Teaching Boldly, Teaching Queerly: Embracing Radical (Un)Growth and Possibilities as a Graduate Instructor in First-Year Writing - Page 9 of 9

by Molly Ryan | Xchanges 19.1, Spring 2025

📋 Contents

Introduction
A Look in the Mirror
The Power of Choice
The Friendly Classroom
Abandoning Grading
The Power of Transformation
Final Thoughts
References
About the Author

About the Author

Molly Ryan (she/her) is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Writing at Virginia Tech, an instructor in the first-year writing program, and the Director of the Academy for Outstanding Graduate Pedagogy. Molly’s research interests include higher education leadership and policy, student-centered pedagogy in the writing classroom, and the applicability of WPA training to higher education administration. Molly’s work has appeared in Kairos, The Sandbox, and elsewhere.

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