Jenny Howe

faculty

Jenny Howe, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor

English & Communication

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Liberal Arts 216

Education

2014Tufts UniversityPhD
2005Boston CollegeMA
2002Boston CollegeBA

Teaching

  • First Year Writing
  • Children's Media and Literature
  • Medieval Literature
  • Gender and Identity
  • Creative Writing

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Synthesis-focused course that builds on ENL 101. Students sharpen analytical skills by reading complex texts across public and academic genres. Students also create individual research questions, build college-level research skills, compose sophisticated syntheses, and revise their own argumentative, academic contributions to a defined conversation. Students leave the course prepared for intermediate reading and writing tasks in a broad variety of disciplines as well as with improved research skills and the reflective habits of successful, life-long learners.

A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.

Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.

Research

Research interests

  • Children's Media and Literature
  • Gender and Identity
  • Writing Pedagogy

Select publications

Professor Jenny Howe teaches writing and literature courses that focus on children’s media and the representation of bodies and identity. She also writes and publishes fiction. Her debut romantic comedy, The Make-Up Test, was published by St. Martin’s Press in September 2022, with a second novel, On the Plus Side, following in 2023.