Andrea Dickens

Biography
Having taught at a number of different institutions, Andrea Dickens currently teaches a wide variety of Writing Programs classes at ASU-Tempe, including ENG 101, 102, 107, 108, 301, 302 and WAC 107. She's particularly focused on working with students from diverse backgrounds and cultures in both first-year and advanced writing. Her current research focuses on thinking about sustainability of people and ways that contemplative pedagogies can be used in the composition classroom to foster deeper engagement that sustains a career. In her spare time she is a ceramic artist, poet, and spends time in creative fiber arts and volunteering at the Desert Botanical Garden.
Education
- Ph.D. University of Virginia 2005
- M.F.A. Ohio State University 2013
- M.A. University of Virginia 2005
- M.A.R. Yale University 1998
- B.A. University of Virginia 1994
- A.A. Piedmont Virginia Community College 2000
Research Interests
Andrea Janelle Dickens's work spans both academic and creative disicplines. She's particularly interested in rehtoric, religion and literature, and creative writing. Her book The Female Thinker (IB Tauris, 2009) looks at the 12 medieval women's textual legacies. Her current research interests include approaches to writing across the curriculum and developing a rhetoric for the creative process. She is also currently at work on a book-length study of the work of Mechtilde of Hackeborn and has just completed a book of poetry.
Courses
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
ENG 594 | Conference and Workshop |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 105 | Adv First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
ENG 594 | Conference and Workshop |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
WAC 101 | Intro to Academic Writing |
ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
WAC 107 | Intro to Academic Writing |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 105 | Adv First-Year Composition |
ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 105 | Adv First-Year Composition |
ENG 302 | Business Writing |