People: Julie M. Johannes
Education
M.A., English Literature and Composition, University of Rochester (2004)
Thesis: An Examination of Don DeLillo\'s Work through the Lenses of Feminism, Modernism, and Postmodernism
B.A., English & Theatre, SUNY Geneseo (2002)
Thesis: An Examination of Don DeLillo\'s Work through the Lenses of Feminism, Modernism, and Postmodernism
B.A., English & Theatre, SUNY Geneseo (2002)
Interests
Conspiracy Theory
Don DeLillo
The Kennedy Dynasty
20th/21st Century American Popular Culture
The Bible as Literature
Technical Theatre & Lighting Design
Foundations of Western Thought (Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, etc.)
Dante (The Divine Comedy)
The "first-year experience": the transition from high school to college
Italian (language & literature)
I am drawn to RIT\'s Department of English because of its reputation for a strong, supportive, multidisciplinary, and student-focused culture. I see the implementation of new and different pedagogical practices--including further integrating technology into my courses and exposing students to both its intrinsic values and pitfalls--as a way to better serve students and to make learning stimulating.
My other professional interests are more pedagogically oriented and center on how to make writing and rhetoric more appealing to students who aren\'t naturally inclined to have an interest in those areas. This research is an outgrowth of the fantastic success of my computer science learning community courses this academic year. One thing that I tell students is that teaching writing is like teaching a kind of design and thus the multiple stages and paper revisions that culminate in a final portfolio are much like the prototypes that must be developed before a product is released to the public. With this in mind, students generally become less reticent to embrace course activities. Why? I am investigating whether this is purely psychological or a practical tool with definite pedagogical potential.
Don DeLillo
The Kennedy Dynasty
20th/21st Century American Popular Culture
The Bible as Literature
Technical Theatre & Lighting Design
Foundations of Western Thought (Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, etc.)
Dante (The Divine Comedy)
The "first-year experience": the transition from high school to college
Italian (language & literature)
I am drawn to RIT\'s Department of English because of its reputation for a strong, supportive, multidisciplinary, and student-focused culture. I see the implementation of new and different pedagogical practices--including further integrating technology into my courses and exposing students to both its intrinsic values and pitfalls--as a way to better serve students and to make learning stimulating.
My other professional interests are more pedagogically oriented and center on how to make writing and rhetoric more appealing to students who aren\'t naturally inclined to have an interest in those areas. This research is an outgrowth of the fantastic success of my computer science learning community courses this academic year. One thing that I tell students is that teaching writing is like teaching a kind of design and thus the multiple stages and paper revisions that culminate in a final portfolio are much like the prototypes that must be developed before a product is released to the public. With this in mind, students generally become less reticent to embrace course activities. Why? I am investigating whether this is purely psychological or a practical tool with definite pedagogical potential.
Publications
"Online Computer Games and First-Year Composition: Pedagogy for a New Generation." Conference Paper, CCCC 2009: San Francisco, 13 March 2009.
"Checklist of D.H. Lawrence Criticism and Scholarship, 1994-1995." D.H. Lawrence Review 31.2 (2003): 59-75.
Quote
"Ancora Imparo" (Still, I learn)
~Michelangelo Buonarotti, aged 87
~Michelangelo Buonarotti, aged 87