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Snow Lee-Jones, PhD -- I grew up on a sheep farm in rural Virginia, and am a 2019 graduate of Rutgers' doctoral program in cultural anthropology. I received my  M.A. from Columbia University (Climate & Society ’10) and my B.A. from Oberlin College (English, Sociology '07). My ethnographic research concerned settler colonialism, phenomenology, and the production of settler whiteness in the tar sands of Alberta, Canada. Currently, I serve as an assistant teaching professor of academic and inductive research writing in Rutgers’ English Department - Writing Program, Graduate Writing Program, and ITA Program, and previously taught in the Department of Anthropology as a T.A. and PTL. When not teaching or writing, I am likely gardening, cooking, riding a bike(s), playing music and listening to podcasts, or painstakingly critiquing comedic television writing.

You can learn more about me & my non-academic experience via my LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sslljj/

Teaching Style -- I teach using a constructivist pedagogical approach, centering learner-directed and engaged teaching methods. To achieve success with these methods I employ a personal teaching style in both online and face-to-face classrooms. For students, this means the way I teach and methods I use are not lecture- or exam-based, and instead require consistent dialogue between the student (you) and the professor (me) to produce the best learning outcomes, and provide you the highest-quality education I possibly can. In your lecture/exam courses, you have encountered what’s called a behaviorist or instructor-centered pedagogy. That means my classes require working together and collaboratively with students,  which requires higher standards for student engagement, questioning, discussion, and intellectual exchange than in other, larger courses. My personal style in teaching also means that I'm more "informal" or personable in the classroom -- but don't be fooled into thinking form and substance are the same! I am committed to exceptionally high learning standards, pushing students to grow as writers, critical thinkers, and intellectuals and I hope you'll find me an approachable person in helping you achieve these goals.