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Melanie Burdick

Melanie Burdick

Professor/Chair
English
College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
Morgan Hall
Room 237A
1700 SW College Ave
Topeka, KS 66621-1117
785.670.1409
Degrees & Certifications
Longview Community College, Associate of Arts
Avila University, Bachelor of Arts
Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Master of Arts
The University of Kansas, Doctor of Philosophy
Academic History

Washburn University, Full Professor 2020-present; Associate Professor, 2017-2020; Assistant Professor, 2011-2017

University of Missouri—Kansas City, Coordinator of Dual Credit English, 2008-2011

University of Kansas, Supervisor for Secondary English Student Teaching, 2008-2011 

Metropolitan Community Colleges, Lecturer in English, 2005-2008 

University of Missouri—Kansas City, Director of the Greater Kansas City Writing Project, 2000-2005 

Teaching
  • EN 321 A, Teaching Composition
Scholarly Interests/Activities
Teaching of writing in high school and college; relationship and overlap of creative and academic forms of writing; preparation of secondary English teachers; composition and rhetoric; service learning.
Service Interests/Activities

Former director of CTEL; former Director of Composition; liaison for English Concurrent Enrollment Program; English Education Assessment Committee.

Career Accomplishments

Burdick, M. (2021) Literacy Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Women: Sentences and Sponsors. Lexington Books. 

Burdick M.N. & Hallman, H. (2021) At the Crossroads of Pedagogical Change in Higher Education: Exploring the Work of Faculty Developers. Routledge. 

Hallman, H.L. & Burdick M.N. (2015) Community Fieldwork in Teacher Education: Theory and Practice. New York, New York: Routledge.

Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2014-2015

Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2015-2016

Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2022-2023

Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2022-2023

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