Master Lecturer
Contact
100 Bay State Road, Room 309
layoder@bu.edu
Education
2011 Ph.D. Boston University (French Language and Literature)
2001 M.A. Bowling Green State University (French Language and Literature)
1998 B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University (English Literature; French)
Bio
Lesley Yoder began teaching for the Writing Program in 2008 and has taught all levels of the WR sequence from WR 111 to WR 15X. She most commonly teaches WR 112 (Critical Literacies for Multilingual Writers) and WR 120 seminars focused on representations of the self in graphic memoirs. In the summer of 2023, she had the distinct pleasure of piloting a new WR 153 seminar for students on BU’s Study Abroad program in Paris, offering students the opportunity to engage in experiential learning and research through organized class outings and independent exploration.
Dr. Yoder has co-led workshops on fostering student agency in the multilingual classroom, and she has presented on multimodal communication and creativity in WR courses. She has also played an integral role in curricular changes for both WR 120 and WR 112. Other research interests include graphic narratives and visual literacy, nineteenth-century French literature and the figure of the poète maudit, and self-writing.