Rebecca Fremo
Faculty
Rebecca Fremo's interests include feminist rhetorics and teaching multilingual student writers. Director of the Writing Program, she also led the Gustavus Writing Center from 2000-2011. Fremo teaches courses including Writing Creative Nonfiction, Writing and Nonprofits, and The Writing Process, as well as First Term Seminar (FTS). Her FTS, "Why Multi Matters," invites multilingual students to reflect on the relationship between cultural identity and language use in educational settings. Fremo writes poems and essays, and her chapbook of poems, Chasing Northern Lights, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2012. Recent essays include "Bring Out Your Dead," published by Mud Season Review and nonimanted for Best of the Net (creative nonfiction), and a piece titled "Eclipsed"is forthcoming this fall in Mothers Always Write. The Sunlight Press will publish three poems this March, and her first book length collection of poems, Moving This Body, is forthcoming in 2019 from Main Street Rag Press.
Education
B.A. Virginia Tech; M.A. Virgina Tech; Ph.D. Ohio State University
Areas of Expertise
Literacy Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, Basic Writing, and Writing Centers
Interests
African American Women Writers, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Rhetoric and Composition, World Englishes, and Multilingual Writers
Courses Taught
ENG-102 (Literary Studies) and ENG-237 (Young Adult Lit)
| Synonym | Title | Times Taught | Terms Taught |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTS-100 | FTS:Why Multi Matters | 15 | 2018/FA, 2017/FA, 2016/FA, 2015/FA, 2013/FA, 2012/FA, 2010/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, 2006/FA, 2005/FA, 2004/FA, 2003/FA, 2001/FA, and 2000/FA |
| ENG-212 | Academic Writing | 12 | 2015/FA, 2014/SP, 2013/SP, 2011/FA, 2010/FA, 2010/SP, 2008/FA, 2007/SP, 2006/SP, 2003/SP, 2002/SP, and 2001/SP |
| ENG-256 | Creative Nonfiction | 10 | 2020/FA, 2019/FA, 2017/FA, 2013/FA, 2011/FA, 2009/FA, 2006/SP, 2005/FA, 2004/FA, and 2002/SP |
| ENG-237 | Young Adult Lit | 7 | 2019/SP, 2013/SP, 2012/SP, 2011/SP, 2009/SP, 2007/SP, and 2001/SP |
| ENG-247 | Teaching Writing | 6 | 2016/SP, 2014/SP, 2012/SP, 2010/SP, 2004/SP, and 2003/SP |
| ENG-210 | Writing Process | 5 | 2020/FA, 2020/SP, 2018/FA, 2018/SP, and 2016/FA |
| ENG-399 | Senior Seminar | 4 | 2016/FA, 2011/SP, 2006/FA, and 2004/SP |
| ENG-397 | Methods and Materials of Secondary Education | 4 | 2007/JN, 2005/JN, 2002/JN, and 2001/JN |
| ENG-310 | Write:Nonprofits | 3 | 2019/FA, 2019/SP, and 2017/SP |
| ENG-268 | Career Exploration | 3 | 2006/JN, 2003/JN, and 2001/JN |
| ENG-244 | Special Topic: Tutoring Writing | 2 | 2011/SP and 2009/FA |
| ENG-112 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 1 | 2020/SP |
| ENG-102 | Literary Studies | 1 | 2018/SP |
| IDS-144 | ST:Digging In | 1 | 2017/SP |
| ENG-344 | ST:Writing/Nonprofits | 1 | 2016/SP |
| ENG-105 | Cross-Genre Narratives | 1 | 2013/JN |
| FTS-100 | First Term Seminar Lab | 1 | 2010/FA |
| ENG-114 | Art of Interpretation | 1 | 2009/SP |
| ENG-257 | Women's Hybrid Genres | 1 | 2003/JN |