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Stina Oakes Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer (Continuing) Literature

Contact
Stina Oakes
(202) 885-6364 (Office)
CAS | Literature
Hurst Hall 112C
Mondays and Thursdays 9:30-11, 2:30-3:30, Wednesdays 10-2 (by appointment only)
Degrees
MA, Boston College

Bio
Kristina Kasik Oakes earned her MA from Boston College and her BA from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to teaching at AU she taught high school English in Central Virginia and writing at Central Virginia Community College. Her academic interests focus on the creation of the self in writing and the exploration of how writing unlocks the inner psyche. She also teaches a Complex Problems course centered on podcasts as a form of new media. Her personal interests revolve primarily around her three children and husband. In the little time left for herself, she enjoys knitting, swimming, watching British crime dramas, and reading contemporary fiction.
See Also
Writing Studies Program
Atrium: Student Writing from American University's Writing Studies Program
For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: Podcasts and Persuasion

  • WRT-106 College Writing, Intensive

  • WRT-200 Persuasion/Power/Responsiblty

Spring 2025

  • WRT-101 College Writing Seminar

  • WRT-106 College Writing, Intensive

  • WRT-200 Persuasion/Power/Responsiblty