Welcome back! After a brief hiatus last spring, we have an exciting new lineup of episodes this fall. Our first episode features Katie Gutiérrez-Glik in conversation with Meha Gupta about transnational identity in the classroom. During her firs

Episode 8.1: Diversifying the Curriculum & Decentering the Literary Canon

Apr 14th, 2022 39m 47s

Welcome back! In this week's episode, Katie Gutiérrez-Glik sits down with fellow SLU graduate instructors Lexie Broemmer and Sal DiBono to discuss how and why they seek to diversify the curriculum and decenter the literary canon in their 1900 a

Episode 7.4: Fanfiction

Dec 6th, 2021 34m 40s

In this week's episode, we have a brief and temporary Michigan invasion! Sheila Coursey interviews friend and former colleague Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg about her work on serial narratives, from Victorian novels to contemporary pop concert to

Episode 7.3: Medical Humanities

Nov 11th, 2021 45m 42s

In this week's episode, Lauren Terbrock-Elmestad sits down with Dr. Amanda Barton to discuss Amanda’s recent transition from teaching for the Writing Program to a new position with the Billikens' First Chapter Program. They spend time thinking

Episode 7.2: Roundtable on ADHD Advocacy and Social Media

Oct 28th, 2021 1h 6m

This week's episode is a recording of the Lab's virtual roundtable on ADHD Advocacy and Social Media, organized and hosted by SLU Graduate Instructor and Ph.D. Candidate Carol Hogan-Downey. Carol invited Jennifer Parker and Michael Ruffin to di

Episode 7.1: The Space Jam

Oct 14th, 2021 38m 29s

Our first episode of Season Seven is not about the classic 1996 basketball film starring Michael Jordan (perhaps next season). We are, however, featuring three SLU English instructors discussing the role of space in their courses, assignments,

Episode 6.5: Pius Library and "The Great Pivot"

Jun 11th, 2021 24m 17s

In our final COVID-themed episode of this season, Sheila Coursey sits down with Martha Allen, a librarian at Pius Library who liaises with Writing Program courses. They discuss how Pius Library has worked with "The Great Pivot" of March 2020 as

Episode 6.4: Spy Writing with Andy Harper

May 7th, 2021 25m 52s

In this week's episode, Sheila talks with Assistant Professor of English Andy Harper about his Fall 2021 course, Spies and Secret Societies in American Literature. They discuss, among other things, Harriet Tubman's role as a spy, early America

Episode 6.3: Stealing: 2 Fast 2 Furious

Mar 25th, 2021 29m 27s

This week, Byron Gilman-Hernandez and Lauren Terbrock- Elmestad are reprising an episode they recorded in Fall 2018 that addressed ‘stealing’ in the context of pedagogy. They returned to this conversation to explore what has changed about netwo

6.2: ADHD and Higher Ed

Mar 11th, 2021 39m 4s

In today’s episode, Sheila Coursey sits down with Anessa Kemna and Carol Hogan-Downey to talk about their journeys in getting diagnosed with ADHD. Carol and Anessa share particular techniques or support structures that have been valuable to the

6.1: Instructor Identity in the Classroom

Mar 4th, 2021 27m 42s

In our first episode of season six, Sheila Coursey interviews Katie Gutiérrez about what it means to her to be a visibly queer instructor. They talk about two texts that have influenced Katie’s pedagogical practices, particularly in courses lik

5.7: Navigating Feedback

Feb 11th, 2021 34m 42s

In this final episode of Season Five, Sheila Coursey sits down with Colten Biro and Laura Hardin Marshall to discuss giving feedback to and receiving feedback from students in online or hybrid courses this past semester.

5.6: The Call is Coming from Inside the Lab!

Dec 15th, 2020 24m 24s

In this week's episode, Sheila Coursey sits down with four undergraduate staff members from the Compass Lab: Clayton Hill, Eva France, Lydia Estrada, and Wes Ragland. They discuss past and present work in the Writing Program and Lab and reflect

5.5: Digital Pedagogy

Nov 20th, 2020 43m 58s

In this week's episode, Sharee Langenstein interviews third-year Ph.D. student Rachel Shields about how research in the medieval digital humanities shapes her approaches to teaching first-year writing. They discuss what it means to be a digital

5.4: Interview with Nicholas Gomez

Nov 6th, 2020 34m 56s

In this week's episode, Sharee Langenstein sits down with third-year Ph.D. student Nicholas Gomez to discuss his experience as a first-generation college student. Nicholas reflects on how his educational background has shaped his pedagogy, espe

Episode 5.3: Creative Writing and Pedagogy

Oct 16th, 2020 39m 57s

In this episode, Lindsay Adams and Rachel Shields discuss how their backgrounds in creative writing shape their approaches to teaching rhetoric and composition.

Episode 5.2: Pandemic Pedagogy

Oct 1st, 2020 29m 14s

For today's episode, Sheila Coursey interviews Katie Eck about her experiences as both an instructor and a student during the Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 semesters. Sheila and Katie discuss their techniques for online and hybrid teaching, the imp

Episode 5.1: The Compass Lab and the Writing Program: New Directions

Sep 18th, 2020 37m 36s

In this first episode of EPEM Season Five, Lauren Terbrock-Elmestad, Nathaniel Rivers, and Sheila Coursey explore the Compass Lab's longstanding relationship with the writing program and the rapid evolution of the lab amidst COVID-19 as we reim

Episode 4.7: Articulating the Writing Program

May 15th, 2019 38m 49s

For our final episode of the season, we have a conversation between our outgoing and incoming Writing Program Administrators, Paul Lynch and Nathaniel Rivers, on their aims and agendas with the Writing Program at St. Louis University.

Episode 4.x

May 3rd, 2019 12m 41s

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Episode 4.6: High School Teaching

Apr 17th, 2019 32m 28s

For today’s episode, Byron Gilman-Hernandez spoke with two of Saint Louis University’s newest instructors, Abbey Jarvis and Katie Eck, about how their experience teaching in a High School setting informs their teaching in the University. In thi

Episode 4.5: Theatre and Pedagogy

Apr 3rd, 2019 22m 14s

Today’s episode features a dialogue between Lindsay Adams, author of “River Like Sin” and winner of the 2016 Judith Barlow Prize, and Alicen Moser, co-founder of Poor Monsters and co-author of “Useful and Necessary Ingredients,” on applying the

Episode 4.4: Immigrant Teaching

Mar 21st, 2019 37m 11s

This episode of Eloquentia Perfecta features a discussion of the English Major, refugees, and the immigrant experience, with Joya Uraizee, Professor of Postcolonial Literature and Regional Emmy Award-winner, Haris Fazlić, a Bosnian-American gra

Episode 4.3: There Will Be No Visual Aids

Feb 27th, 2019 44m 21s

In this episode, Amy Nelson interviews Anessa Kemna about her experiences as a blind teacher and graduate student. They discuss adapting materials for accessibility, the intersections of non-normative mental and physical conditions, and the con

Episode 4.2: Gender, Ethos, and Teaching

Feb 14th, 2019 25m

In this episode, Natalie Whitaker and Kathryn Polizzi discuss with Byron Gilman-Hernandez their experiences establishing ethos in the classroom. They discuss how gender and age affect the dynamic of their classrooms, and particularly comment on