Ariel M. Goldenthal

Ariel M. Goldenthal (she/her/hers) is an associate professor and assistant director of Composition at George Mason University. Her research, focused on instructor and student experiences of hybrid writing classes, has been published in The Journal of Response to Writing, WPA, Academic Labor: Research and Artistry, and PARS in Charge: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Program Leaders. She has presented on this research, as well as on transparency in the classroom, at conferences including CCCC, NCTE, GSOLE, and the OWI Symposium. Her creative writing, primarily flash fiction and creative non-fiction, has been published in Exposition Review, The Citron Review, Fractured Lit, and others.

Education

• BA - Linguistics, Brandeis University
• MFA Creative Writing, George Mason University

Selected Publications

• "Feedback Practices in Hybrid Writing Courses: Instructor Choices about Modality and Timing." With Jessica Matthews,  Courtney Adams Wooten, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Lourdes Fernandez. Journal of Response to Writing vol. 8, no. 2, 2022, pp. 40-72. 
• “Drown[ing] a Little Bit All the Time: The Intersections of Labor Constraints and Professional Development in Hybrid Contingent Faculty Experiences.” With Courtney Adams Wooten, Brian Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Fernandez, and  Jessica Matthews. Academic Labor: Research and Artistry vol. 6, 2022, pp. 1-26.
• "When Communities of Practice Fail to Form: Instructor Perceptions of Peer Support Networks and Developing Competence in Hybrid Course Design."With Brian Fitzpatrick, Lourdes Fernandez, Jessica Matthews, Brandon Biller, and Courtney Adams Wooten. WPA vol. 46, no. 1. 

Grants and Fellowships

Conference on College Composition and Communication Research Initiative Grant. “Student Perceptions of Learning Experiences in Hybrid Writing Courses.” With Courtney Adams Wooten, Lourdes Fernandez, Brian Fitzpatrick, Kerry Folan, and Sheri Nicole Rain. January 2022.

Courses Taught

• Hybrid ENGH 101: English Composition
• ENGH 101: English Composition – Community Engaged section
• ENGH 201: Reading and Writing About Texts
• Hybrid ENGH 302: Advanced Composition
• ENGH 396: Introduction to Creative Writing

Recent Presentations

• “Unhappy in our own Ways, Happier Together: Creating a Conscious Community through Hybrid Teaching.” With Christina Grieco and Shyam Patel. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Virtual. 10-12 June 2024.
• “‘All That Jazz’: Flexibility and Improvisation in Hybrid Writing Classrooms.” With Courtney Wooten, Shyam Patel, and Christina Grieco. Global Society of Online Literacy Educators Conference. Virtual. 2 February 2024. 
• “Resources and Strategies for Writing Program Leaders with Online Programs and Courses.” Council of Writing Program Administrators workshop. Virtual. 17 November 2023.
• “Remixing Teaching Tools for Collaboration in Hybrid Classes.” With Christina Greico, Shyam Patel, and Suzy Rigdon. The Future of Writing Symposium. Virtual. 1 May 2023.
• “Rethinking Assumptions: Student-Informed Hybrid Writing Course Design.” With Courtney Adams Wooten and Kerry Folan. Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention. Chicago, IL. 16 February 2023.
• “Problem-Solving Hybrids: Developing Teaching Resources for Equitable and Inclusive Hybrid Composition Courses.” With Courtney Adams Wooten, Lourdes Fernandez, and Jessica Matthews. Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention. 12 March 2022.
• “Crafting Antiracist Practices at the Institutional and Classroom Levels, Especially When It Is Inconvenient.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Virtual. November 2021.