Allison Ellsworth

Allison Ellsworth is a First-Year Composition instructor with the Interdiscipliary Humanities and Communication faculty group in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts on the Polytechnic Campus.  She is also the First-Year Composition Coordinator.  Since 2013, she has also taught courses on organizational leadership and liberal studies with the faculty of Leadership and Interdisciplinary Studies also in CISA.

Dr. Ellsworth completed her EdD in Leadership and Innovation in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.  Her dissertation research focused on teaching First-Year Composition courses to engineering undergraduates using embodied learning methods and differentiated active learning activities. She is continuing that reseach in her classroom teaching at ASU as an action researcher. As the leader of the composition program at the Polytechnic Campus, Dr. Ellsworth is examining ways to effectively share and implement DEISJ principles and practices in the classroom.

Dr. Ellsworth is also a community volunteer in central Mesa.  She enjoys gardening and academic writing, and she is always looking forward to learning new things.