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Angela Dadak
(202) 885-2915 (Office)
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Battelle-Tompkins 253
Appointments available via the link under "see also."
Additional Positions at AU
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Degrees
PhD in English (Discourse, Rhetoric, & Writing Studies), Old Dominion University
MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Monterey Institute of International Studies
BA in Russian Area Studies, Dartmouth College

Book Currently Reading
Plurilingual Pedagogies for Multilingual Writing Classrooms (edited by Kay M. Losey and Gail Shuck, 2022, Routledge)
Bio
In her position with 国产小呦女's Writing Studies Program, Angela Dadak primarily works with English-as-an-Additional-Language students, both international and domestic, adjusting to US academic work, culture, and writing. Dr. Dadak also works with Writing Program and other 国产小呦女faculty who have multilingual students in their classes. She regularly takes part in initiatives related to multilingual students on campus.
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Writing Studies Program
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Professional Presentations

鈥淢ultilingual Students in our Classes: What do Faculty Want and Need to Know鈥 with Sarah Knowles, Kaitlyn Onyeuku, and Polina Vinogradova, Ann Ferren Conference, 国产小呦女, Washington, DC January 7, 2022.

鈥淢ultilingual Writers, Support, and Labor: Practice and Vision鈥 (invited) with Gail Shuck as part of CNY Humanities Corridor event on 鈥淪upporting Multilingual Student Writers in the U.S. University: Whose Labor and What Kind?鈥澛燙ornell University (Zoom), April 30, 2021

鈥淟andscapes of Labor and Visions of New Lands: Supporting Multilingual Writers鈥 workshop for聽CNY Humanities Corridor event on 鈥淪upporting Multilingual Student Writers in the U.S. University: Whose Labor and What Kind?鈥澛燙ornell University (Zoom), April 29, 2021

鈥淩ethinking Program Assessment: Strategies for Inclusion鈥澛爓ith Amanda Choutka, Kelly Joyner, and Marnie Twigg. Conference on Composition and Communication, Virtual Annual Convention, On-Demand Recorded Session, April 7-10, 2021

鈥淚nternational Student Writing: Strategies for Grading鈥 国产小呦女 Core faculty development workshop. Washington, DC, October 16 & 17, 2019; April 7, 2020 (webinar)

鈥淚n Their Own Voices: Perspectives of International Students鈥 Noontime Conversation, Center for Teaching, Research, & Learning, Washington, DC, March 2, 2020.

鈥淲orking with International Students鈥 orientation session for undergraduate Complex Problem Program 聽Leaders,Washington, DC, January 9, 2020.

鈥淓ngaging International Students in the Classroom鈥 with S. Patillo, J. Mortati, and P. Vinogradova. Invited noontime conversation for 国产小呦女鈥檚 Center for Teaching, Research & Learning. Washington, DC September 18, 2019

鈥淧edagogical Strategies for Cultural and Linguistic Inclusion鈥 国产小呦女 Core faculty development workshop. Washington, DC Sept 11 & 12, 2019.

鈥淚nclusive Pedagogies: Universal Design and International Students Writers鈥 with Nikhat Ghouse, Lauren Sinclair, and Joseph Mortati. Ann Ferren Conference on Teaching, Research, and Learning. 国产小呦女, Washington DC. January 12, 2018.

鈥淲riting for International Publication: Creating A Workshop Series for Indonesian Scholars.鈥 English Language Fellow and Counterpart Orientation, Regional English Language Office, US Department of State. Kuta, Bail, Indonesia. September 18-20, 2015. 鈥淣avigating the Local and the Global in Writing Assessment.鈥 Invited Plenary Speaker at 62nd International Conference of the Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century. Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.聽 September 15, 2015.

鈥淧utting the 鈥淓鈥 in Agency: Multilingual Students in Online Writing Courses.鈥 (part of round table 鈥淭eaching for Agency: The Risks and Rewards for Multilingual Writers鈥 with Gail Shuck, Emily Simnitt, Michelle Cox, and Shawna Shapiro). Conference on Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL, March 20, 2015. 聽鈥淓xploring Student Attitudes and Understandings of Linguistic Identity Labels鈥 with Todd Ruecker and Gail Shuck. American Association of Applied Linguistics, Portland, OR, March 23, 2014.

鈥淭he Eurovision Song Contest and Ideologies of World English.鈥 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Washington, DC. March 29, 2013. 鈥淐lassroom Writing Instructors and a Language and Literacy Background Survey: Translingual Pedagogy by the Numbers.鈥 (part of panel 鈥淭he Language and Literacy Diversity Project: Using Linguistic Survey Data to Inform Writing Pedagogy, Writing Research, and Writing Program Assessment鈥 with Jonathan Hall, Michelle Cox, and Steve Simpson). Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV, March 15, 2013.

鈥'Fighting for a Voice': Multilingual Writing in College Composition.鈥欌 (part of panel 鈥淧osition Statements as a Forgotten Dream: Designing Composition Pedagogy that Connects with Multilingual Writers鈥 with Kevin Eric DePew and Kacie Kaiser). National Council of Teachers of English. Las Vegas, NV,聽 November 18, 2012.聽

鈥淎cademic & English Support for International Students鈥 with Jawee Perla and Shari Pattillo. NAFSA Region VIII Conference. Alexandria, VA. November 16, 2012. 鈥淐onfronting Attitudes toward Rhetorical Aptitude and Multilingual Writers.鈥 Emergence(s): A Rhetoric Symposium. Norfolk, VA, July 12, 2011.聽聽聽

鈥淪till in Doubt: Perspectives from Second Language Writing that Clarify and Complicate the Issues鈥 (part of panel 鈥淏eyond Navel-Gazing: Critiquing the Personal Narrative in the US University First Year Composition Classroom鈥 with Stina Oakes, David Johnson, and Heather McDonald). Writing Research Across Borders II, Fairfax, VA, February 20, 2011.

鈥溾橲urpassing the Limited Dimension of Monolingualism鈥: Creating Multilingual Opportunities in US Composition Courses.鈥 Writing Education Across Borders, State College PA, September 30, 2011. 聽鈥淩ethinking Programs and Revising Curricula to Renew Linguistically Mixed Writing Communities鈥 (part of the panel 鈥淕lobal Literacies in Local Classrooms: Building Community among Monolingual and Multilingual Writers鈥 with Andrea Feldman, Gail Shuck, and Deidre Vinyard). Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville KY. March 19, 2010.

Selected Publications

鈥淣avigating the Global and the Local in Writing Assessment.鈥 In Fuad Abdul Hamied, Idia Bagus Putra Yadnya, and I Gusti Ayu Gde Sosiowati (eds.)聽 Developing Indigenous Models of English Language Teaching and Assessment (pp. 161-170). Denpasar, Indonesia: Udayana University Press.

"No ESL Allowed: A Case Exploring University and College Writing Program Practices." (2004).聽 In P.K. Matsuda, C. Ortmeier-Hooper, & X. You (Eds.), The Politics of Second Language Writing: In Search of the Promised Land (pp. 94-108). W. Layfayette, IN: Parlor Press.