Karen S. Nulton, PhD
Director, Writing Assessment
Teaching Professor of English
Department of English and Philosophy
Education:
- PhD, American Literature, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 1992
- MA, English Literature and Composition, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 1988
- BA, English Literature, Minor, Political Science, Bucknell University, 1986
Research Interests:
- Writing assessment
- Work-Integrated-Learning (WIL)
- Reflective Writing
Bio:
I started my academic career focusing on what American women wrote about war and then segued into a long chunk of time working with writing assessment. Since coming to Drexel in 2009—after interludes directing Drexel’s writing center and writing program--I have embraced the craft of teaching in face-to-face, hybrid, and online modalities. In recent years, I have also explored the intersections of teaching, social justice, work-integrated learning and writing through research at Drexel and Fulbright awards to Cape Town, South Africa and Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Selected Publications:
- Nulton, K, Pretti, J. & Inman, J. (2022) Have we met? Assessing links between academic and work learning. International Symposium on Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education (WACE) conference proceedings.
- Nulton, K. & Peckham, I. (2018). Writing program assessment, attitude, and construct representation: a descriptive study. Writing Assessment, Social Justice, and the Advancement of Opportunity. Maya Poe and Asao Inoue, eds. Colorado: WAC Clearinghouse.
- Nulton, K. & Hoekje, B. (2018). The value of interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies in cooperative education across disciplines. International Symposium on Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education (WACE) conference proceedings.
- Ingalls, R.& Nulton, K. (2016). Centering and de-centering assessment: accountability, accreditation and expertise.” Reclaiming Accountability: Improving Writing Programs through Accreditation and Large-scale Assessment. Eds. Wendy Sharer, Tracy Morse, Michelle Eble, William Banks. Logan: Utah State UP.
- Nulton, K. (2000). The wars of Susie King Taylor. Separate Spheres No More. Monika Elbert (ed.). Alabama: University of Alabama Press.
- Nulton, K. (1995). Creating and containing: scriptural uses in two early American captivity narratives. New Readings of Spiritual Autobiography: Secular Force and Self-Disclosure. Phebe Davidson (ed.). Edwin Mellen Press.