Diane R Ransdell
- Professor of Practice
- (520) 621-3986
- Modern Languages, Rm. 000445
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- ransdell@arizona.edu
Biography
D.R. Ransdell holds degrees in Spanish, English as a Second Language, and Rhetoric and Composition. She currently teaches second-language writing at the University of Arizona where she also supervises graduate students who are working their way through the program. She is also the director for English 101. She has written several mystery novels (Mariachi Murder, 2013; Island Casualty, 2014; Dizzy in Durango, 2015). Her latest book, Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist, is a non-fiction account of how an Italian-American from Illinois wound up playing in a mariachi band in Tucson, Arizona. D.R. is also an avid musician. She plays in a small mariachi ensemble and with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- A Cultural Approach to ESL Composition: Using Popular Culture toTeach Rhetorical Conventions
- M.A. English as a Second Language
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- None required.
- B.A. Teacher Training for Spanish
- University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
- n/a
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1998 - Ongoing)
- ASU, Tempe, Arizona (1997 - 1998)
- Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango (1982 - 1987)
- Colegio Americano (1982 - 1984)
Interests
Teaching
Composition, second-language writing, creative non-fiction, advanced composition
Research
second-language writing, intercultural competence, second-language acquisition, composition studies, travel writing, motivation theory
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Adv First-Year Compositn
ENGL 109H (Fall 2024) -
Elementary Italian II
ITAL 102 (Fall 2024) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Business Writing
ENGL 307 (Summer I 2024) -
Nonhuman Subjects
ENGL 160D2 (Summer I 2024) -
Adv First-Year Compositn
ENGL 109H (Spring 2024) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Spring 2024) -
Technical Writing
ENGL 308 (Spring 2024) -
Adv First-Year Compositn
ENGL 109H (Fall 2023) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Fall 2023) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Business Writing
ENGL 307 (Summer I 2023) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Spring 2023) -
Elementary Italian II
ITAL 102 (Spring 2023) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Spring 2023) -
Technical Writing
ENGL 308 (Spring 2023) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Fall 2022) -
Business Writing
ENGL 307 (Fall 2022) -
Elementary Italian I
ITAL 101 (Fall 2022) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2022) -
Honors Thesis
ENGL 498H (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Summer I 2022) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Spring 2022) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Spring 2022) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Summer I 2021) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Spring 2021) -
Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 598 (Fall 2020) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Summer I 2020) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Spring 2020) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2020) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2019) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Spring 2019) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2019) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Fall 2018) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Engl Comp ESL Students
ENGL 108 (Spring 2018) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2018)
2016-17 Courses
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Adv Crtv Non-Fict Writ
ENGL 401 (Summer I 2017) -
Independent Study
ENGL 499 (Summer I 2017) -
Intro Writ Creat Nonfict
ENGL 201 (Summer I 2017) -
Literature and Film
ENGL 300 (Summer I 2017) -
Advanced Composition
ENGL 306 (Spring 2017) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 101 (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2017) -
Engl Comp Esl Students
ENGL 106 (Fall 2016) -
First-Year Composition
ENGL 102 (Fall 2016) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Independent Study
ENGL 499-SA (Summer I 2016) -
Intro Writ Creat Nonfict
ENGL 201-SA (Summer I 2016) -
Literature and Film
ENGL 300-SA (Summer I 2016) -
Engl Comp ESL Students
ENGL 108 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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