Adrienne Jankens

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

• Excellence in Teaching Writing Award, Wayne State University Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2015

• President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020

• General Education Teaching Award, 2021

• University Research Grant, 2021

  Arts and Humanities Research Support Grant, 2021

Selected publications

• 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.

Currently teaching

ENG 5790: Writing Theory

Courses taught

• ENG 1020 (Introductory College Writing)
• ENG 3010 (Intermediate College Writing)
• ENG 5010 (Advanced Expository Writing)
• ENG 5790 (Writing Theory)
• ENG 6004 (Pedagogical Practicum II)
• ENG 7007 (Composition Theory)
• ENG 7064 (The Teaching of Writing)
• ENG 7850 (Pedagogical Practicum I)
• ENG 7860 (Pedagogical Practicum II)
• ENG 7990 (directed studies in Rhetoric, Composition, Writing Studies, and Literacy)
• ENG 8007 (Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing Studies)