People
Center Graduate Students: Amber Buck
Amber Buck is a Phd candidate in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Information
220 English Building | MC-718
abuck2@illinois.edu
Biographical Statement
I came to writing studies from my work as a writing tutor at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, where I majored in English with an emphasis on creative writing. As I worked one-on-one with students and assisted them with their writing projects, I became interested in composition theory and pedagogy, which drew me to an MA program in composition and rhetoric at Ball State University. My master's thesis at Ball State focused on the use of computers in the writing center. After I graduated, I spent a year teaching composition, basic writing, and literature at Illinois Central College in Peoria, IL before entering the PhD program in the Center for Writing Studies.
Research Interests
Digitial literacies, new media and identity, multimodal composing
Courses Taught
- Art 250: Writing with Video
- BTW 250: Principles of Professional Communication
- Comp B1: Intro to Composition, Summer Bridge Transitions Program
Other Positions Held
- Assistant Director, Center for Writing Studies
- Associate Editor, Computers and Composition
- Special Projects Coordinator, Freshman Rhetoric Program
- Executive Committee, English Graduate Students Association
Publications
"The Invisible Interface: MS Word in the Writing Center." Computers and Composition 25 (2008): 396-415.