Kenneth Green

Kenneth Green

Instructor

ENGLISH

Dakota Hall 210

Phone: (605) 677-5229

Email: Kenneth.Green@usd.edu

Bio:

Ken Green is the coordinator of business writing classes and an instructor in the USD English Department. A faculty member at USD since 2005, he has filled various teaching and administrative roles including acting as the director of the Writing Program in 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, and acting as the director of the Writing Center in 2009-2010.

Teaching Interests:

Courses in regular rotation: Grant Writing (ENGL 403), Persuasive Writing (ENGL 402), Professional, Technical, and Grant Writing (ENGL 305), Introduction to Literature (ENGL 210), Business Writing (ENGL 205), English Grammar (ENGL 203) Other courses taught at USD: Practicum: Teaching Composition (ENGL 795), Practicum: Teaching Literature (ENGL 795), Composition II (ENGL 201), Composition I (ENGL 101), Basic Writing (ENGL 033), College Reading & Writing (ENGL 001)

Research Interests:

Curriculum Development; Composition & Rhetoric Theory and Practice; Writing Pedagogy; Business and Technical Writing; American Popular Culture

Education:

  • MA, English, University of South Dakota, 2002
  • BA, Theatre/English, Columbia College Chicago, 1999

Grants:

  • Curriculum Transformation Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Dakota. (2016 - 2016)
  • Scholar, Speakers Bureau, Grant # 2359, South Dakota Humanities Council. (2013)

Awards and Honors:

  • Outstanding Instructor Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2018
  • Belbas Larson Teaching Award Nomination, University of South Dakota, 2018
  • Course Design/Redesign Fellowship, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota, 2017
  • Belbas Larson Teaching Award Nomination, University of South Dakota, 2016
  • Outstanding Instructor Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2015
  • Course Design/Redesign Fellowship, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota, 2014
  • Belbas Larson Teaching Award Nomination, University of South Dakota, 2013
  • Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2012
  • Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, University Center in Sioux Falls, 2012
  • Selz Memorial Fellowship, University of South Dakota, 2002
  • Crew Scholarship, University of South Dakota, 2001
  • Irene Ryan Nomination, American College Theatre Festival, 1997