James Wermers
Clinical Associate Professor,
CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts
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Phone: 602-496-0625
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Mail code: 0320Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio
I teach and write about Shakespeare, pedagogy, and issues of race and democracy (often all at once), teach courses in composition, film, gender studies, literature, philosophy, and religious studies, and develop and lead innovative and engaging community programs like "Words on Wheels.
Education
- PhD English, The University of Arizona
- MA English, Marquette University
- MA Philosophy, Marquette University
- BA English, Xavier University
Publications
Monographs
- King de Ramirez, Barbara Lafford, and James Wermers. Online World Language Instruction Training and Assessment: An Ecological Approach. Georgetown University Press, 2021.
Edited Collections
- McNeil, Elizabeth, James E. Wermers, and Joshua O. Lunn, eds. Mapping Queer Space(s) of Praxis and Pedagogy. Springer, 2017.
Refereed Articles and Chapters
- Lafford, Barbara, Carmen King de Ramirez, and James Wermers. “Issues and Challenges in the Assessment of Online Language Teacher Performance.” Assessment Across Online Education. Eds. Stephanie Link and Jinrong Li. Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2018.
- “A Rogue or a King?: Locating Shakespeare in the Shakespeare’s Globe London Cinema Series.” Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century. Ed. Kelli Marshall and Gabrielle Malcolm. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. 28-37. (Cambridge Scholars’ book of the month for January 2013)
- Burrell, Christopher and James Wermers. “Why Does Precious Have to Shuffle?: Teaching with Lee Daniels’ ‘Adaptation.’” Rock the House: Essays on the Work of Sapphire. Eds. Elizabeth McNeil, Neal Lester, DoVeanna Fulton Minor, and Lynette Myles. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 211-226.
- “Sex in the Wooden O: Exploring a Hetero v. Queer Matrix in the USF Productions of Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and the Merchant of Venice.” Journal of the Wooden O Symposium 10 (2010): 60-76.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 200 | Critical Reading & Writing/Lit |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
ENG 200 | Critical Reading & Writing/Lit |
ENG 230 | Introduction to Film Studies |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 394 | Special Topics |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 230 | Introduction to Film Studies |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 352 | Short Story |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 200 | Critical Reading & Writing/Lit |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 394 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 352 | Short Story |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 202 | World Literature |
ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
ENG 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENG 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 352 | Short Story |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
ENG 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ENG 221 | Survey of English Literature |
ENG 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 230 | Introduction to Film Studies |
ENG 394 | Special Topics |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 301 | Writing for the Professions |
ENG 202 | World Literature |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
ENG 394 | Special Topics |
ENG 230 | Introduction to Film Studies |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 394 | Special Topics |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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PHI 105 | Intro to Ethics |
ENG 329 | 19th-Century British Fiction |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
ENG 379 | Travel Writing |
ENG 466 | Studies in International Film |
ENG 230 | Introduction to Film Studies |
Honors / Awards
- Equity and Inclusion Award, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (2023)
- Award for Scholarly and Creative Excellence, Languages and Cultures (2023)
- College of Integrative Sciences & Arts (CISA) Innovation Award for Words on Wheels (2021)
- College of Integrative Sciences & Arts (CISA) Outstanding Teaching Award (2020)
- CSRD Award for Excellence in Service and Community Outreach (2018)
- CCCC Research Initiative Grant (PI) (2014-2015)
- Best Instructor, ASU Summer Bridge Program (2011)
- Canon Leadership Project Award, Arizona State University (2010)
- Milton O. Riepe Fellowship, University of Arizona (2009)
- Ruth Gardner Award for Teaching, University of Arizona (2007)