{"id":8864,"date":"2026-01-14T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/teaching-writing\/?page_id=8864"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:22:22","slug":"teacher-identity-in-the-writing-classroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/teaching-writing\/research-and-professional-development\/faculty-seminars\/teacher-identity-in-the-writing-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Identity in the Writing Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teacher Identity in the Writing Classroom<\/b><\/h3>\n

Spring 2026: Mondays March 16, 23, 30, and April 6, 3:30-4:45 on Zoom.\u00a0<\/span>
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How do we understand ourselves as teachers, and how does that understanding align or clash with how students, colleagues, and the university see us? Drawing on research, this seminar invites faculty and graduate teaching fellows to reflect on how teaching identities are shaped by classroom practice, student feedback,\u00a0 institutional evaluation, and introspection. We will also explore the emotional, social, and structural aspects of teaching today, including questions of visibility, recognition, and professional judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Session 1, Defining the Self as Teacher<\/h5>
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Session theme:\u00a0<\/strong>How do we understand and present ourselves as educators?<\/p>\n

Readings:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Beauchamp & Thomas (2009)<\/a><\/u><\/span> <\/a>\u00a0\u201cUnderstanding teacher identity: An overview of issues in the literature\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Pennington & Richards (2016)<\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\u201cTeacher identity in language teaching: Integrating personal, contextual, and professional dimensions\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Varghese et al. (2005)<\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\u201cTheorizing language teacher identity: Three perspectives and beyond\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. De Costa 2017<\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0\u201cIntroduction: Identity, Transdisciplinarity, and the Good Language Teacher\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n