Timothy P Barnett

Expertise

Composition history and pedagogy, critical literacy, LGBTQ literature and theory

Courses Taught

ENGL 101 Writing I

ENGL 102 Writing II

ENGL 200 Writing in Context

ENGL 202 World of Drama

ENGL 203 World of Fiction

ENGL 210 WIP: Methods for English Majors

ENGL 335 Written Communication for Business

ENGL 375 The Essentials of Tutoring Writing

ENGL 376 Advanced Composition

ENGL 377 Argumentative Prose

ENGL 433 Seminar in Composition Theory

ENGL 434 Seminar in Basic Writing

WGS 210 Into to LGBTQ Studies

WGS 360 Queer Theory

Research Interests

History of Composition, Composition Pedagogy, Critical Literacy, LGBTQ Literature, Feminist and Queer Studies

Education

Ph.D.; M.A. English, The Ohio State University, 1997
B.A. English, University of Connecticut, 1986

Selected Publications

“’Love Letters:’ Narrating Critical Theory in the First-Year Writing Class.” Open Words 7.1 (Spring 2013): 21-40. Electronic.

“Politicizing the Personal: Frederick Douglass, Richard Writing, and Some Thoughts on the Limits of Critical Literacy.” College English 68.4 (March 2006): 356-81. Print.

Teaching Argument in the Composition Classroom: Background Readings. Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2002.

“Reading ‘Whiteness’ in English Studies.” College English 63.1 (September 2000). 9-37. Print.

External Publications Link

“’Love Letters:’ Narrating Critical Theory in the First-Year Writing Class”

Background

Native of Stamford, CT. Father of one son, Tyler Steinkamp.

t-barnett1@neiu.edu

Room LWH 2016 or Room B 147
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-6030

Office Hours

Spring 2024 Student Hours
Tuesday and Thursday: 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Please email appointment requests and messages at least 24 hours in advance to t-barnett1@neiu.edu.

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