Alan Schulte

Associate Professor of English; Wensberg Writing Center Director

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EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts, English; Communications, University of New Hampshire
• Master of Fine Arts, Nonfiction Writing, University of New Hampshire

TEACHING STATEMENT/PHILOSOPHY

Learning takes place in a variety of environments and social contexts. Every one of our human interactions, experiences, successes and failures, serve the fundamental purpose of gathering knowledge from which we base our life’s decisions; however, it is in the classroom where teachers are able to create a unique and focused learning environment that welcomes students to enter the academic conversation by fostering ideas, asking questions, challenging perceptions, establishing evidence-based premises, and communicating outcomes. From my experience with first-year students in the composition classroom, these are vital components because it is students at this level, perhaps more than any other, who are poised to embark on this new academic adventure with a fresh mindset, and are most responsive to new ways of seeing and thinking. 

ACADEMIC PROGRAM(S)

• English

COURSES TAUGHT

• First-Year Composition
• First-Year Composition (Honors)
• Second-Year Composition
• Second-Year Composition (Honors)
• Creative Writing
• Creative Nonfiction
• Teaching of Writing
• Young Adult Literature
• Multicultural Literature
• Sophomore Assessment in English
• Senior Assessment in English
• Tutor Development in Writing

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS

• First-Year Writing
• Composition and Rhetoric
• Creative Writing
• Literary Analysis
• Nonfiction Writing
• Memoir
• Autoethography
• Writing Center Theory
• Tutor Development

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Memberships

• Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
• College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)
• International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA)
• Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society

Conferences Attended

• "Paper or Plastic?: So, You’re an English Major” (2024) Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, St. Louis MO.
  
• “True Colors, Accessible Spaces: A Writing Center Self-Study” (2023) Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, Denver, CO.
• “Do I See Myself Here? A Writing Center Self-Study of Space and Belonging” (2023) American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Las Vegas, NV.
• “From Centers to Spaces: An Expedition of the Global Environment” (2022) International Writing Centers Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
• “#Disrupt Text, New Titles, and Canon Expansion” (2022) Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, Atlanta, GA.
• “Examining the ‘Teacher-Tester Methodology’ on Student Performance and Piracy” (2019) Northeast Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH.
• “Installation Art: Thinking About Writing Outside the Studio” (2019) International Writing Centers Association Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.
• “Start Making Sense: The Roles Writing Centers Play in Making Writing Meaningful” (2019) Northeast Writing Centers Association, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT.
• “Are You Serious?: Graphic Novels as Literature” (2019) Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, St. Louis MO.
• “Quantifying Tutoring Practices Outside the Writing Center” (2018) Northeast Writing Centers Association, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
• “The Writing Center and the Underdog Complex” (2017) International Writing Centers Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
• “Examining the ‘Teacher-Tester’ Activity on Student Performance and Piracy” (2017) Academic Showcase: Faculty Research Conference, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• “The New MLA” (2017) Center for Academic Excellence Speaker Series, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• “Breaking Down the Walls: Contingency Status and the Work of the Writing Center” (2017) Northeast Writing Centers Association, Pace University, Westchester, NY.
• “Was the Book Better? Recreating Literature in Film” (2017) Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, Louisville, KY.
• “Polaroid OneStep and the Peter C. Wensberg Writing Center: A Round Table Deliberative Session for Collecting Peripheral Stories” (2016) Northeast Writing Centers Association, Keene State University, Keene, NH.
• “Writer’s Workshop” (2015) Center for Academic Excellence Speaker Series, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• “Research Methods” (2014) Franklin Pierce University Academic Showcase, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• “Youth at Risk” (2013) New England College, Henniker, NH
• “Autoethnography and the Writing of Self” (2012) University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
• “Death Sentences” (2011) MFA Program Thesis Reading, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
• “The Accumulation of Things” (2011) Read Free or Die Writer’s Series, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
• “Running With Keith Shields” Original Documentary Film (2008) University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Service

• Faculty Affairs Committee (2017- )
• Humanities Division Chair (2015-2017)
• Academic Standards Committee (2013-2015)

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2016: SGA Faculty Recognition, Franklin Pierce University
• 2011: Association of Writer’s and Writing Programs Intro Journals Project Nominee
• 2009: University of New Hampshire Graduate Program Fellowship
• 2008: University of New Hampshire Presidential Scholar
• 2008: University of New Hampshire English Program Award
• 2008: University of New Hampshire Communication Arts Program Award
• 2008: Award of Excellence Tuition Scholarship
• 2008: UNH Undergraduate Research Conference Winner, Film Category
• 2007: Cambridge University (UK) Summer Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

“Broken Home.” Ruminate Magazine, (2022). Print. Web.

Conversations to Composition. 7th ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2022). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 6th ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2021). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 5th ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2020). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 4th ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2019). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 3rd ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2018). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 2nd ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2017). Print.

Conversations to Composition. 1st ed. Plymouth: Hayden-McNeil, (2016). Print.

“The Point of Failure.” Junk: A Literary Fix, (2012). Web.

“An Accumulation of Things.” The Henniker Review, (2012). 26. Print.

“Win Watson – Considering the Lobster.” Campus Journal. University of New Hampshire, (2012). Web.

“Win Watson – Considering the Lobster,” Research Development and Communications, Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research, University of New Hampshire, (2012). Web.

“City in Spring.” The Henniker Review, (2011). 106. Print.