Episode 52: Dr. Amanda Sladek (Emerging Scholar Series)
This episode of The Big Rhetorical Podcast is another entry in our Emerging Scholar Series. Dr. Amanda Sladek is an Assistant Professor of English and Composition Coordinator (her University’s term for WPA) at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Her research focuses on language diversity and multiliteracies in introductory composition and Basic Writing. She teaches Basic Writing, First-Year Writing, and graduate and undergraduate courses in World Englishes, literacy studies, and composition pedagogy. She is Chair of the CCCC Untenured and Alternative-Academic WPA Standing Group, which advocates for the needs of WPAs who operate without the protection of tenure, including pre-tenure faculty, academic support staff, and graduate students. When not teaching, writing, or administrating, she enjoys yoga, online advice columns, and watching Netflix with her 10-year-old cocker spaniel, Scout.
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