Amy Ann Latawiec (aj3900)
University information
Title: Associate Professor - Teaching
Unit: English
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science
Contact information
Student information
Major: Public Health
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department:
Title:
Associate Professor of Teaching
Secondary Title:
Writing Center Director
Phone:
313-717-6251
Email:
amy.latawiec@wayne.edu
Office:
5057 Woodward Ste. 9205.2
Detroit, MI 48202
Curriculum Vitae:
https://people.wayne.edu/profile/aj3900/1578/latawiec_cv_2023.docx
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Website:
amyannlatawiec.com
writing.wayne.edu
Biography:
Amy is an associate professor of teaching in the English department and the director of the university Writing Center at Wayne State where she specializes in teaching and researching developmental writing. Amy has developed basic writing curriculum for Wayne State and is actively engaged in innovative curricular revisions in an effort to enhance writing instruction. At the Writing Center, Amy is focused on increasing support for student writing through campus partnerships, new assessment initiatives, and the new Writer's Studio.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise:
- Dispositions and cognition
- Basic writing theory and pedagogy
- Writing program assessment
Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications:
B.A., English, 2008
M.A., English, 2014
Ph.D.. English Composition & Rhetoric, 2016
Awards and grants:
Department of English Excellence in the Teaching of Writing 2016
CLAS Teaching Award 2020
Member, Academy of Teachers
Selected publications:
- Jankens, Adrienne and Amy Ann Latawiec. “Revising Reflection for Results in Teacher Research.” Composition Forum 46. Spring 2021, compositionforum.com/issue/46/revising-reflection.php
- Krupansky, Mariel, Latawiec, Amy and Hillary Weiss. “Age, Ability, and Self-expression: The Question of Purpose and the Intersections of Comfort in the Classroom.” The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics JOMR, vol. 3, no. 2, 2020, journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/3-2-issue-krupansky-latawiec-and-weiss
