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Professor

English

Specialty area(s)

Writing Program Administration, First-Year Writing, Composition Pedagogy, Feedback, Assessment, and Fat Studies.

Brief biography

Growing up, I was a military kid who found constancy in school and reading. Constancy turned into love and led me to a career where I get to be in school forever. 

Current courses at UWL

ENG 110--College Writing II

ENG 413--Capstone Research Project

 

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Writing Program Administration
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2008.

Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2006.
Dissertation: “‘Act Your Age’: Age, Gender, and Instructor Identity in the Composition Classroom.”

Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2005.

M.A. in Literature
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2001.
Thesis: “‘This Cathexis Between’: Maxine Hong Kingston, Adrienne Rich and Julia Kristeva on Motherhood.”

B.A. in English and French
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, 1996.

Career

Teaching history

Undergraduate

  • ENG 100, College Writing I
  • ENG 110, College Writing II
  • ENG 200, Literature and the Human Experience
  • ENG 303, Special Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
  • ENG 313, Writing, Genre, and Style
  • ENG 333, Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric Studies
  • ENG 342, The Essay
  • ENG 375, Writing Research
  • ENG 413, Capstone Research Project
  • ENG 497, Senior Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing
  • FYS 100, First-Year Seminar

Graduate

  • ENG 500, Composition Pedagogy

Kudos

elected

Darci Thoune, English, was elected Vice President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Submitted on: June 23

published

Darci Thoune, English, co-authored the article "Renewing Our Vows: Reflecting on a Year of Cultural Assessment Conversations" in "WPA: Writing Program Administration," published on June 19 by Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Submitted on: June 23

presented

Sara Heaser, Olivia Stoltman and Darci Thoune, all English, presented "From Trailblazing to the Beaten Path: Coming Full Circle in FYW Curriculum Innovation, Revision, and (Re)Invention" at the Conference on College Communication and Composition on March 7 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Submitted on: Mar. 12

published

Darci Thoune, English, co-authored the chapter "CWPA Summer Workshop: A Litmus Test of Professional Values in the Fray of Reckoning" in "WPAing in a Pandemic and Beyond," published on March 14 by Utah State University.

Submitted on: Mar. 31, 2025

published

Mark McBeth, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Melvin Beavers, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and Darci Thoune, English; co-authored the article "Reading, Researching, Teaching, and Writing with hooks: A Queer Literacy Sponsorship" in College English published on Thursday, April 6 by NCTE.

Submitted on: April 6, 2023

served

Darci Thoune, English, served as a Steering Committee Member for the Writing Innovation Symposium in Milwaukee, on Feb. 2-3, 2023.

Submitted on: Feb. 6, 2023

awarded

Lee Baines and Markus Mika, both Biology; Linda Dickmeyer, Communication Studies; Darci Thoune, English; Naghmeh Gheidi, Exercise & Sport Science; Daniel Bretl, Microbiology; Kamilo Lara, Military Science, ROTC; Seth King, Physics; Brian Kumm-Schaley, Recreation Management & Therapeutic Recreation; and Jane Brannan, Veteran Services; received a UWL Challenge Coin at the Stole & Recognition Ceremony on Friday, May 6 in La Crosse, WI. Students presented a challenge coin to the staff or faculty member of their choosing in recognition of the impact the staff/faculty had on their academic career. Challenge Coins are an enduring military tradition. Military Commanders often give a coin to service members as a mark of camaraderie or to recognize hard work and excellence. They are intended to instill unit pride, improve esprit-de-corps, and serve as a reward for a job well done. A challenge coin signifies the person went above and beyond in their duties.

Submitted on: May 6, 2022

published

Sara Heaser and Darci Thoune, both English, co-authored the article "Designing a Co-Requisite First-Year Writing Course with Student Retention in Mind" in Composition Studies, published on Aug. 17 by Sheperd, Sturman & Estrem.

Submitted on: Aug. 31, 2020

published

Darci Thoune, English, authored the chapter "Failure Potential: Using Failure as Feedback" in Failure Pedagogies: Learning and Unlearning What It Means to Fail published on July 6 by Peter Lang.

Submitted on: July 8, 2020

published

Darci Thoune, English, co-authored the chapter "SoTL and Gendered Division of Labor on our Campuses: A Case for More Equity and Change in Professional Values" in Academic Labor Beyond the College Classroom: Working for Our Values published on Dec. 18, 2019 by Routledge. This chapter, co-authored with Valerie Barske (UW-Stevens Point), Katia Levintova (UW-Green Bay), Valeria Murrenus Pilmaier (UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus), argues that SoTL touches on many work-related issues that we face as faculty in higher education. Because it is not just traditional scholarship, we contend that SoTL carries expectations of improved teaching/learning, which can lead to increased attention on labor practices that are often unrecognized, unpaid, and unrewarded.

Submitted on: Feb. 10, 2020

Memberships & affiliations

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Darci Thoune's office hours

Monday
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Additional meeting times are available on Calendly: https://calendly.com/dthoune/office-hours