faculty
Meghan Fair
Associate Teaching Professor / Co-Director CAS Transition Courses
English & Communication
Contact
508-999-9230
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Balsam Hall 9167
Education
| University of Rhode Island | Doctoral Coursework, English |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | MA in English |
| Skidmore College | BA in English |
Teaching
- First-year English
- CAS FYE Courses
- Intermediate Composition
- Introduction to Literature
Teaching
Courses
Introduction to study in the disciplines of the College of Arts & Sciences. This course facilitates a successful transition to college life by engaging students in a structured curriculum of academic and life skills enhancement and encouraging the development of enduring relationships between students, faculty and advisors, and classmates.
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.
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.
Meghan received the 2022 Leo M. Sullivan Teacher of the Year Award and is the recipient of the 2019 Provost's Award for Teaching and Learning with Technology. She has presented at national, regional, and local conferences on teaching rhetoric with digital technology and best practices for critical reading.