Kristine Kellejian

Preferred name: Kris

Associate Teaching Professor

Kristine Kellejian

Preferred name: Kris

Associate Teaching Professor

Education

Ph.D. English: Rhetoric and Composition, 2010, Washington State University

M.A. English, 2000, California State University at Chico

B.A. English, 1994, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

A.A. Liberal Studies, 1991, College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Courses

  • BCORE 104: Introduction to Queer & Trans Cinema
  • BCORE 120: Discovery Core III: Fanfic, Mashups, Memes: Remixing & Reflecting
  • BCUSP 104: Discovery Core I: Comic Books & Graphic Novels as Cultural Critique
  • BCUSP 104: Discovery Core I: Global Comics & Cultural Critique
  • BCUSP 114: Discovery Core II: Composition & Popular Culture: Remixing Meaning
  • BCUSP 131: Special Topics: Writer’s Workshop
  • BCWRIT 517: Teaching Practicum
  • BIS 162: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Film
  • BIS 293: Special Topics: Introduction to Writing Studies
  • BIS 300: Interdisciplinary Inquiry
  • BIS 393: Special Topics: Critical Gender & Sexuality Studies (now BISGWS 301)
  • BIS 399: Portfolio Reflection
  • BIS 498: Undergraduate Research
  • BIS 464: Special Topics: Queer and Trans Cinema
  • BIS 499: Portfolio Capstone
  • BISGWS 301: Critical Gender & Sexuality Studies
  • BISSEB 331: Family in US Society
  • BWRIT 132: Composition Stretch I
  • BWRIT 133: Composition Stretch II
  • BWRIT 134: College Composition
  • BWRIT 134: College Composition (linked with BCUSP 104)
  • BWRIT 135: Research Writing
  • BWRIT 137: Writer’s Workshop

Teaching Interests

My goal as a teacher and scholar is to make literacy practices and knowledge acquisition more accessible and effective. My courses are designed to engage students in interactive performances of critical inquiry, rhetorical awareness, reading, writing, and research appropriate to a diverse and technologically robust context. I function as an expert guide and coach to support student work and to push students to grow as purposeful and curious communicators and researchers. In my courses, we view issues from numerous critical perspectives, using a range of documents and discourses that reflect the complexities of real world problems. I also strive to make such learning active, collaborative, and experiential to reflect the rich research occurring across the globe. Ultimately, I emphasize that writing and research are not lifeless and tedious acts, but lively and crucial means to engage in our communities.

Research and Scholarship Interests

Composition Pedagogy, Queer Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Fandom and Popular Culture

  • “The Narcissus Quandary: The Possibilities and Limits of Teaching Reflection.” With Ian Porter. Presented at the 2013 Annual Conference of the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence Based Learning (AAEEBL), Boston, MA, July 2013.
  • “Sex, Lies, and Student Video Projects: Shifting Relations in Digital Literacy and Composition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, 2011.
  • “Resisting Dominant Configurations: Websites as Teachers of Resistance and Relationship-Building.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
  • “Graduate Student Writers: Issues of Access and Support.” International Writing Centers
    Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2008.
  • “The Student Writer-Subordinate/Authority Conundrum in Writing Center Support for Theses and Dissertations.” With Lisa Johnson-Shull. Writing Program Administrators Conference, Denver, CO, 2008.
  • “Uneasy Relations between Rhetoric, Queer Theory, and Our Institutions.” Accepted. Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, Seattle, WA, 2008.
  • “Digital/DVD Commentaries and Reflection in English Composition: Rethinking the Genre.” Oregon’s 15th Annual Conference on Rhetoric and Composition & The First Annual Conference on Multi-writing, Alternative Composition/Rhetoric, and Community Service-Learning Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, 2007.
  • “A View from the Foyer: Assessing the Writing Studio as Effective Teacher Training for New Teachers of Composition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, 2004.
  • “Technology and Agency Theory in the Preparation of Technical and Professional Communication Teachers.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Boulder, CO, 2004.
  • “The Gay-Identified Composition Teacher and Conscious Classroom Dialogue.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, 1999.
  • “Literacy in the Kitchen: Cookbooks and the Construction of Gender, Sexuality, Class, and Nation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, 1998.
  • “Public Secrets: The Dialects of Public and Private in Student Literacies.” (Chair). Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, AZ, 1997.
  • “‘The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plain’: Assimilating Academic Discourse.” Young Rhetoricians’ Conference. Monterey, CA, 1996.
  • IAS Autumn Retreat Presentation on IAS Curricular Reform. With Colin Danby, Joseph Ferrare, Alice Pedersen, and Camille Walsh. Autumn 2022.
  • “Blended/Hybrid Teaching & Learning at the University of Washington Bothell: Social Sciences.” UWB Online Consortium. Autumn 2022.
  • “Stretch Course Summer Institute 2021.” With Deirdre Vinyard, Enrique Reynoso, and Elizabeth Janssen. University of Washington Bothell. July 23, July 30, August 6, August 13, 2021.
  • “Teaching and Assessing Inclusive/Culturally Responsive Forms of Participation.” With Raissa DeSmet. IAS Autumn Retreat. Brightwater Environmental Educational Center, Woodinville, WA. 18 Sept. 2019.
  • “Responding to Multilingual Student Writing.” With Deirdre Vinyard. IAS Professional Development Workshop. North Creek Events Center, University of Washington Bothell. January 2018.
  • “Writing & Wine: Teaching Upper Division Interdisciplinary Writing.” Workshop presented at the University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, Oct. 2013.
  • “Teaching Writing to Different Levels of Writing Ability.” Workshop presented at the Teaching in Progress Seminar. University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, Feb. 2013.
  • “Surviving Writing Assignments: How to Effectively and Efficiently Grade Writing Assignments.” Workshop presented at the Teaching in Progress Seminar. University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, Feb. 2012.
  • “CUSP Faculty Development, Teaching the DC III and e-portfolios.” With Ian Porter. Center for University Studies and Programs. University of Washington Bothell, Jan. 2012.
  • “Using e-portfolios as Programmatic Assessment.” With Ian Porter. Nursing, University of Washington Bothell, Jan. 2012.
  • “Preparing High School Students for College-level Writing.” Juanita High School, Humanities Faculty Meeting, Nov. 2011.
  • “Preparing High School Students for College-level Writing.” Sammamish High School, Humanities Faculty Meeting, Nov. 2011.
  • “Tutoring for IAS Capstone Portfolios.” With Dr. Martha Groom. Writing Center, University of Washington Bothell, Dec. 2011.
  • “Building an Information Literacy Bridge between High School and College.” With Venta Silins, Danielle Rowland, and Jozlyn Pelk. Washington Library Media Association Conference, Spokane, WA, Oct. 2011.
  • “Writing by the Numbers: Blending Quantitative Reasoning and Writing to Enhance Student Learning.” With Karen Rosenberg, Ph.D., and Erin Hill Ph.D. CUSP Faculty Development Workshop, Bothell, WA, Oct. 2011.
  • “Using Google Sites for CUSP e-portfolios.” With Ian Porter. CUSP Faculty Development Workshop, Bothell, WA, 2011.
  • “Writing Assessment Reboot: Strategies for Effective Writing Assessment.” Teaching and Learning Center. University of Washington Bothell, 2011.
  • “CUSP Faculty Development, Teaching the DC III.” With David Goldstein. Center for University Studies and Programs. University of Washington Bothell, 2011.
  • “Teaching Professional & Technical Writing.” Invited talk. ENGLISH 534: Theories and Methods of the Teaching of Technical and Professional Writing, English Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2007.
  • “Multimodal Rhetoric.” Invited talk. ENGLISH 401: History of Rhetoric, English Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2006.
  • “When Queer is Not Queer: DVD Commentaries and Readings of Sexualities.” Queering the Body/Claiming the Body: Scholarship from the Next Generation. Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2005.