Adrienne Jankens
Assistant Professor
248-755-0446
10505, 5057 Woodward
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Adrienne Jankens
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Writing program administration, teacher development, first-year writing, reflective writing
Education
- B.A. English, Valparaiso University
- M.A. English Composition and Communication, Central Michigan University
- Ph.D. English, Rhetoric and Composition, Wayne State University
- Professional Education Certificate, State of Michigan, expires June 2026
Awards and grants
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Excellence in Teaching Writing Award, Wayne State University Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2015
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President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020
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General Education Teaching Award, 2021
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University Research Grant, 2021
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Arts and Humanities Research Support Grant, 2021
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Josephine Nevins Keal Faculty Fellowship, 2022-2023
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CLAS Social Justice Initiative Grant, 2023-2024
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University Research Grant, 2024
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CLAS Teaching Award, 2024
Selected publications
- Varty, Nicole Guinot, and Adrienne Jankens. "Talk About, Talk Through, and Reflect": Student-to-Student Interviews as Critical Interventions in Learning Community Assessment." Composition Studies, vol. 52, no. 2, Fall 2024, pp. 50-69. https://compstudiesjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/varty-jankins.pdf
- Jankens, Adrienne. “’Am I Up For This?’: A Nontraditional Student’s Critical Encounters in FYC.” The Journal of Teaching Writing, vol. 37, no. 1, 2023, pp. 95-126
- Jankens, Adrienne, Clay Walker, Linda Jimenez, Mariel Krupansky, Anna E. Lindner, Anita Mixon, and Nicole Guinot Varty. “A Dual Mission: Antiracist Writing Instruction and Instructor Attitudes about Student Language.” Across the Disciplines, vol. 40, no. 1/2, 2023
- Jankens, Adrienne, and Joe Torok. “Structuration and Genre: Revising Teaching Observations to Reflect Program Values.” Composition Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, 2023, pp. 65-90
- Varty, Nicole Guinot, Adrienne Jankens, Linda Jimenez, Mariel Krupansky, and Anna Lindner. “Building Sustainable Antiracist Coalition: Developing a Research Team for Studying Diverse Language and Literacy Practices at the University.” Language Arts Journal of Michigan, vol. 38, no. 1 Fall 2022/Winter 2023, pp. 39-46
- Jankens, Adrienne. “A Sweet Spot, A Safe Space.” 4C Documentarian Tales: Recollections from an Uncommon Time. Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. NCTE Press. 2022, pp. 35-45
- Jankens, Adrienne, Nicole Guinot Varty, Haley Shier, and Michelle Borkosh. "The (Missing) Human Part: Listening for Students' Perceptions of the Value of Peer Mentors." Learning Communities Research and Practice, vol. 9. November 2021
- Jankens, Adrienne and Amy Ann Latawiec. "Revising Reflection for Results in Teacher Research." Composition Forum, vol. 46. Spring 2021
- Jankens, Adrienne. “Readings for Rhetorical Responsibility: Using Contemporary Online Texts to Deepen a Concept.” Language Arts Journal of Michigan, vol. 36., no. 1, Fall 2020
- Jankens, Adrienne. "Learning How to Ask Writing Questions with Rhetorical Reflections." Composition Forum, vol. 41. Spring 2019
- Trimble, Thomas and Adrienne Jankens. “Features of Reflective Writing: Using Taxonomies of Metacognitive Behaviors to Analyze Student Reflection and Improve Teaching Practice.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, vol. 19, no. 3, October 2019
- Wallis, Jule and Adrienne Jankens. “Collaborative Development: Reflective Mentoring for GTAs.” Writing Program and Writing Center Collaborations: Transcending Boundaries. Eds. Alice Myatt and Lynee Gaillet. Palgrave MacMillan, 2016