Rachel N. Spear, Ph. D.

teaching portfolio
Spear has taught a range of composition and literature courses often with a women's focus. She has received a student-nominated STAR Award for her successful teaching while at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her efforts have also yielded a Cultural Activity Grant, a Global Citizenship Grant, an Engaged Teaching Fellowship, and a Writing and Speaking Pedagogy Fellowship.

Francis Marion University
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ENG 111, Composition I
ENG 111L, Writing Lab for Composition I
ENG 341, Advanced Composition for Writing Teachers

University of Southern Mississippi
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ENG 100E/101E, Expanded Composition
ENG 102, College Composition II (Online)
ENG 099E, Expanded Composition Writing Studio
ENG 332, Advanced Composition: Stories of Trauma
ENG 333, Technical Writing (Online)

University of North Carolina - Wilmington
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ENG 101, College Reading & Writing I
ENG 200, College Reading & Writing II – Global, Women’s Issues (Service-Learning)
ENG 201, College Reading & Writing II
ENG 110, Introduction to Literature
ENG 230, Women in Literature
HNRS ENG 230, Women in Literature
ENG 290, Themed Literature: Trauma and Healing

Louisiana State University
(Teacher of Record)
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ENGL 1001, Freshmen Composition
ENGL 1002, Argumentative Essay
ENGL 2025, Introduction to Fiction, Emphasis: Writing Women
ENGL 2025, Introduction to Fiction, Emphasis: Narrative Discourses of Love
ENGL 2673, Literature & Ethnicity, Emphasis: Becoming Stories