Carlie Herrick is Instructor of English.

What’s your area of expertise? What do you primarily research and/or teach? And what drew you to this field?

My area of expertise is TESL and linguistics. I am a word nerd. I teach the general education writing/communication classes. I started college as a music major and realized that though I enjoy music, I was not that enthused about teaching it. In my junior year, I changed schools and switched from music to English. I love studying how language changes and how meaning flows with the cultural river and all its tributaries. 

What’s one of your favorite courses, topics, or specific texts to teach? Why?

I don’t know that I necessarily have a favorite class that I teach or a favorite text; however, my favorite aspect of teaching is watching what happens in students from Composition 101 to junior or senior year. I like seeing the growth that can occur.