Amy Shinabarger

An ASU alum for all three of her degrees, amy dawn shinabarger is a Freirian committed to changing the world and empowering students through teaching as social practice. She teaches both international students and more local ones, primarily composition but also linguistics. After completing her PhD at ASU, shinabarger taught as an assistant professor at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and California State University, Northridge before following her heart home. Her research interests are Second Language Writing, Basic Writing, Writing Program Administration, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, and Popular Cultures (particularly with a foci on music and body modification). The common ground is a fascination with studying how language and power intersect and interact.