Rebecca Gardner
Originally from St. Louis Park, MN, Rebecca Gardner earned her Master of Arts degree in English from the University of North Dakota, where she is also completing her PhD. She is an alumna of MSUM, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Rebecca taught most recently at the University of North Dakota, and previously taught at Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, ND.
In addition, Rebecca team-taught one term at Smith College, in a program for two-year college students who were considering a four-year college degree. Rebecca also worked for eight years in TRIO, which developed out of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty initiative from the 1960’s. As a first generation college graduate herself, Rebecca enjoys helping others achieve their educational goals. Rebecca’s research interests include the tension in writing assessment between reliability, validity and the complexity of writing. She is also exploring informal logic and argument theory as they relate to rhetoric. When she is not reading, writing, or driving on I-29 between Grand Forks and Fargo, Rebecca enjoys camping, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.