EDagogy

Edmond Chang is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in

English at the University of Washington in Seattle.

His main areas of interest are technoculture,

digital studies, cultural studies, queer & gender studies,

film, visual rhetoric, literary nonfiction, composition,

myth, role-playing games, video games, and popular

culture. He graduated from the University of Maryland

with his BA in English, a BA in Classics, and his MA

in English. He has taught at the university level for

over twelve years.

NOMINATED & AWARDED: 2009 UW Excellence in Teaching Award.

PRESENTED: "Gaming as Writing" at the 2009 CCCC Annual Convention, March 11-14, in San Francisco on a panel with J. James Bono (University of Pittsburgh) and Alenda Chang (UC Berkeley).

FEATURED: The Critical Gaming Project @ UW and my ENGL 207 class featured in The Daily: "Get Your Game On."

PUBLISHED: "Gaming as Writing, Or, World of Warcraft as World of Wordcraft" published in the Fall 2008 Computers & Composition Online Special Issue on "Reading Games: Composition, Literacy, and Video Gaming."

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Upcoming Courses

ENGL281D: Intermediate Expository Writing: "10 Reasons I Hate (Like) Writing, Or, A Writer's Bootcamp" | Autumn 2009
CHID496F: Focus Group: "Bioshock: Cyborg Morality and Posthuman Choice" | Co-Taught with Timothy Welsh | Autumn 2009

Recent Courses

ENGL108: Writing Ready | Summer LEAP 2009, a transition course for incoming freshman student athletes, formerly called GIS140
ENGL242A: Reading Fiction: "Not Your Average High School Novel Class: Re-Reading as Critical Practice" | Spring 2009
CHID496D: Focus Group: "Heroes & Monsters: Understanding Live-Action Role-Playing" | Spring 2009 ENGL207A: Introduction to Cultural Studies: "Virtual Worlds & Video Games" | Winter 2009
ENGL250B: American Literature: "The American Imagination: Progress, Exploration, and Science Fictions" | Autumn 2008
CHID496E Focus Group: "Paper & Dice 101: Tabletop Gaming as Storytelling, Storyplaying" | Autumn 2008

Past Courses

GIS140H: Writing Ready | Summer LEAP 2008, a transition course for incoming freshman student athletes
ENGL111I: Composition with Literature: "The Mirror of Erised: Critical Approaches to Harry Potter" | Spring 2008
ENGL242E: Reading Fiction: "Reading Intersections: Literature as Worldmaking" | Winter 2008
ENGL200D: Reading Literature: "Literatures of the Fantastic" | Autumn 2007
GIS140A: Writing, Reading, Thinking Ready, Early Fall Quarter 2007
ENGL111M: Composition with Literature: "The Mirror of Erised: Critical Approaches to Harry Potter" | Spring 2007
ENGL111M: Composition with Literature: "Everyday Media: Reading, Writing, and Critiquing" | Winter 2006
ENGL111Q: Composition with Literature: "Imagining Cyberspace" | Autumn 2006
GIS140D: "Writing, Reading, Thinking Ready" | Early Fall Start 2006
ENGL131A3: College Composition: "Diversity & Multiculturalism" | Spring 2006
ENGL131A4: College Composition: "A Question of Diversity" | Winter 2005
ENGL131A7: College Composition: "Seeing and Seen: Analyzing Representation" | Autumn 2005

Teaching Portfolio

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Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

Office: B33 Padelford Hall
Hours: TBA
Email: changed @ u.washington.edu
AIM: EDagogy
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