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Center Graduate Students: Samantha Looker
Samantha Looker is a M.A. candidate in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Information
315 English Building | MC-718
217-333-1335
slooker@illinois.edu
Biographical Statement
I came to the U of I from my nice, warm native state of Arizona, where I got my BA in English linguistics (with a minor in women's studies) from Arizona State University. While I was there, I spent three years as a Writing Center tutor and discovered that I love helping people improve as writers just as much as I love doing writing of my own. Thus, I feel right at home here in Writing Studies; I've now finished my first year of graduate scholarship and college- level teaching. I feel fortunate to be a teacher in the Academic Writing Program, since this has allowed me to nurture interests in basic writing pedagogy and diversity in the composition classroom. And because, in my biased opinion, we get the coolest students. :-) They constantly help me discover new reasons why I want to make teaching college writing my career.
Courses Taught
- Rhet 103 & 104, AWP
Other Positions Held
- Summer Bridge composition tutor
Research Interests
Composition pedagogy, basic writing, writing centers, teacher response, intersections of race/class/gender/sexuality with rhetoric and pedagogy