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Sara Heaser

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Teaching Professor
English University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Sara Heaser Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Associate Teaching Professor

English

Specialty area(s)

first-year writing; basic writing; first-year experience; co-requisite course design and curriculum; rhetoric and composition pedagogy; writing placement (multiple measures and direct self-placement); research methodology in composition studies

Brief biography

As an Associate Teaching Professor in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, I help students become more confident, rhetorically-aware communicators. My writing courses are designed to emphasize experimentation, critical thinking, collaboration, and metacognition in order to prepare students for active lives driven by inquiry and curiosity.

Much of my professional work focuses on first-year student learning, success, and retention at multiple levels, from classroom instruction of novice and underprepared writers to curricular, course, and programmatic design within my institution. 

If you are a student and interested in learning more about English programs and opportunities on our campus, stop by my office or email me. I'd be happy to discuss all things English with you! 

CLS Recognition of Excellence Award, 2019

Current courses at UWL

Spring 2024

English 110: College Writing

FYS 100: TL, DR: Reading & Thinking in the Clickbait Era

Education

Summer Seminar for Research in Composition Studies, Dartmouth College (2017)

M.A., Literature and Language Studies, Winona State University

B.A., Rhetoric and Composition, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Career

Teaching history

English 050: Fundamentals of Composition 

UWL 100/FYS 100: First-Year Seminar

ENG 100: College Writing Workshop

English 110: College Writing 

English 303: Advanced Composition

English 450: English Internship

Professional history

Professional Memberships 

  • National Council of the Teachers of English
  • Council on Basic Writing
  • Council of Writing Program Administrators

Research and publishing

Publications

Kudos

presented

Sara Heaser and Olivia Stoltman, both English, presented "Reclaiming Your Own Narrative: Honoring and Advocating for Equitable NTT Labor" at Hills and Hollers: The Challenges and Kinship of Academic Life off the Tenure Track on June 30 online. The conference was hosted by West Virginia University.

Submitted on: July 3, 2023

 

served

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

Submitted on: Feb. 6, 2023

 

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

Virginia Crank, Sara Heaser and Darci Thoune, all English, co-authored the article "Re-Imagining the First Year as Catalyst for First-Year Writing Program Curricular Change" in "Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" published on Feb. 4, 2019 by Indiana University. This article is part of a special issue on Re-Imagining the First Year. UWL, along with 43 other schools nationwide, participated in the RFY initiative 2016-2018. http://www.aascu.org/RFY/

Submitted on: Feb. 12, 2019

 

presented

Virginia Crank, Sara Heaser and Darci Thoune, all English, presented "From Outcome to Assessment: Designing Aligned Writing Prompts" at the Writing Innovation Symposium on Feb. 7, 2019 in Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

Submitted on: Feb. 7, 2019

 

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