Assistant Lecturer in the LeaRN Program and the English Department, First Year Seminar Coordinator | Fall Bridge First Year Seminar Coordinator
Coe 108 & Hoyt 215, agernant@uwyo.edu
Biography
Allison Gernant teaches first-year seminars, first year composition, courses in the Bridge Program and the English Department, and coordinates UW First Year Seminars. Her research and teaching interests include learning about successful strategies for first-year college students; role playing games in higher education, and using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to promote social justice in university classrooms. She enjoys theatre, fly-fishing, and going on walks around Laramie with her dog, Chester. In the long winters, she volunteers with Laramie's Medicine Bow Nordic Association (MBNA) to teach cross-country skiing to children ages five to ten.
Education
M.A. University of Wyoming
B.A. Grinnell College
Recent and Upcoming Courses
First Year Seminar: America in 1913
Academic Success Skills
Practicum in College Teaching
College Composition and Rhetoric I
College Composition and Rhetoric II
Technical Writing in the Professions
Writing for Non-Profits
Selected Awards
Ellbogen Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teaching Award 2003
PIE Teaching Award 2018 & 2019