Nicole Guinot Varty
Associate Professor of Teaching
Co-director, Composition Learning Community; Chair, Composition Mentoring Committee
9205.4, 5057 Woodward
Website(s)
Department
English
Nicole Guinot Varty
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Rhetoric and Composition
Research
An ecological model of writing, composition pedagogy and curriculum development, knowledge transfer, learning communities, assessment, rhetoric of religion
Education
PhD, Rhetoric and Composition [Wayne State University, 2016]Awards and grants
- 2022 Academy of Teachers membership
- 2021 President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 2021 OVPR Arts and Humanities Grant: Anti-Racist Language Practices
- 2020 Humanities Center Working Group Grant: Linguistic Justice
- 2019 Assessment Program Grant: Composition Learning Community
- 2015 American Graduate Champion, Detroit Public Television
- 2013 Humanities Center Working Group Grant: Composition Learning Communities
- 2012 APEX Instructional Excellence Award, Wayne State University APEX Program
Selected publications
“The (Missing) Human Part: Listening for Students’ Perceptions of the Value of Peer Mentors.” Learning Communities Research and Practice. 9.1 (2021). Co-authored with Adrienne Jankens, Haley Shier and Michelle Borkosh.
“A Question of Support: Assessing a Composition Learning Community for Student Learning and Academic Success.” Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning. 2.4 (2021).
“Correlating What We Know: A Mixed Methods Study of Reflection and Writing in First-Year Writing Assessment.” Composition Forum. 47 (Fall 2021). Co-authored with Jeff Pruchnic, Ellen Barton, Sarah Primeau, Thomas Trimble and Tanina Foster Moore.
“The Effects of Student-Fashioning and Teacher-Pleasing in the Assessment of First-Year Writing Reflective Essays.” Journal of Writing Assessment. 14.1 (2021). Co-authored with Jeff Pruchnic, Ellen Barton, Thomas Trimble, Sarah Pimeau, Hillary Weiss and Tanina Foster Moore.