Teaching
Things I teach
At the university level: theories and histories of sexuality, the novel, early periodical culture, women’s writing, print culture and book history, comics, imagetexts, prostitute narrative, eighteenth-century visual culture, eighteenth-century British literature, nineteenth-century British literature, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American literature, first-year composition, academic writing best practices, close reading, research methods, and how to use Zotero as a graduate student or general researcher.
As a mentor and teacher to other teachers: how to adapt courses to remote instruction, student-centered pedagogy, in-person and online course design, Canvas LMS best practices, lesson planning, and matching content to clear course objectives.
Outside university settings I have taught English as a Second Language to teens and adults of all levels, including Cambridge certificate courses, and business writing.
Teaching experience
Editor/Writing Coach, Research Jumpstart Program, Office for Faculty Excellence, Montclair State University, NJ. Fall 2024 –
Lecturer, English Department, University of California, Davis
- Writers’ Workshop (Introduction to Literature co-course): Spring 2024
- 18th-Century British Literature: Selling Sex, Work, and Texts: Winter 2024
- Introduction to Literature: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
- Careers and Decision Making in English: Fall 2023
Teaching Assistant Consultant, English Department, University of California, Davis, Spring 2021
Departmental Remote Instruction Support Lead, English Department, University of California, Davis, Spring 2020
Associate Instructor, University of California, Davis
- Writers’ Workshop (Introduction to Literature co-course): Fall 2021
- Introduction to Literature: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2020 (online)
- First Year Composition: (hybrid online course) Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Spring 2018
- First Year Composition: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2017
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis
- Literature, Gender, and Sexuality: Spring 2016
- 19th-Century British Literature: Winter 2015
- Jane Austen & Popular Culture: Fall 2015
Teaching Assistant, San Francisco State University, CA
- 18th- and 19th-Century Literature in English: Spring 2012, Spring 2013
Business Writing Instructor, Gayner Engineers. San Francisco, CA. 2012–2013
English Teacher, St. Giles College. San Francisco, CA. 2010–2012
English Teacher, Owen and Owen Language Services. Belgrade, Serbia. 2007–2008
English Teaching Assistant, Lycée Gaston Febus. Orthez, France. 2005–2006
Bethany Qualls 