Remember what the Dormouse said: “Feed your head.” – Peter Jensen
EUGENE, Ore.–Peter Jensen, writing instructor at Lane Community College, has won the 2019 Lisa Ede Teaching in Excellence Award from the Two-Year College English Association for the Pacific Northwest (TYCA-PNW).
Jensen has taught writing for 30 years, mostly at Lane and at Linn-Benton community colleges, including about 75 sections of WR 227 (Technical Writing). In addition, he has taught many sections of Shakespeare at LBCC, which led to his publication of two books about Shakespeare's life and his use of peoples' names in his poems and plays.
TYCA-PNW applauded Jensen for the practical nature of his work in technical communications, the scope of his subjects, his use of student centered activities, his focus on workplace writing, and his academic and workplace research skills and empirical report writing.
“I like student-centered learning and the teaching drama of the classroom,” he says. He values the variety of experiences that students bring to class and says undergrads can handle advanced work if you engage them.
Jensen has coached students writing about a variety of topics from the aerodynamics of the undersides of race cars, to caring for gum diseases, fire science, the effects of global warming on fisheries, and genetic engineering in Oregon, among others. He encourages students to consult teachers and librarians to find quality information.
A writer since the age of 19, Jensen has published poetry, book reviews, a novel, news articles, and a 1970s era underground newspaper. His book “Confluence” was a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award in Poetry.
Jensen has a bachelor of arts from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a master of arts from New York University, and has done graduate work at Northwestern University-Evanston and the University of Oregon.
Lisa Ede is faculty emeritus at Oregon State University where she taught rhetoric and writing from 1980 to 2013. She has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited nine books and she helped found TYCA.
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