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Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > English > Faculty > Natalie Dorfeld

Dr. Natalie Dorfeld

Assistant Professor of English

Coordinator of Freshmen English

Dr. Dorfeld

   Contact Information

   Office:    312 Greenville Hall   

               

   Mail:      Thiel College

                English Department

                75 College Avenue

                United States of America

                                                     

   Phone:   1-724-589-2161

   Fax:       1-724-589-2021

   E-mail:    ndorfeld@thiel.edu

   Note:      The photo to the left was     

                 taken in Gimmelwald,

                 Switzerland, where Dr. Dorfeld

                 perfected her yodeling / cheese

                 making skills.

 

Fall 2008

Classes:   OWE I at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 on MWF

                FYS: Photography at 3:00 on M

                Selected Topics: Writing Workshop at 1:00 on TR

       

Office Hours:   11:00-12:00 on MWF      

                      12:00-1:00 on TR

 

Education

Ph.D., English / Composition & TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2007

M.A., English, Slippery Rock University, 2002

B.S., English / Writing, Slippery Rock University, 1998

B.A., Philosophy, Slippery Rock University, 1998

 

Courses Taught

Basic Writing                                                                    

Writing Tutorial  

Public Speaking     

Business Writing  

Technical Writing   

Research Writing                                                           

Rhetoric & Composition  

Advanced Business Writing                  

Oral & Written Expression I                

Oral & Written Expression II 

American Literature:  1945 to Present     

Oral & Written Expression I & II (Honors)         

 

Courses Taught (Forthcoming)

Creative Writing:  Poetry

Creative Writing:  Fiction

Advanced Technical Writing

Photography (First Year Seminar)


    

Academic Interests

Film

Poetry

Creative Writing

The Adjunct Phenomenon

Native American Literature

 

Outside Interests

Music

Nature

Animals

Marathons

Art / Photography

 

Useful Links

Writing Tips

MLA Format

Research Topics

Jobs for English Majors

Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

 

Biography

Dr. Natalie M. Dorfeld, who often answers to Shirley, was born and raised in Greenville, Pennsylvania.

Originally a misunderstood Philosophy / Physical Education / Art major, she decided she fancied composition around 1996.  Much to the astonishment of her friends and family, she went on to obtain three degrees from Slippery Rock University and one from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  (Indiana, Pennsylvania, is the home of the Jimmy Stewart Museum.)   

In her spare time, she enjoys all the stereotypical English professor hobbies, such as reading, writing, and knitting covers for her toilet paper rolls.  Outside of class, she enjoys anything and everything involving a blatant disregard for public safety, such as skydiving, extreme mountain biking, and snorkeling with sharks. 

She lives with her wonderful fiancée, a plethora of cats, and a Heinz 57 mutt in Ohio. 

 

Dog


 
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