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I have not always been a writing fan; in fact, I use to hate writing.  I never really understood the freedoms that came along with it.  I never experimented with my writing styles so everything I did was very traditional and boring.  Once I started to realize that there were no limits, I stated to become interested in exploring and finding new ways to put my thoughts into writing.

Much of Dr. Haimes-Korn’s scholarship in the field focuses on classroom inquiry and draws upon student voices to understand writing theory and practices. She writes on portfolios, response theory, collaborative learning, visual literacies and multicultural pedagogies. She is interested in the multiple layers of language and experiences students bring to their writing lives.  Dr. Haimes-Korn is the author of numerous articles in the field of composition.  Her book, Portfolios for Technical and Professional Communicators (Prentice Hall, 2007), co-authored with Herb Smith, reflects her work with students in their TCOM degree programs along with her interest in composition theory and practice.  Her most recent book project, an edited collection, Teaching Seeing and Writing 4 addresses the ways visual literacies and new media are incorporated in the writing classroom through innovative classroom practices.

As the teacher of this course — Writers’ Workshop– along with creating a community of writers, she has offered opportunities for students to explore the connections between the textual and the visual.  The course is an adventure in writing that draws upon the idea of writing as exploration or as she quotes E.M. Forster, “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”(1927).

My family is from downstate Illinois in the heart of the farmland.  I grew up on a small family farm where life was simple but hard at the same time.  We raised almost all our own food and only went to town when it was necessary.  I could ride horses since I could sit up on my own and that was usually how we got around to go play with the neighbor kids.  It was in this expansive, beautiful environment that inspired and nurtured my creative qualities.

After graduating high school in 1984 I began attending Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC).  It has been one of the best educational experiences of my life.  I recommend LLCC to anyone.  I took a long road to graduation as I did not attend consecutively but rather attended sporadically over a number of years.  In 2005 I moved to Georgia and began working full-time with Georgia Perimeter College.  It was here that I was encouraged to go back to school and work toward my Bachelor’s degree.  I began my undergrad studies in communications at Clayton State University and transferred to Southern Polytechnic State University for the fall semester of 2009.  I am enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Technical Communications program and expect to complete my studies at the end of 2012.

My main hobby, aside from writing of course, is roller coasters and theme parks. I love to travel to new parks and ride new coasters. As of now, I’ve been on 98 different coasters along the east coast. I also had an internship at SeaWorld Orlando in summer of 2009 selling onride photos, where I had the time of my life. There’s a reason both of my submissions on here deal with coasters!

Thanks for reading and all, and enjoy my stuff!