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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Writing Studies

Teaching areas

Creative Writing, Academic Writing, Business Writing, EAP, EFL, ESL, ESP, TOEFL, TOEIC

Research areas

Higher Education Research, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), Academic Writing, Creative Writing (Poetry)

Education

BA English Literature, St. Thomas University, Canada, 1998
MA English Literature & Creative Writing, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 2002

Professional experience

Dongguk University, Gyeongju, South Korea, 2002-2008
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, 2008-2009
Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, 2011-2012
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, 2012-2014

Memberships

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Contact

cweagle@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2874

Christopher Weagle

Instructor
Master of Arts in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Christopher Weagle has taught in the UAE, South Korea, Thailand, and Canada. He is an award-winning poet who has appeared in several Canadian literary journals and in an anthology of Canadian writers. His research interests include academic writing, higher education research, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). 

Publications

Weagle, Christopher. "Kim Hyo Sung." In The STU Reader, edited by Douglas Vipond, and Russell Hunt, 31. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010.
Weagle, Christopher. "Ode on a North American Desk." In The STU Reader, edited by Douglas Vipond, and Russell Hunt, 172. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010.
Weagle, Christopher. "The Intertial Observer." In The STU Reader, edited by Douglas Vipond, and Russell Hunt, 142. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010.

Conference Presentations

Weagle, Christopher. "Mapping Motivations and Perceptions of Professional Development in Faculty and Non-Faculty Staff." Paper presented at the ATINER 19th Annual International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece, May 18, 2017.
Weagle, Christopher. "The Relationship Between Assessment and Content." Paper presented at the Bangkok 17th International Conference on “Business, Economics, and Social Science-BESSH-2016," Bangkok, Thailand, April 13, 2016.
Weagle, Christopher. "Behind Closed Doors: Reflections of Identity in University Writing Center Tutoring Sessions." Paper presented at the IJAS International Conference on Teaching and Education, FHWien University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria, April 5, 2015.

Awards and Honors

Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, 2015, 2016, 2017
CBC Literary Awards (Short List), 2006
Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, 2002

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