Relevant Graduate Coursework

Below, please find a list of my relevant graduate course work from both the University of Minnesota Duluth (M.A.) and Purdue University (Ph.D.). I have taken concentrated courses in linguistics, ESL, and writing studies.

Linguistics and ESL

Introduction to Modern English | ENGL 5811 | Kathryn Riley, Spring 2003

Practicum in Teaching Linguistics | LING 5852 | Kathryn Riley, Fall 2003

History of the English Language | ENGL 5821 | Michael D. Linn , Fall 2003

Applied Linguistics | LING 5802 | Michael D. Linn, Fall 2003

Independent Study: Phonetics and Phonology | LING 8591 | Kathryn Riley, Spring 2004

Introduction to English and General Linguistics | ENGL 506 | Victor Raskin, Fall 2004

English Syntax and Syntactic Theory | ENGL 512 | Elena Benedicto, Fall 2004

Historical Linguistics | ENGL 563 | Robert Channon, Fall 2004

Semantics | ENGL 511 | Victor Raskin, Spring 2005

Ontological Acquisition | LING 689 | Victor Raskin, Spring 2005

English Phonology | ENGL 513 | Amanda Seidl, Fall 2005

ESL: Theoretical Foundations | ENGL 516 | Margie Berns, Fall 2005

Sociolinguistics | ENGL 565 | Felicia Roberts, Fall 2005

Modern English | ENGL 629 | Tony Silva, Fall 2005

ESL: Principles and Practices | ENGL 518 | Tony Silva, Spring 2006

Research Design in Language/Linguistics | ENGL 618 | April Ginther, Spring 2006

Natural Language Processing | ENGL 628 | Victor Raskin, Fall 2006

Syntax II: Issues in Syntax | ENGL 627 | Elaine Francis, Spring 2007

Practicum in Teaching Linguistics | ENGL 502 | Victor Raskin, Spring 2007



Writing Studies

Teaching College Composition | COMP 8902 | Jill D. Jenson, Fall 2002

Introduction to Critical Theory | COMP 8906 | Krista Twu, Fall 2002

Writing for Publicaiton | COMP 5595 | Kathryn Riley, Fall 2003

Teaching Introductory Composition | ENGL 505A | Thomas Rickert, Fall 2004

Teaching Academic Writing | ENGL 505B | Shirley Rose, Spring 2005

Advanced Professional Writing | ENGL 515 | Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Spring 2005

Qualitative Research in Rhetoric and Composition | ENGL 680 | Patricia Sullivan, Spring 2005

Professional Writing Practicum | ENGL 505M | Patricia Sullivan, Fall 2006



 

What's Happening


I am currently working on several projects in the world of writing studies.  The first, with Dr. Ryan Weber of Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, is related to the types of writing (and salient features of that writing) entrepreneurs use in the stages of business development, including financing, start-up, and maintenance.  The second is a linguistic analysis of comments given during peer review sessions of undergraduate students in first-year and advanced writing classes, which compares "manual" peer reviews (pen and paper) to those facilitated through Moodle.

Contact information

John M. Spartz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Writing Studies
University of Minnesota Duluth
E-mail: jspartz@d.umn.edu