Kristin N. Riley

Kristin N. Riley

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Recipient of the 2022-2023 Victor Worsfold Outstanding Teaching Award from the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology.

 
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Professional Preparation

PhD - Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas - 2016
MA - Art History
Southern Methodist University - 2008
BA - Art History
Southern Methodist University - 2002

Research Areas

War Literature and War Studies
Memorial Architecture
Literary Analysis
Non-Fiction and Narrative Essay Writing
American and World Literature
Writing in the Arts and Humanities
COURSES TAUGHT
  • Contexts: American War Literature (LIT 3339)
  • Comparisons: Literature and Art of World War I (LIT 3337) 
  • Western Literary Tradition (LIT 3300) 
  • Writing Literary Studies (LIT 3319)
  • Intermediate Composition and Rhetoric (RHET 2302) 
  • Rhetoric and Honors Rhetoric (RHET 1302, CV Honors)
  • Literary Analysis (LIT 2341)     

Awards

Victor Worsfold Outstanding Teaching Award - Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology. [2023]

Appointments

Assistant Professor of Instruction
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology [2019–2024]
Teaching Fellow
The University of Texas at Dallas [2017–2019]

Presentations

“World War II as Memorial"
2012/04 Graduate Seminar Guest Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Arts & Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas 
“Collecting Memory: Examining the Sixth Floor Museum’s Memory Books”
2008/04 Huber Symposium, Southern Methodist University 

Additional Information

Improving Your Online Course Certification
June 2021
Quality Matters 
ACUE Certification
May 2021
Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), American Council on Education 
Online Teaching Certification,
Spring 2019
The University of Texas at Dallas 

Activities

Committee on Effective Teaching
2022- Present
University Senate 
Undergraduate Curriculum Assessment Committee
2022-Present
Literature Track 
CORE Writing Committee
2021-Present 
Literature Track 
Committee on Effective Teaching
2022-2023
Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology 
Executive Committee
2022-2023
Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology