Marissa Christina McKinley
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Marissa Christina McKinley
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Informed by contemporary composition scholarship on learning theory, metacognition, and writing transfer, Dr. McKinley's teaching focuses on helping students to become more critically aware, self-reflective thinkers, speakers, readers, and writers. To aid students in their learning development, Dr. McKinley employs the pedagogical approach "slow writing," which emphasizes reflection and deep connection-making. For this approach, Dr. McKinley earned a Center for Teaching Excellence Writing Award at her previous institution, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Aside from her work in the writing classroom, Dr. McKinley produces scholarship within the intersections of medical rhetorics and feminist rhetorics. Her current research focuses on
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and underscores challenges tied to the oppression of women and minorities. Dr. McKinley's scholarship has been presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Feminisms and Rhetoric, and Rhetoric Society of America. Dr. McKinley's first book on PCOS will be published by Lexington Books in 2023.
Aside from her work in the writing classroom, Dr. McKinley produces scholarship within the intersections of medical rhetorics and feminist rhetorics. Her current research focuses on
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and underscores challenges tied to the oppression of women and minorities. Dr. McKinley's scholarship has been presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Feminisms and Rhetoric, and Rhetoric Society of America. Dr. McKinley's first book on PCOS will be published by Lexington Books in 2023.
Education
- PHD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise
- Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
- Feminist Theory and Pedagogy
- Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines
- Writing Program Administration
Organization
- English
Office Location
- College of Arts & Sciences 1 309
Mail Drop
- CL-AC1
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Hamden, CT, United States of America
2019 - 2022
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Director of Liberal Studies English
Indiana, PA, United States of America
2016 - 2018
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Instructor of First-Year Writing
Indiana, PA, United States of America
2016 - 2018
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Assistant for the Composition and TESOL PhD Program
Indiana, PA, United States of America
2014 - 2016
Northern Kentucky University
Adjunct Instructor of First-Year Writing and General Studies
Highland Heights, KY, United States of America
2011 - 2014
Northern Kentucky University
Graduate Teaching Associate of First-Year Writing
Highland Heights, KY, United States of America
2010 - 2011
Chatfield College
Adjunct Instructor of First-Year Writing and General Studies
Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
2009 - 2012
Selected Publications
Preparing for the metaverse with ePortfolios
Torres, J., and McKinley, M.
Inside Higher Eduaction June 8 (2022)