Program
1995-1996 Director of Grant from Council for Effective Teaching and Learning (Women’s Studies Program): “Faculty Development in Teaching Writing”
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| Honors and Other Activities |
The Honor Society of Phi Beta Kappa
2006 Roosevelt University: Howard L. Willett Most Valuable Adjunct Faculty Award
1999 UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues Scholarship (for academic excellence and university service)
1992 & 1998 UIC Chancellor’s Student Service Award
Vice-President: Dundee Township Public Library Board District, 2006
President: Dundee Township Public Library District, 2000-2006
Trustee: Dundee Township Public Library District, 1998-2000
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Roosevelt University
Chicago 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Schaumburg
1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173 |
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