Selected Syllabi

Web design & user testing course proposal

This future course applies design thinking, usability, and hands-on problem-solving. Taught with special attention to iterative design and human-centered design principles. Notable assignments include a web design rhetorical analysis, design & user testing plan, and design implementation project.

Al & writing course proposal

This future course applies rhetorical thinking and prompt engineering to write alongside AI. Taught with special attention to ethics, human-in-the-loop writing, and critical reflection. Notable assignments include a technology literacy narrative and AI comparison, an emerging technology explainer, an informational backgrounder, and a wicked problems policy proposal.

AIQS 100: "Public Health in the City"

This academic inquiry seminar applies academic writing, research, and collaboration skills through the study of local public health challenges and structural inequities in Cleveland, Ohio. Students grapple with the following questions: What does it mean to live in a “healthy” city and who gets to decide? What does “access” to care really mean beyond availability? How can health communication serve as a tool for justice?

Notable assignments include a rhetorical analysis of a scholarly article related to public health, an argumentative research essay on a local public health issue, research poster, and course reflection.

ENGL 421: Technical Writing

This course applies workplace writing in networked environments for technical contexts. Taught with special attention to user analysis, data analysis/display, project planning, document management, usability, ethics, research, and team writing. Notable assignments included technical reports, memos, documentation, and web content, with a focus on professional communication and audience-centered design.

ENGL 422: Writing for the Health & Human Sciences

This course applies rhetorical principles to writing in health, hospitality, nutrition, nursing, and related fields of health and human sciences. Taught with special attention to health equity, emphasizing rhetorical data, cultural competence, plain language, and patient-centered design. Notable assignments include a professional persona application portfolio, patient case notes & referral, patient educational material, and medical grant writing proposal.

ENGL 420: Business Writing

This course applies workplace writing in networked environments to management contexts. It emphasizes organizational context, project planning, document management, ethics, research, and team writing. Notable assignments include an employment portfolio and interview on workplace communication, an informational backgrounder, a multimedia campaign, and a reflection report.

ENGL 106: Composition

This foundational writing course focuses on academic rhetoric through extensive practice composing clear, effective prose. Students develop skills in organization, audience awareness, style, and research-based writing, emphasizing revision and peer feedback. Notable assignments include a scholarly article rhetorical analysis, exploratory research article, and a public research poster presentation.

ENGL 1100: Composition 1

English 1100 is a writing-centered course that recognizes linguistic and cultural diversity through course materials and activities. Students engage in critical questioning, reading, and researching as they plan, draft, review, revise, and reflect on their writing. Notable assignments include a narrative collage, media analysis, expository research paper, and multimodal remix project.

ENGL 0199: Fundamentals of Academic Writing

ENGL 0199: Fundamentals of College Writing is an Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) English course that allows students to take the ENGL 0199 course concurrently with Composition I to accelerate remediation into one semester. Students evaluate and reflect on their writing while they study language in the context of academic discourse. ENGL 0199 presents students with strategies to recognize their learning strengths and weaknesses and equip them for success in the English classroom, college culture, and beyond.