Teaching posts have included:
Writing Instructor & Coach
Integrated Marketing & Communications Graduate Program
Medill School at Northwestern University
Writing Instructor
Engineering Design and Communications (EDC at Segal Design Institute)
The Writing Program/WCAS & McCormick School of Engineering (undergraduate)
Northwestern University
Writing Instructor & Writing Tutor
Fundamentals of Composition (undergraduate)
Writing Tutorial (graduate)
North Park University
Writing Instructor
Personal, Radio & Spiritual Essays
Resume Workshops
StoryStudio Chicago
"Ellen's teaching is stellar! She's particularly adept at adapting to a wide
range of student needs with intelligence, imagination, and good humor. International students here highly treasured her as a mentor who could temper firmness, focus, and clarity with kindness. I would love to keep her as a teacher."
Carol A. N. Martin, PhD
Writing Coordinator, North Park University
North Park University
Course: North Park Dialogue
Interdisciplinary course for first-year students designed to sharpen oral and written communication.
Fall 2008
Course: Fundamentals of Composition
Intensive practice in written expression.
Fall 2008
Course: Writing for the Professions
One-to-one instruction in writing competence for graduate studies.
Spring, Summer 2008
Winter 2009
Northwestern University
Course: Writing in Special Contexts
Introduced first-year students to engineering design and engineering writing as parallel and inter-related processes.
The Writing Program (Weinberg) & McCormick School of Engineering
Fall 2009/Winter/Spring 2005/Winter/Spring 2004
Medill School of Journalism/Northwestern
Writing tutor, Graduate Magazine Program
Tutored English-speaking and international graduate students in writing mechanics.
Spring 2007/Fall 2005
Elmhurst College
Advisor, Student Newspaper, The Leader
Faculty editor/advisor to staff of award-winning student newspaper.
Winter 2004
Dominican University
Course: Newspaper and Magazine Editing
Introduction to newspaper and magazine editing concepts to journalism-track students.
Fall 2003
Private Tutees
My tutees range from middle school and high school-age students looking to strengthen writing skills for school work; college and graduate students on writing and non-writing academic paths; English-speaking and international students and adults who want to strengthen their writing for work or personal pleasure.
2005-present
Workshops
WritersWorkspace
Balancing Writing with Parenthood
Author Coffee
March 2008
Off Campus Writer’s Workshop
Course: The Personal Essay
October-November 2007
Oakton Community College
Course: Writing for Self-Discovery
Alliance for Lifelong Learning
Fall 2004
