In 2011, I graduated from Brigham Young University with a double major in Philosophy and Portuguese. In the fall of 2014, I returned to BYU to pursue an MA in TESOL. Along with my coursework, I completed an MA thesis related to self-regulated learning. The primary purpose of my thesis was to create a self-regulated learning inventory. This inventory was intended to help students improve their ability to self-regulate their studies when learning English.
On completion of my MA, I remained at BYU for two semesters to work as a writing instructor at BYU’s English Language Center. Following my time at BYU, I took a position as a Lecturer in UC Davis’ University Writing Program. My primary responsibility as a Lecturer at UC Davis was helping ESL students improve their academic writing skills. In addition to my positions at BYU and UC Davis, I have also worked as a curriculum developer, creating content for EnglishConnect, a remote English language learning program with ties to BYU-Provo and BYU-Hawaii.
In 2019, I returned to school to earn a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University. As a doctoral student, my research has primarily focused on corpus analysis of linguistic and rhetorical features in academic writing. By May of 2024, I will be a PhD candidate working toward completing my dissertation study investigating disciplinary linguistic variation in NSF grant proposals.
In addition to my research at ISU, I have two other roles as a graduate student. The first involves teaching a variety of courses for the English department. These include undergraduate writing classes, ESL academic writing courses, and Linguistics descriptive grammar courses. The second role I fulfill is as an interdisciplinary and English language writing consultant for graduate students at the university’s Center for Communication Excellence (CCE). As a member of the CCE, I am also responsible for organizing university-wide writing accountability groups as well as instructing research writing skills workshops.
This portfolio contains information relevant to my professional and academic development. Please take the time to review the contents of my portfolio. Should you have any questions, you may contact me at the following email address: cnutt@iastate.edu