William Donovan

Senior Lecturer in English

Office: LA 207-E

EDUCATION

MA, English (2007), Idaho State University

BA, American Studies (2002), Idaho State University

My teaching is designed to try to reach the variety of learning styles my students employ. Whether in the composition sequence or the introductory literature courses, I employ a system of reading, lecture, discussion, and application. I know, from my experience working as a tutor in a writing lab, that the lower the teacher/student ratio, the more effective the teaching and learning. With this in mind, I seek to increase the number of times a student can have more one-on-one time. Teaching and learning should be a self-reflective process. As an educator, this means that I need to be aware of what has been successful for my students in the past so that I can implement or improve upon this in the future; likewise, I need to be aware of what has not been successful so that I can drop or modify that technique for future classes.

Selected Awards and Honors

LDSSA Excellence in Education Award, 2014

CASE Professor of the Year nominee, 2014

Courses Taught

2210: American Cultural Studies

1175: Literature and Ideas

1115: Modern Irish Literature

1102: Writing and Rhetoric II

1101: Writing and Rhetoric I