Rebekah Greene, Ph.D.

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Communication Education

This section contains blogs, syllabi, assignment sheets, rubrics and posters for classes that I've taught at colleges and universities in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Georgia, and New York. (I've been an instructor in literature, composition, and communication classrooms since 2008 .)

Consulting

Examples of some of my consulting work related to higher education teaching, learning, and assessment , including using software for institutional effectiveness and adherence to standards.

Instructional Design

Examples of some of my training materials such as slide decks and instructional documents to help varied audiences better understand processes.

Resume and CV

I'm including my professional resume, my teaching CV, and my writing classroom teaching portfolio here.

Scholarship

Here, you can check out some of my scholarship and conference papers, which primarily focus on 1) the representation and understanding of objects in Victorian adventure literature and 2) the ways that Victorian influences still impact technical communications in today's museums and galleries.

A Quick Intro to my Professional Self:

I'm an experienced professional with:

12+ years of experience in instructional design emphasizing adult learning course design, development, and assessment; project management; in-person and remote training; research; and writing/editing with 50 courses taught.
5+ years of experience in higher education assessment and programmatic leadership;
75+ presentations and workshops on higher education assessment, including best practices for teaching adult learners in specific course content.

about

Current Biography:

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, where I focus on writing instruction and coaching, accreditation and reaffirmation efforts, and instructional design. I joined SON after working in the field of higher ed tech for two years following almost a dozen years on campus, where I taught technical communication, business communication, composition, literature, and creative writing courses. Most recently, I was the Assistant Director of Assessment for the Writing and Communication Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and held a Marion L. Brittain teaching postdoctoral fellowship. During my time at Georgia Tech, I also worked with the Center for Teaching and Learning on a long-term project evaluating course evaluations and teaching effectiveness and the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain QEP on several projects emphasizing the assessment of sustainability and service-learning classroom experiences.

I received my Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Rhode Island in May 2016. I also have a M.A. from the University of Rochester and a B.S. from SUNY Brockport, over a dozen years of experience in higher education and knows firsthand that data informed decisions can help improve course and programmatic planning, resource management. overall faculty, student, and staff satisfaction and increase effective communication and collaboration across teams.

Fun Facts:

I'm originally from Western New York, but spent many years living in Rhode Island and Georgia, too!
I've auditioned for Jeopardy! 4 times in person.
I used to play competitive trivia on college teams.
The attractive cats in the top image on this page are Ginger and Boots and they belong to my sister. The books belong to me.

My Current Book Project:

Uncertain Treasure: Material Culture and the Scottish Adventure, studies the shifting role of objects in adventures written during 1850-1940. Examining objects (e.g., buttons, crutches, athletic equipment, and packing trunks) offers a new avenue of approach for critically reading the adventure subgenre, which was highly popular in both the Victorian and Modernist periods.

I argue that depictions of material culture in works by R.M. Ballantyne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne, J.M. Barrie, and John Buchan drive the plot. Objects in the adventure are not solely for possession; rather, they represent a conflicted nineteenth-century viewpoint of materialism which emphasizes efficient stewardship, hard work, moral conduct, and rewards. In addition, objects operate as important cultural and familial signifiers, yet their use and meaning frequently remains unclear to hero and reader alike.

For example, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped, the narrator must learn how to conduct himself during uncertain times through a series of misadventures involving objects such as buttons, a greasy pack of playing cards, and French coats, all while simultaneously learning about the complicated entwined histories of Scotland and his own family. In becoming more attentive to objects and the stories that they provoke, the narrator receives the necessary training to manage his rightful estate.

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