Community College English Instructor
Heather A. Holliger
Composition | Creative Writing | Student-Centered Pedagogy
I am a community college English instructor at Clark State College, where I teach composition, including co-requisite learning support, and creative writing. I am passionate about student learning and committed to helping my students grow as readers, critical thinkers, and writers.
Explore My Work
Teaching
Whether teaching composition or creative writing, I take students’ writing seriously and look forward to responding to their ideas. I want them to recognize the value of their unique perspectives and lived experiences and to trust in the power of their own voices.
Pedagogy
My teaching is student-centered and focuses on process and collaboration, emphasizing rhetorical thinking, genre awareness, and writing transfer skills. I work hard to create a sense of belonging in the classroom through compassion-based and trauma-informed pedagogies.
Creative Work
I write both poetry and creative nonfiction, and my work has been featured in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies.
Service
My work beyond the classroom includes academic advising, assessment, curriculum development, faculty support, mentoring student writers and leaders, and leading professional development workshops.
Professional Development
I love expanding my knowledge in the field of English studies and applying what I learn to my teaching. My current areas of focus include AI literacy, writing placement, and teaching in Accelerated Learning Programs.
About
I have been teaching in higher education for nearly two decades and hold an MA in English Teaching and an MFA in Creative Writing.
Current Work
- AI literacies and writing pedagogies
- ALP/co-requisite reading and writing support
- Directed self-placement research
- Creative writing curriculum development
- Student literary journal, writing contests, and public readings
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