Carlen Donovan
Senior Lecturer in English
Office: LA 207-F
EDUCATION
MA, English (2002), Idaho State University
BA, English (1997), Idaho State University
I’ve been a full-time lecturer in Idaho State’s English Department since 2002, and before that, an adjunct instructor for English and other departments since 1996.
My specialties as a lecturer include composition, film, and professional communication. I regularly offer writing classes online, and I’m currently working on earning Quality Matters certification for one those courses; my goal is to achieve “in-seat” effects in an online class. I’m also proud to be teaching one of the central courses for ISU’s just-launched Film Studies minor.
My other interests include visual rhetoric and typography, horror and science fiction film, and 20th century female film directors.
My goal as a teacher is always to try to raise my students’ eyes to the horizon; I hope they can imagine employing the critical reading, thinking, and writing practices they begin to learn in my courses in settings beyond the university.
Courses Taught
3308: Business Communications
3307: Professional and Technical Writing
1175: Literature and Ideas
1126: Art of Film I
1102: Writing and Rhetoric II
1101: Writing and Rhetoric I