Karoliina Engstrom
Graduate Student
Contact Information
- Address: 208 English (English); 25 English (Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Telephone: (217) 244-5350 (English)
- Email: engstro2@illinois.edu
Office Hours
- Fall 2012: Wednesdays 10am to 1pm (EB 25-A)
Education
University of Helsinki (MA, English Philology) , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MA, English) , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-- Ph.D. Candidate in English
Teaching Interests
Literature, writing, writing centers, first-year experience
Courses
Fall 2012: Leadership and Professional Development Seminar, LAS 399, Fall 2011: LAS 399 Leadership and Professional Development Seminar, Fall 2010: LAS 101 Freshman Seminar, Spring 2010: English 109--Intro to Fiction, Fall 2009: English 112--Literature of Global Culture, Summer 2009: English 251--The American Novel Since 1914, Fall 2008: English 103--Intro to Fiction, Fall 2007: English 116--Intro to American Literature, Spring 2007: English 116--Intro to American Literature, Fall 2006: English 260--Intro to African American Literature II, Spring 2006: English 259--Intro to African American Literature I, Fall 2005: English 109--Intro to Fiction, Spring 2005: English 260--Introduction to African American Literature II, Rhetoric 105, Fall 2004: English 259--Introduction to African American Literature I, Spring 2004: Rhetoric 105, Fall 2003: Rhetoric 105, Spring 2003: Rhetoric 105, Fall 2002: Rhetoric 105
Dissertation
A Novel Way to Learn: African American Fictions of Education, 1869-1935
Research Interests
African American Literature, Women's Writing, The American Novel, Higher Education, Writing Centers, First-Year Experience
