Senior Instructor

About

  • Office Hours:

    Mondays and Fridays, 1:00-2:30, in Eddy 337 or via Teams. Please contact for appointments.

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Senior Instructor
    • First-Year Composition Administrator

  • Concentration:

    • Composition
    • TEFL/TESL

  • Department:

    • English and University Composition Program

  • Education:

    • MA, TEFL/TESL

Biography

Kiley teaches a range of composition courses, including: CO 130, Academic Writing; CO 150, College Composition, for both mainstream and international students; CO 300, Writing Arguments; and CO301B, Writing in the Sciences. She is part of the First-Year Composition team, training graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) to teach their own composition classes. During her time with CSU, Kiley also worked with Semester at Sea (Spring 2018) as an Instructional Coordinator in Global Studies. Kiley's research interests align with second- and foreign-language education, as well as in writing center pedagogy, especially as it pertains to multilingual writers.

Kiley completed her bachelor’s degrees in English and French at Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW). She finished her degrees while studying abroad, in both Australia and France, where she honed her language skills, made friends across the globe, and found a passion for more immersive, long-term traveling experiences. She came to CSU originally for her master’s in Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language and began teaching CO 150 as a GTA and is proud to continue her professional career as a Ram. In Spring 2018, Kiley sailed with Semester at Sea as an Instructional Coordinator in IE300: Global Studies and looks forward to continuing her international education and involvement with CSU's Education Abroad office.

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kiley loves exploring Colorado and the mountains with her family, and can often be found at the local bookshops and breweries.

Publications

(Working title) “Compose to De-Compose: Students’ Right to Write (During Class) in FYC” (Spring 2024). Beyond the Frontier: Innovations in First-Year Composition. Accepted article with Grant Bain, Genesea M. Carter, Virginia Chaffee, cookie egret, Tobi Jacobi, and Kiley Dickerson.  

“A Graduate Teacher-Training Workshop in ESP:  Challenges and Lessons Learned from Curriculum Development Projects.” May 2024. Seventh International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/ Centers for International Business Education Research (CIBER) Business Language Conference. Panel. 

Writing Our Worlds: College Composition and Rhetoric in Context. Summer 2023. Co-edited collection with Top Hat. Co-authors: Grant Bain, Genesea M. Carter, Virginia Chaffee, cookie egret, Tobi Jacobi, and Kiley Miller-Dickerson. 

“Defining Your Voice in Composition: Language and Agency.” Summer 2023. Writing Our Worlds: College Composition and Rhetoric in Context. Published chapter.

First-Year Composition, co-written OER textbook. Summer 2020.  Libraries-funded open access textbook for use in CO130.  

Courses

  • CO 300: Writing Arguments

    In CO 300 Writing Arguments, we will compose a variety of argumentative texts in various modes. Throughout the semester we will pay special attention to the diverse forms of communication in terms of their persuasive and convincing aspects. These forms include: text, sound, still and moving images.

  • CO 130: Academic Writing

    To effectively communicate in academic contexts, you will learn to identify the rhetorical situation, revise your purpose for writing, practice writing in a variety of genres, and read and research various topics and texts. Since the process of reading and writing is just as important as the final written product, these skills will be honed through series of in- and out-of-class activities, drafts, workshops, and other development tools. These tasks work toward the habit of writing daily and improving collaboration to emphasize the concepts of writing as a process, and of academic writing as a collaborative endeavor that requires actively engaging with the texts of others.

  • CO 150: College Composition

    College Composition: CO150 focuses on initiating students into academic discourse and developing composing practices that will prepare them for success as university students and as citizens. Therefore, the course focuses on critical reading and inquiry, writing for a variety of rhetorical situations, and enabling effective writing processes.

  • CO301B: Writing in the Sciences

    Syllabus