Silvia Pessoa
Area Head, Humanities and Social Sciences / Teaching Professor, English
English
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- Area Head, Humanities and Social Sciences / Teaching Professor, EnglishEnglish
TEACHING INTERESTS
Pessoa teaches first-year writing, professional writing, and courses in sociolinguistics and immigration studies. She has used the findings from her studies of disciplinary writing to design first-year writing curriculum to prepare students for writing in their disciplines.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- MENTORSHIPAloure, Amr1 Sep 2026
- COURSE TAUGHTInterpretation and Argument23 Aug 2026 - 13 Dec 2026
- MENTORSHIPYigitbilek, Demet10 Aug 2026 - 14 Aug 2026
- MENTORSHIPJendara, Hind1 Apr 2026 - 31 Aug 2026
- MENTORSHIPVivek, Aditya1 Apr 2026 - 31 Aug 2026
- MENTORSHIPAl Khalifa, Raghad6 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026
- MENTORSHIPAl Naimi, Ghada6 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026
- COURSE TAUGHTInterpretation and Argument6 Jan 2026 - 3 May 2026
- COURSE TAUGHTInterpretation and Argument6 Jan 2026 - 3 May 2026
- MENTORSHIPRakab, Celine6 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026
- MENTORSHIPToosan, Faisal6 Jan 2026 - 23 Apr 2026
- MENTORSHIPZaidi, Marwa6 Jan 2026 - 23 Apr 2026
- MENTORSHIPLegade, Xyrell4 Jan 2026
- MENTORSHIPLeadbetter, Cas1 Sep 2025 - 23 Apr 2026
- COURSE TAUGHTInterpretation and Argument24 Aug 2025 - 14 Dec 2025
- ADVISORSHIPCourse Requirement at CMU Website12 Jan 2025 - 1 May 2025
- ADVISORSHIPCourse Requirements at CMU Website12 Jan 2025 - 1 May 2025
- ADVISORSHIPCourse Requirements at CMU Website12 Jan 2025 - 1 May 2025
- ADVISORSHIPSocial Media Content Creator & Special Projects12 Jan 2025
- MENTORSHIPLegade, Xyrell5 Jan 2025
- MENTORSHIPLegade, Xyrell5 Jan 2025
- COURSE TAUGHTWriting for the Professions5 Jan 2025 - 4 May 2025
- ADVISORSHIPLanguage Bridges Student Coordinator1 Oct 2024 - 1 May 2024
- ADVISORSHIPCourse Assistant for 76-10125 Aug 2024 - 1 May 2024
- COURSE TAUGHTInterpretation and Argument25 Aug 2024 - 15 Dec 2024