Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Teaching areas

Argumentation and Persuasion; Literacy Narratives; Critical Analysis; Research Writing, Technical Writing; Writing for Engineers

Research areas

Reading, Genre, English for Academic Purposes, Student Plagiarism

Education

PhD, Rhetoric, Composition, And The Teaching Of English, University of Arizona, United States, 2018

MA, English With An Emphasis In Literacy, Technology, And Professional Writing, Northern Arizona University, United States, 2009

BA, Liberal Arts, St. John's College, United States, 2005

Professional experience

Writing Instructor, University of Arizona, AZ, United States, 2013 - 2018

Writing Instructor, Arizona Western College, AZ, United States, 2009 - 2012

Memberships

College Composition and Communication, CCC, National

College Reading and Learning Association, CRLA, International

Middle Eastern and North Africa Writing Centers Association, MENAWCA, Regional

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2637

Dr. Rachel Buck

Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Arizona, United States

Rachel Buck has taught in writing programs for almost 10 years at various institutions including Arizona Western College and the University of Arizona. Her areas of teaching and research interests include reading and literacy studies, genre pedagogies, professional and technical writing, writing program administration and first-year composition. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a librarian at various libraries in the US including the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

Publications

Christine Tardy, Rachel Buck, Brad Jacobson, Madelyn Palowski And Jennifer Slinkard. “It’s Complicated and Nuanced”: Teachers’ Perspectives on Genre-focused Instruction in FYW, Journal Of English For Academic Purposes, 1 May 2022

Rachel Buck And Erica Payne. "The Perceived Effects of Music on Concentration while Completing Two Separate Tasks,, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022

Philip Mccarthy, A Al-harthy, Rachel Buck, Khawlah Ahmed, Nick Duran, A Thomas, N Kaddoura And A Graesser. Introducing Auto-Peer: A Computational Tool Designed to Provide Automated Feedback, Asian Esp Journal

Rachel Buck And Susan Miller-cochran. Advocating Together: Pros and Cons of Cross-Rank Collaboration as a Strategy for Advocacy, December 2021

Silvia Vaccino-salvadore And Rachel Buck. Moving from plagiarism police to plagiarism coaches: Assisting international students in understanding the relationship between research and ownership, International Journal For Educational Integrity, 5 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Tammy Gregersen, Peter Macintyre And Rachel Buck. Using character strengths to address English writing anxiety: A mixed methods study, Theory And Practice In Second Language Acquisition

Rachel Buck, Nalan Kenny, Elvan Eda Işık-taş And Huang Jian. Undergraduate students’ expectations of persuasion and argumentation: A pilot study at a Middle Eastern university, 5 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Rachel Buck. “Understanding Purpose(s): Connecting Students' Metacognitive Awareness of Genre and Reading Practices, Currents In Teaching And Learning, August 2019

Conference Presentations

Putting the 'I' in Idea: Helping Students and Teachers to Rethink Plagiarism, English Department, American University Of Sharjah, April 2021

Undergraduate Students’ Awareness of Language, Ideas, and Ownership through Source Integration, Association For Language Awareness Conference, October 2020

Reading with a Purpose: Engineering Students' Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies, International Conference On Writing In Stem, 29 November 2019

Undergraduate Students’ Expectations of Persuasion and Argumentation: A Pilot Study at a Middle Eastern University, International English For Specific Purposes Conference, 26 November 2019

Building a Metacognitive Awareness of Genre and Reading Practices, United Arab Emirates University Writing Symposium, 30 October 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, AUS Seed Grant, AUS