faculty

Julie Bowman

Assistant Teaching Professor

English & Communication

Contact

508-999-8274

julie.bowman@umassd.edu

Liberal Arts 216

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Provides students additional support for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I work. Students develop college-level reading and writing skills and work closely with the instructor as well as independently, in small groups, and as a class.Developmental writing workshop co-requisite for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I.

Provides students additional support for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I work. Students develop college-level reading and writing skills and work closely with the instructor as well as independently, in small groups, and as a class.Developmental writing workshop co-requisite for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I.

Provides students additional support for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I work. Students develop college-level reading and writing skills and work closely with the instructor as well as independently, in small groups, and as a class.Developmental writing workshop co-requisite for ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Students will learn how to be an informed consumer of information and make more informed decisions. Topics include distinguishing good arguments from bad ones, interpreting the likelihood of outcomes, understanding the psychology underlying cognitive bias and error, recognizing our own biases and blind spots, and understanding how statistics and illustrations are used to sway opinion.