Denise Acevedo
Assistant Professor
She/Her/Hers
Office: Bessey 240
Email: acevedo@msu.edu
Website: https://msutttrwe.wixsite.com/msu-tttrwe
WeChat: DrDeniseMAcevedo
Research Areas
Pedagogical/Andragogical Practices and Marginalized Students; Motivational Rhetoric; Faculty Development
Profile
Dr. Acevedo is an MSU alumna with an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership (major) and Adult Education (minor) and has worked in K-12 and higher education for over thirty years as a teacher, advisor, curricula designer, and administrator. She enjoys facilitating students’ growth and supporting their continuous transformation as learners, scholars, and writers, in part, as Faculty Advisor for two RSOs and a sorority. Dr. Acevedo recently published her fourth co-authored book, Transforming Teaching Through Reflective Writing Practices: Reflections of Michigan State University Faculty, vol. IV (2021) consecutively with varied other scholarly works.
Education
Ed.D. Educational Leadership & Minor in Adult Education
Representative Work
Hookup culture: Reflections from humanities student scholars, 2021, https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/iah231b/
Selected Courses Taught
WRA 1002/1004: Preparation for College Writing
WRA 101: Writing As Inquiry
WRA 453: Grant and Proposal Writing
IAH 231B.003: Hookup Culture
IAH 231B.004: Ethics, Values and Worldview
Research or Academic Affiliations
Chair, WRAC Award Committee, 2021-Present
Chair, WRAC ‘s Faculty Symposium: Lightning Strikes, 2019-Present
NT Faculty Member, WRAC’s Advisory Council, 2021-Present
Reviewer for WRAC’s Merit Review Committee, 2022-Present
Committee Member/Workshop Co-designer for Inclusive Pedagogy Initiative
Writing expert for three longitudinal projects in collaboration with physicians at Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, 2021-Present
Fellow, CAL Leadership Fellows Program, College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University, September 2021-Present
Chair, Student Award Committee, Center for Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities (CISAH), January 2022-Present
Mentor, WRAC’s Teaching Assistant (TA, graduate student) Mentoring Program, 2022- Present
Social Media
LinkedIn: Dr. Denise M. Acevedo