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William Donovan
Senior Lecturer in English
Office: LA 207-E
EDUCATION
MA, English (2007), Â鶹´«Ã½AV
BA, American Studies (2002), Â鶹´«Ã½AV
My teaching is designed to try to reach the variety of learning styles my students employ. Whether in the composition sequence or the introductory literature courses, I employ a system of reading, lecture, discussion, and application. I know, from my experience working as a tutor in a writing lab, that the lower the teacher/student ratio, the more effective the teaching and learning. With this in mind, I seek to increase the number of times a student can have more one-on-one time. Teaching and learning should be a self-reflective process. As an educator, this means that I need to be aware of what has been successful for my students in the past so that I can implement or improve upon this in the future; likewise, I need to be aware of what has not been successful so that I can drop or modify that technique for future classes.
Selected Awards and Honors
LDSSA Excellence in Education Award, 2014
CASE Professor of the Year nominee, 2014
Courses Taught
2210: American Cultural Studies
1175: Literature and Ideas
1115: Modern Irish Literature
1102: Writing and Rhetoric II
1101: Writing and Rhetoric I