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About Jill Heney

Jill Heney has taught inquiry-based writing courses at Boise State University since 1997, and, as co-director of the Collaborative for Teaching Writing Online (CTWO), she leads faculty development in digital writing pedagogies. Jill has a B.A.Ed. in English/Language Arts from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and then went on to earn an M.A. in English, with emphases in literature and creative writing, from Boise State. Jill’s articles and poetry have been featured in several publications, and she is the co-author of the textbook The Writing Tree: Interactive Lessons for Cultivating a College Essay.

Positions

2011 - Present Lecturer, Boise State University Department of Writing Studies
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1999 - 2011 Instructor, Boise State University Department of English
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Grants

2019 - Present Shared Stories Lab - Open Educational Resource
Boise State University
$5,000
2021 - 2022 Collecting Gems: Improving Workforce Communication and Listening Skills Through Documenting Oral Histories of Idaho's Sagebrush Steppe
GEM3
Workforce Development Seed Grant
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Kelly Hopping and Tiffany Hitesman
2010 - 2011 Moving the Best Practices of Writing Pedagogy into the Online Classroom
Idaho State Board of Education
$63,400
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2009 - Present Member, National Council of Teachers of English
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Courses

  • ENGL 90: Developmental Writing
  • ENGL 101: Intro to College Writing
  • ENGL 102: Intro to College Writing and Research
  • ENGL 112: Honors Composition
  • ENGL 201: Nonfiction Writing
  • ENGL 278: Survey of American Literature: Civil War to Present
  • ENGL 294/494: Analyzing the Western Hero in Literature, Film and Television

Education

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1997 M.A. - Literature (English), Boise State University
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1993 B.A. Ed. - English, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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Contact Information

E-mail: jheney@boisestate.edu



Books (2)

Includes library guide e-books

Contributions to Books (1)

Articles (2)

Creative Nonfiction and Poetry (3)

Presentations (8)