Co-Director of First Year Writing
Klapper Hall, Room 635
718-997-4618
Christopher.Williams@qc.cuny.edu
Classes
I teach courses on academic writing, creative writing, and the teaching of writing. My central goal in every writing class is the same: to challenge students to practice – or teach – writing as a process that requires close reading, careful research, critical reflection and continual revision. In a typical lesson, students can expect to engage in whole-class discussions, small-group work, and individual reading and writing activities, which provide multiple opportunities to deepen understanding through practice.
English 110: College Writing I
English 210: Introduction to Creative Writing
English 397/793: Teaching College Writing
Conference Presentations
Conference on Writing, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, March 2012, Panel Presentation: “Facilitating Global, Sustainable Writing Communities by Expanding the Reading-Writing Circle in the University Writing Center.”
Sondra Perl Research Symposium, Baruch College, September 2017, Presentation: “But this is how I/we teach”: The Need for Pedagogical Coherence – and Pedagogical Conflict – in Writing Programs
National Conference on Peer Tutors in Writing 2017, Hofstra University, October 2017, Group Presentation (with Professor Amy Wan, English Department, Queens College): Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Multilingual Tutors as “Literacy Brokers” in the Global University
Critical Pedagogies at CUNY: Learning Through Writing, LaGuardia Community College, April 2018, Group Presentation (with Professor Amy Wan, English Department, Queens College): Multilingual Tutors as “Literacy Brokers” in the Global University
