Bree Straayer
- (She/Her)
- Assistant Professor/Associate Director of First Year Writing
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures
Biography
Bree Straayer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, has joined the first year writing faculty. Bree has an educational background focused on English and Writing Pedagogy with her PhD in Rhetoric and Writing with a Cultural Rhetorics Emphasis and Specialization in Women and Gender from MSU in 2020, an MA in Critical Literacy and Pedagogy, and a BA in English Language and Literature. During her time as a student at MSU, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Citation for her work in mentoring new writing TAs. Her vocational and research interests focus on the intersections of culture, gender, and education. She has several publications and has presented nationally on her research with language learners and also on her research examining the role of religious ideologies in educational trajectories. She has worked with language learners throughout her career in multiple contexts, including non-profit, community college, and university. When not reading or writing, Bree enjoys spending time traveling, gardening, antiquing, and making all manner of things.
Works
Lindquist, Julie, Bree Straayer, and Bump Halbritter editors. Recollections from an UnCommon Time:4C21-23 Documentarian Tales. Studies in Writing and Rhetoric, Forthcoming Spring 2025
Straayer, Bree. “Knowing in Our Bones: High Stakes Learning Moments in Community Based Programming” Writing Pedagogy Education in Practice. Forthcoming Spring 2025.
Straayer, Bree and Wendy Falb. “Braiding together Family Literacy and Health Literacy: Insights into New Program Development” Coalition on Adult Basic Education Journal, Vol 13, No 2, Fall 2024.
Lindquist, Julie, Bree Straayer, and Bump Halbritter editors. Recollections from an UnCommon Time:4C20 Documentarian Tales. Studies in Writing and Rhetoric, Feb 2023
Straayer, Bree and Xiqiao Wang “Seeing opportunities, forming identities: One Ghanaian student’s literacy and networking practices” International students’ Multilingual Practices Eds. Peter Decosta, Wendy Li, Jongbong Lee. Multilingual Matters, June 2022
Straayer, Bree, “A Dream Come True: Young Evangelical Women’s’ Negotiations of Dreams, Reality, and Ideologies on Pinterest” Legacies of Christian Languaging and Literacies in US Education. Eds. Mary M. Juzwik, Jennifer C. Stone, Kevin J.Burke, Denise Davila. Routledge, October 2019
Meier, Joyce, Bree Gannon, David Medaci, Cheryl Ceasar. “Transcultural Inquiry, Rhetorical Listening, and Multimodal Products: A First-Year Writing Conference as a Pedagogical Event and Learning Experience” Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies. Eds. Marohang Limbu, Julia Kiernan. 2017.
Gannon, Bree. “Absorbing Fear, Rejecting Fear” Early Career English Teachers in Action: Learning from Experience, Developing Expertise. Eds. Lindsay Ellis and Rob Rozema. Routledge, September 2014.
College of Arts & Letters News
- Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures Helps Bring National Conference on Community Writing to DetroitCollege of Arts & Letters
October 9, 2025Hundreds of educators, activists, community partners, and writers from across the country will gather in Detroit this month for the Conference on Community Writing, a national, biennial event dedicated to using writing as a tool for social change. For the first time, the […] Read Now →
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