Matthew Varvel

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Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of English

M.A., Angelo State University,听 English

B.A., Angelo State University, Department of English

Professional Experience & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, Department of English, University of Northern 黑料社区, 2025.

Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of English, 2025.

Assistant Director of Writing Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of English, 2024.

Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of English, 2020-2-24.

Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University, Department of English, 2018-2020.

AP and Dual Credit Teacher, Whitehouse High School, Department of English, 2012-2018.

Department Chair, Whitehouse High School, Department of English, 2016-2017.

AP Teacher and Department Chair, Trinity School of Texas, Department of English, 2007-2012.

Research Expertise & Interests

Writing Assessment; Composition theory and pedagogy; Intersections of Writing Assessment, Social Justice, and Disability Studies;听History of rhetoric and composition;Scientific and Technical Communication; Constitutive rhetorics; Rhetorics of place; Authoritarian rhetorics; English education.

Publications

Journal Article

Published

Varvel, M. 鈥淔raming the Border: Crisis Rhetoric at the U.S.-Mexico Border.鈥濃C.E.A. Mid-Atlantic Review, Vol. 30, College English Association Mid-Atlantic Group, Fall 2022. 28-43.

Book Chapter

Published

Varvel, M. 鈥淟abor-Based Contract Grading: An Approach to Foster Diversity Within and Beyond the Composition Classroom.鈥濃Teaching and Advocating to Prepare Leaders for a Diverse Workplace. Eds. Mary Alice Trent and Peggy Ratliff. New Castle, England: Cambridge Scholars. 2024.

Honors & Awards

Nominee 鈥撎齇utstanding听Dissertation of 2024-2025,听College of Liberal Arts,听University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX,听2025.

Graduate School Travel Grant,鈥University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 2023.

Hunter Strauss Fellowship, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 2023.

Natalicio听Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 2020-2024.

Sutherland 鈥 McManus Award for Best Graduate Nonfiction Prose, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM, 2019.