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Graduate students

Selected students & sample programs

photo of student study groupLRS graduate students customize their minor by selecting courses around their own focus and interests. Here are some selected graduates and sample programs:

Betsy Brey, a master’s student in English at UM-Duluth, constructed her minor around the theme of “New Media Literacy and Storytelling Methods,” taking the following classes:

    • Victorian Afterlives (ENGL 8181)
    • Independent Study in Communication: Media Theory (COMM 5391)
    • Directed Research in Writing Studies: New Media and Video Game Narratives (WRIT 6994)

Heidi Jones, a doctoral student in Literacy Education, constructed her minor around the theme of “Literacy and Identity,” taking the following classes:

    • Transactional Theory (CI 8400)
    • Digital Writing (CI 5330)
    • Ethnography Theory and Practice (ANTH 8002)
    • Writing Instruction and Popular Culture (WRIT 8540)

Susan Perez Castillejo, a doctoral student in Hispanic & Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, & Linguistics, constructed her minor around the theme of “The Pedagogy of Second Language Writing as Means and End,” taking the following classes:

    • Basics of Second Language Acquisition for Teachers (TESL 5805)
    • Research Experience I: Study Design and Planning (CI 8161)
    • Applications of Technology in Language Teaching (LGTT 5101)
    • Reading and Writing in a Second Language (CI 5656)

Aimee Rogers, a doctoral student in Literacy Education, constructed her minor around the theme of “Reading Graphic Novels,” taking the following classes:

    • Introduction to Semiotics  (CSCL 5555)
    • Critical Discourse Analysis (CI 8147)
    • Emergent Genres on the Internet (WRIT 8510)
    • Alphabet to Internet:  History of Writing Technologies (ENGL 4722)

Kasi Williamson, a doctoral student in Communication Studies, constructed her minor around the theme of "Alternative Literacies and Rhetorical Agency," taking the following classes:

    • Teaching Digital Writing (CI 5410)
    • Theory and Research in Internet Studies (WRIT 8550)
    • Rhetoric, Feminism, and Agency (COMM 8611)
    • Directed Reading: Media Literacy (COMM 5970)