Member Profile

Cheri Spiegel

Primary Discipline:: Humanities / English / Language / Composition and Rhetoric

Primary Affiliation:: Northern Virginia Community/Technical College (Education, Community/Technical College, VA, United States)

Humanities / English (Intermediate)
Language's Interaction with Society--specifically in terms of political rhetoric and issues of language-based prejudice
Humanities / English (Intermediate)
Composition Pedagogy--specifically how pedagogy can be tailored to best serve the needs of students in a digital and visual-based age, as well as how linguistic theory can inform the writing classroom
Academic Support Services / Faculty Development (Beginner)
Instructional Technology--particularly exploring the pedagogical considerations necessary for successfully online instruction.

English 111 (fall 2006)
- Northern Virginia Community College – College Composition
- Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; etc.
English 1106 (spring 2006)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – First-Year Composition
- The Writing Project: Continued study in analytical, critical, and interpretive writing; reading of multiple book-length texts; intensive instruction and practice in writing and revision of longer work, including research; experience in oral presentation.
English 1105 (fall 2005)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – First-Year Composition
- Critical literacy: Introduction to analytical, critical, and interpretive writing and reading of primarily essay-length work; research; intensive practice in writing and revision; fundamentals of oral presentations

Doing Science in a Poet's World: An English Studentýs Introduction to Linguistic Research., 09/15/2006
At "With Pen in Hand: Writing and Reading Our World." The Virginia Tech Department of English Graduate Conference. Blacksburg, VA, April 2005.
Experiencing Reverse Evolution: Narrative Structure in Aimee Bender's "The Rememberer.", 09/15/2006
At "Writing in a Post-Cultural America." The Virginia Tech Department of English Graduate Conference. Blacksburg, VA, April 2006.
Some Informal Remarks Toward the Delanian Narrative., 09/15/2006
At the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 2003.