People
- Ben Tam
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- At Rutgers Since: 2020
- Email:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Office Hours: Fall 2021 Monday 4:00pm-6:00pm, or by appointment
- Education:
- Ph.D. English Language and Literature, Cornell University (2018)
- M.A. English, Georgetown University (2010)
- B.A. English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, First Class Honours (2008)
- Courses Taught:
- At Rutgers:
- Expository Writing (101)
- Exposition & Argument (103)
- Scientific & Technical Writing (302)
- Writing for Business & Professions (303)
- Writing the Dissertation (508)
- Awards:
- At Cornell University:
- The Gitner Prize (awarded to no more than four graduate students per year for distinguished teaching), College of Arts and Sciences, 2015-2016
- First-Year Writing Seminar Award for my course on "Intimacy Unleashed: Beyond the Human," Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Fall 2016
- Martin Sampson Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Department of English, 2014-2015
- Graduate Research and Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2013-2014
- Future Faculty Assessment Grant, Council of Graduate Schools, Spring 2013.
- Publications:
Jaffe, M., Kafle, M., Kelly, E. K., & Tam, B. (2024). Finding a pedagogy of empathy in a Common Read Project. Teaching in Higher Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2024.2324727
Tam, Ben and Romain Pasquer, "'Who Speaks from the Site of Trauma?': An Interview with Cathy Caruth," Diacritics, vol. 47, no. 2, 2019, pp. 48-69.