Ms. Elaine M MacDougall
Lecturer · Non-Tenure Track
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
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About
Elaine MacDougall is a Lecturer in the English department and Director of the Writing Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She is currently a doctoral student in the Language, Literacy, and Culture program at UMBC with research interests in social and prison literacies. Additionally, she studies mindfulness and writing studies, embodiment pedagogy, tutor and student self-efficacy and advocacy, and anti-racist pedagogy in the writing center and writing classroom. Additionally, her background as a yoga instructor has influenced her practices in the writing classroom and made her more aware of the importance of being present with and listening to her students.Research interests
social literacies; prison literacies; mindfulness and writing studies, embodiment pedagogy, tutor and student self-efficacy and advocacy, critical pedagogy, anti-racist pedagogy in the writing center and writing classroomTeaching interests
Writing Studies/First-Year Composition; Service-Learning/Experiential Learning; Writing Center Studies; Prison NarrativesEducation
- MA, Masters in Liberal Arts — Johns Hopkins University (2005)
- BA, English — University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1999)