Dr. Mary Juzwik

Professor

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Biography

Holding a joint appointment in English Teacher Education, Mary M. Juzwik teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in English education and serves as the Subject Area Leader for the secondary English Education program. She holds degrees in English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (PhD), Middlebury College (MA), and Wheaton College (BA). Juzwik completed a teaching internship in an urban school in Chicago and spent six years working as a middle and high school English teacher on the Navajo Nation in Boulder, Colorado. Her research interests include issues related to English Education, narrative processes in classroom discourse, dialogue in teaching and teacher education, as well as dialogic writing theory, instruction, and practice. Juzwik also explores religious literacy practices, pedagogies, and interpretive traditions, engaging with scholarly traditions such as narrative studies, interactional sociolinguistics, rhetorical theory, and religious studies. She serves as a co-editor for the journal Research in the Teaching of English.

Research Interests

Awards

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Charles Carpenter Fries Award

Courses

ENG413: Critical Questions in Language Composition TE348: Reading and Responding to Children’s Literature TE848: Methods of Writing Instruction TE982: Writing TE991: Religion and Education

Requirements for Michigan State University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:17
Writing
Required:17
Speaking
Required:17
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field At least 15 credits in psychology courses
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Specialization Notes

Department of Psychology