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Gwen Gorzelsky Associate Professor Office: 9405.4, 5057 Woodward Hours: By Appointment Phone: (313) 577-2965 E-mail: g.gorzelsky@wayne.edu

Area of Specialization:
Composition Theory; Pedagogical Theory; Cultural Studies; Community literacy; Literary theory and social theory as they intersect with theories of writing and pedagogy; ethnographic and case study research; seventeenth-century literate practices; aesthetics of literate practices

Education

B.A., English, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1988
M.A., English, University of Pittsburgh, 1992
Ph.D., English, University of Pittsburgh, 1998

Representative Publications

* "Materialist Methods: Ethnography and Transformation." Discovering Voices: Ethnography in Writing-Intensive Settings. ed. Cristina Kirklighter, Cloe Vincent, Joe Moxley. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1997. 57- 65.

* ‘Riding the Seesaw: Generative Tension between Teaching Models.' Resources for Teaching Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers. ed. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford, 1996. 248-54

Undergraduate Student Work

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