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Lecturer

• About

  Christine Modey is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature and in the Sweetland Writing Center, where she teaches Transition to College Writing, Writing Workshop, and New Media Writing. She holds a B.A. in chemistry and English from Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. She has taught first-year writing courses on the themes of art and technology; suffering, justice, and community; physicians and their patients; and the history of the book. Her current research, conducted with colleagues at Sweetland and two students from the UROP Program, concerns the interactions between students and teachers in Sweetland’s Writing Workshop. She lives, gardens, reads, and cooks in Ann Arbor with her husband, children, Labrador retriever, and two cats.

• Education

  • Ph.D., University of Delaware
  • M.A., University of Delaware
  • B.A., Hope College

• Grants

  • "Improving Student Learning Grant, University of Michigan, 2008.
  • Lecturers Professional Development Grant, University of Michigan, 2008.
  • Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching, University of Michigan, 2007.