Michelle Felix

For Dr. Felix, the classroom is a special place where people with different ambitions, insecurities, strengths, baggage, and abilities come together in the common pursuit of developing themselves. This is true whether the classroom is in a physical or virtual space. Students are in class because they aspire to grow beyond where they are on day one. For that reason, she meets students where they are academically and personally, believing that each one is capable of making progress with the right teaching and interventions. In that environment, students engage with the course content and each other, and Dr. Felix supports each one to meet the course objectives

Dr. Felix has taught college English for over three decades. She spent most of her career at Milwaukee Area Technical College, focusing on teaching rather than research and publication. For six years, she was co-coordinator of the faculty development program there in addition to teaching.

She earned her Bachelor's degree in English from Clarke College in Dubuque, IA; a Master's degree in English from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI; and, nearly 20 years later, as a working mom, a Ph.D. in American literature again from Marquette. Her dissertation is titled Paule Marshall's Critique of Contemporary Neo-imperialisms Through the Trope of Travel.

Courses Taught

ENGL 1010 - Writing with Confidence and Purpose

ENGL 2002 - Professional Writing

ENGL 3110 - Creative Writing Nonfiction and Poetry

HMNT 1002 - Thriving in a Tech World

Education

BA, Clarke College (now Clarke University)

MA, Marquette University

PhD, Marquette University

Presentations

Felix, M., Hines, S. (2016). Field Testing A Comprehensive Faculty Development Evaluation Model: What We Learned. Professional and Organizational Development

Felix, M. M., Krueger, M. (2016). Flipped Onboarding: A Year Long, Collaborative, Interactive Experience. League for Innovation

Felix, M. M. (2007). Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place and Lucy: Questions of Authority, Identity and Travel. Georgia Southern University

Felix, M. (2007). Writing Diagnostic Best Practices. Milwaukee Area Technical College