Alumna avsmith5@uw.edu Fields of Interest 20th Century 21st Century African American Novel/Prose Fiction Popular Culture Race and Ethnicity Urban Studies Multi-ethnic American LiteratureBackground and ExperienceSummaryB.A., English, University of California, Davis, 2010M.A., English, University of Washington, Seattle 2015 Research Graduate, Dissertations Smith, Alexandra V. Writing the Street: Discourses of Choice, Agency, and Mobility in Twentieth Century Street Lit. 2019. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Adviser: Louis Chude-Sokei, Adviser: Sonnet Retman, Adviser: Sonnet Retman Courses Taught Spring 2018 ENGL 242 B: Reading Prose Fiction Winter 2018 ENGL 281 F: Intermediate Expository Writing Autumn 2017 ENGL 109 G: Introductory Composition Spring 2017 ENGL 111 F: Composition: Literature Autumn 2016 ENGL 108 G: Writing Ready: Preparing For College Writing Winter 2016 ENGL 111 U: Composition: Literature Autumn 2015 ENGL 108 E: Writing Ready: Preparing For College Writing ENGL 111 S: Composition: Literature Spring 2015 ENGL 131 Y: Composition: Exposition Winter 2015 ENGL 131 X: Composition: Exposition Autumn 2014 ENGL 131 F: Composition: Exposition News Related News Graduate Student Awards and Achievements Nov 30, 2018 English Department Student Success May 30, 2017 UW English in the High Schools Teaches College English to Local Teens May 28, 2017 2016-2017 Winners of Richard J. Dunn First Year Teaching Award and Joan Webbers Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Writing Programs by a Graduate Student May 15, 2017 Expository Writing Program Townhall - "Teaching in this Moment" Apr 19, 2017 Share: Print PDF
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