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  • Dr. Gitte Frandsen

    Gitte Frandsen
    Dr. Gitte FrandsenMarquette University

    Marquette Hall, 243

    MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America
    (414) 288-0688

    Teaching Assistant Professor

    English

    As a teacher-scholar I focus on writing pedagogies and programs that sustain the multiliteracies, language practices, and diverse knowledges of minoritized undergraduate and graduate students. My recent research focused on the rhetorical, linguistic, and knowledge-making practices of transnational students in American college classrooms.

    I have taught at the college level since 2007, teaching courses in first-year composition, freshman literature, rhetoric & culture, English Language, English for Academic Purposes, and Intensive English for International Students. A core belief of mine is that all students bring to the classroom their own valuable knowledge, languages, and ways of understanding the world which are shaped by their lived experience and membership in various communities. My goal is to validate the practices students bring and help them build on their existing resources in a trusting and caring classroom environment.

    Education

    • BA and MA – English, TESOL, and Comparative Religion, University of Copenhagen

    • PhD – English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Courses Taught

    • Intensive English for Multilingual Students

    • English for Academic Purposes

    • Introduction to the Humanities

    • Introduction to Western Civilization

    • Foundations in Rhetoric

    • Grammar and Usage: A Critical Perspective

    • Linguistic Justice

    • Language Acquisition for Children of Diverse Backgrounds

    Research Interests

    My research areas include composition theory and pedagogy; linguistic justice; cultural rhetorics; and “trans”-theories (translingual, transcultural, transrhetorical, transnational, translation).

    Publications

    • Novotny, Maria, Claire Edwards, Gitte Frandsen, Danielle Koepke, Joni Marcum, Chloe Smith, and Madison William.  “Constellating Community Engagement in a Cultural Rhetorics Seminar”. Composition Studies, v49 n1 p103-118, 2021.

    • Frandsen, Gitte, Chloe Smith, Madison Williams, and Rachel-Bloom-Pojar. “The Myth of the Traditional Graduate Student – A Case Study of Enculturation and Resistance”. College Composition and Communication. Forthcoming.

    • Koepke, Danielle and Gitte Frandsen: “A Feminist Lens of Care for GTA Parents: Creating Toolkits for Collective Survival". PHDing while Parenting, (eds. Jenna Morton-Aiken and Jackie Hoermann-Elliott). Forthcoming.

    • Frandsen, Gitte, Danielle Koepke, and Maria Novotny: “Perspectives on Graduate Education in Rhetoric and Composition”. Radical Transparency (eds. Justin Cook and Skye Robertson). Forthcoming.

    Additional Information

    Office Hours

    Spring 2025

    • TuTh 11:00-12:00

    Teaching Schedule

    Spring 2025

    • 1001/113 TuTh 8:00-9:15 Lalumiere Hall 198
      • Foundations in Rhetoric
    • 1001/114 TuTh 9:30-10:45 Lalumiere Hall 198
      • Foundations in Rhetoric
    • 3140/102 TuTh 12:30-1:45 O'Brien Hall 203
      • Sociolinguistics
    • 3140/103 TuTh 2:00-3:15 O'Brien Hall 203
      • Sociolinguistics

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    Marquette Hall, 115
    1217 W. Wisconsin Ave.
    Milwaukee, WI 53233
    (414) 288-7179
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