Lauren Nahas

  

• English Instructor
• Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College

I finished my PhD in English (Rhetoric and Composition + Technology concentrations) in December of 2012. I teach writing at several community colleges in the bay area, which I enjoy immensely. My dissertation was a qualitative study of uses of computer-based technologies in the writing classroom. My goal there was to consider the connection between play, learning, and computer technologies in the classroom, if any. Since I'm working at community colleges, I'm interested in how build basic reading and writing skills and how to motivate students who have relatively low confidence in their academic skills.