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FacultyWriting Center Director Linda C. Mitchell, Ph.D teaches Grammar, Early European Literature, History of the English Language, Research and Methods, Survey of the Classics, and Composition at SJSU. She is an internationally recognized scholar in language, linguistics and the history of rhetoric. She holds an M.A. in Medieval Literature from UC Davis, an M.A. in Creative and Professional Writing from UNLV, and a Ph.D in English (Rhetoric, Linguistic, Literature) from USC. She is the author of Grammar Wars: Language as Cultural Battleground in 17th- and 18th-Century England (Ashgate 2001) and is currently writing A Cultural History of English Lexicography, 1600-1800: The Authoritative Word (Ashgate) and an annotated edition of Milton's Grammar for The Complete Works of John Milton (Oxford University Press). She is co-editor of Letter-Writing Manuals and Instruction from Antiquity to the Present (University of South Carolina Press 2007) and co-editor of The Cultural History of Letter Writing (UC Press 2007). She has published articles in the Huntington Library Quarterly, International Journal of Lexicography, Handbook of World Englishes, and Studies in Early Modern Philosophy. Dr. Mitchell received the College of the Humanities and the Arts 2007 Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. She has her 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Faculty-in-Residence
Janet Hagemann earned her degree in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley and her Masters in Criminal Justice from SJSU. Jan co-authored the article "Promoting Autonomy in English Language Learners' Writing at the University Level" with Writing Specialist Fabio Coelho in Spring 2007. Ms. Hagemann received the College of Applied Sciences & Arts Dean's Award for Outstanding Lecturer in 2003, and was voted Justice Studies Distinguished Alumnus in 2008. Jan is in her 28th year as a lecturer at SJSU. She sits on the University Writing Requirements Committee (WRC), and chairs the Justice Studies Department Scholarship Committee. She served as the 100W Coordinator for the Justice Studies Department from 1985-2007. Jan currently teaches the introductory course in Justice Studies, JS10. In addition to serving as faculty advisor for Chi Pi Sigma, the professional law enforcement fraternity, she compiles and edits the Justice Studies newsletter JustNews. She co-authored SJSU's New Lecturer Handbook as faculty-in-residence at the Center for Faculty Development and Support. She has served as faculty advisor for the Black Masque Honor Society, as has mentored student athletes and incoming students. She is in her eighth year as a member of the Mt. Madonna YMCA Board of Managers.
 Michelle Hager is a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in English from San Jose State University, and she has been teaching college-level writing for five years. As a student in the M.A. program, she sat on the English Department Curriculum Committee and worked as both a graduate assistant and a teaching associate. She frequently teaches English 1A and 1B (Composition), English 7 (Critical Thinking), English 103 (Modern English Grammar), and English 112A (Children’s Literature). Every semester, she participates as a faculty interviewer for students hoping to enter the English single-subject teaching credential program. Though most of her teaching experience has been at SJSU, she also taught courses at Santa Clara University as an Adjunct Lecturer in 2006. She belongs to the National Council for Teachers of English, and she enjoys the daily adventures of the teaching profession. Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:00-5:00 |
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