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Brad Jacobson

Director
English Education Program

Assistant Professor
English

Office Building: Hudspeth Hall
Office Room: 318
Phone: (915) 747-6623
Email: bjacobson@utep.edu

Bio

My research focuses on high school to college writing transitions and culturally-sustaining approaches to writing pedagogy, assessment, and policy.

Awards and Honors

2022 Ken Hyland Best Paper Award - Journal of English for Academic Purposes (03/01/2023-03/31/2023)
Department of English Excellence in Teaching Award (05/05/2022)

Education

Ph D in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona (2019)
MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona (2014)

Publications

Social Positioning and Learning Opportunities in One Student’s Textual Transition to College Writing Written Communication 41.2 (2024), Brad Jacobson.
Five Secondary Teachers' Developing Identities as Teachers of Digital Writing Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education 12 1 (2024), Brad Jacobson.
Being Writers: High School and College Students Experience a Writing Marathon Writers Who Care: Teachers, Parents, & Professors Advocating for Authentic Writing Instruction (2023), Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.
Building Our Ideals into Program Structures: Democratic Design in Program Administration Composition Studies 51 2 (2023), Brad Jacobson, Rachael Shah.
Storying Longitudinal Research: Relationality and Self-Reflexivity Utah State University Press (2023), Brad Jacobson, J. Michael Rifenburg.
Shifting Roles and Negotiating Identities: TA Learning in Landscapes of Practice WAC Clearinghouse and University of Colorado Press (2023), Madelyn Pawlowski, Brad Jacobson.
“It’s Complicated and Nuanced”: Teaching Genre Awareness in English for General Academic Purposes Journal of English for Academic Purposes (2022), Christine M. Tardy, Rachel H. Buck, Brad Jacobson, Rachael LaMance, Madelyn Pawlowski, Jennifer R. Slinkard, Stefan Vogel.
Neoliberal logics: An analysis of Texas’ STAAR exam writing prompts Journal of Literacy Research 54 1 (2022), Brad Jacobson, Amy J. Bach.
Neoliberal logics: An analysis of Texas’ STAAR exam writing prompts Journal of Literacy Research (2022), Brad Jacobson, Amy J. Bach.
Transfronterizx students and the figured worlds of Texas state writing exams Brill (2022), Amy J. Bach, Brad Jacobson.
Much to learn: Professionalizing multimodal pedagogy among dual-credit faculty Routledge (2021), Brad Jacobson, José M. Avila, Rebeca D'Antoni, Kimberlee Henry, Jennifer Wilhite.
Make Your "Move": Writing in Genres Parlor Press, WAC Clearinghouse 4 (2021), Brad Jacobson, Madelyn Pawlowski, Christine M. Tardy.
Troublesome Knowledge: A Study of GTA Ambivalence with Genre-Informed Pedagogy WPA: Writing Program Administration 43 2 (2020), Aimee C. Mapes, Brad Jacobson, Rachel LaMance, Stefan M. Vogel.

Presentations

“It Challenges Me to Learn More”: Using GenAI as a Thinking Partner in English Education (2025), Brad Jacobson.
Conversations and Collaborations: Mapping the Landscape of Secondary-University Writing (2025), Volume Baltimore, MD, Brad Jacobson, Jessica Rivera-Mueller, Christina Saidy.
Integrating Edge Experiences: A Professor and Students Reflect on Community Engaged Learning (2025), Brad Jacobson, Vivian Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Paola Trevizo.
Connecting Teachers Across Contexts: Virtual Discussions to Benefit Teacher Learning and Engagement (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Brad Jacobson.
Inviting Heart, Hope, and Humanity into the Writing Classroom (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.
Beyond Inclusion: “Rightful Presence” in Gen Ed Writing (2024), Volume Spokane, WA, Brad Jacobson.
(Re)Building Connections and Collaborations Across High School and College Writing Contexts (2024), Volume virtual, Brad Jacobson, Jessica Rivera-Mueller, Christina Saidy.
Reimagining and Retoring Connections Between Secondary and College Sites of Writing (2023), Volume Columbus, OH, Brad Jacobson, Shelley Rodrigo, Laura Davies, Darin Jensen.
The Intertextual Teaching Statement as Collaborative Knowledge-Making (2023), Volume Columbus, OH, Brad Jacobson.
“It Made Me Feel Inspired”: Preservice Teachers and High School Students Collaborating as Writers (2023), Volume Columbus, OH, Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.
Finding Hope in Digital Writing Pedagogy (2023), Volume Chicago, IL, Brad Jacobson.
Becoming Teachers of Digital Writing: Shining Light on Teacher Agency and Identity Development (2022), Volume Anaheim, CA, Brad Jacobson.
Faculty Positioning and Opportunities for Learning in General Education Writing (2022), Brad Jacobson.
Podcasting the Canon: Questioning Prescribed Curricula in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands (2021), Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.
Stories of Persistence: Implementing WAC at a public flagship university in the age of austerity (2021), Volume Ft. Collins, CO, Brad Jacobson.
The Role of Discoursal Identity in One Student’s Textual Transition to College Writing (2021), Brad Jacobson.
Strategies for Equity: General Education Writing Instruction and Assessment (2021), Brad Jacobson, Kyle Oddis, Sarah T. Perrault, Alex Werndli.
Teachers as Digital Writers in English Education (2020), Volume Denver, CO , Brad Jacobson.
A Critical Transition: Examining and Interrogating the Commonplaces at Work in High School to College Writing Transitions (conference cancelled) (2020), Volume Milwaukee, WI, Brad Jacobson.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10218
Fall 2025	RWS 6398 - Dissertation	12056
Fall 2025	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10217

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.	10218
Fall 2025	RWS 6398 - Dissertation	12056
Fall 2025	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10217
Spring 2025	RWS 6398 - Dissertation	22385
Spring 2025	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	25812	Syllabus
Fall 2024	RWS 6398 - Dissertation	18059
Fall 2024	ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education	15968
Fall 2024	ENGL 4357 - Sp Subjects in Engl for Tchers	15180	Syllabus
Fall 2024	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10245	Syllabus
Spring 2024	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	23473	Syllabus
Spring 2024	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	27188	Syllabus
Fall 2023	ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands	16403
Fall 2023	ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education	17566
Fall 2023	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10347	Syllabus
Spring 2023	RWS 5397 - Rhetoric & Writing Practicum	23249
Fall 2022	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10883	Syllabus
Fall 2022	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10881	Syllabus
Spring 2022	ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts	28788
Fall 2021	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10881	Syllabus
Fall 2021	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10879	Syllabus
Spring 2021	ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands	28379
Spring 2021	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	26104	Syllabus
Fall 2020	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10928	Syllabus
Fall 2020	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10927	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	26925	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education	22697
Fall 2019	ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts	18904
Fall 2019	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10987	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	ENGL 4357 - Sp Subjects in Engl for Tchers	15180	Evaluation
Fall 2024	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10245	Evaluation
Spring 2024	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	23473	Evaluation
Spring 2024	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	27188	Evaluation
Fall 2023	ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands	16403	Evaluation
Fall 2023	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10347	Evaluation
Fall 2022	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10883	Evaluation
Fall 2022	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10881	Evaluation
Spring 2022	ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts	28788	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10881	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10879	Evaluation
Spring 2021	ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands	28379	Evaluation
Spring 2021	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	26104	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl	10928	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children	10927	Evaluation
Spring 2020	ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA	26925	Evaluation

Bio

My research focuses on high school to college writing transitions and culturally-sustaining approaches to writing pedagogy, assessment, and policy.

Awards and Honors

2022 Ken Hyland Best Paper Award - Journal of English for Academic Purposes (03/01/2023-03/31/2023)
Department of English Excellence in Teaching Award (05/05/2022)

Ph D in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona (2019)
MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona (2014)

Publications

Social Positioning and Learning Opportunities in One Student’s Textual Transition to College Writing Written Communication 41.2 (2024), Brad Jacobson.
Five Secondary Teachers' Developing Identities as Teachers of Digital Writing Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education 12 1 (2024), Brad Jacobson.
Being Writers: High School and College Students Experience a Writing Marathon Writers Who Care: Teachers, Parents, & Professors Advocating for Authentic Writing Instruction (2023), Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.
Building Our Ideals into Program Structures: Democratic Design in Program Administration Composition Studies 51 2 (2023), Brad Jacobson, Rachael Shah.
Storying Longitudinal Research: Relationality and Self-Reflexivity Utah State University Press (2023), Brad Jacobson, J. Michael Rifenburg.

Presentations

“It Challenges Me to Learn More”: Using GenAI as a Thinking Partner in English Education (2025), Brad Jacobson.
Conversations and Collaborations: Mapping the Landscape of Secondary-University Writing (2025), Volume Baltimore, MD, Brad Jacobson, Jessica Rivera-Mueller, Christina Saidy.
Integrating Edge Experiences: A Professor and Students Reflect on Community Engaged Learning (2025), Brad Jacobson, Vivian Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Paola Trevizo.
Connecting Teachers Across Contexts: Virtual Discussions to Benefit Teacher Learning and Engagement (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Brad Jacobson.
Inviting Heart, Hope, and Humanity into the Writing Classroom (2024), Volume Boston, MA, Brad Jacobson, Rebecca Guerrero.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10218

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RWS 6398 - Dissertation

Section

12056

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10217

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 5300 - Approach-Methods & Bibliog.

Section

10218

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RWS 6398 - Dissertation

Section

12056

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10217

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RWS 6398 - Dissertation

Section

22385

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

25812

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RWS 6398 - Dissertation

Section

18059

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education

Section

15968

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 4357 - Sp Subjects in Engl for Tchers

Section

15180

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10245

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

23473

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

27188

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands

Section

16403

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education

Section

17566

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10347

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

RWS 5397 - Rhetoric & Writing Practicum

Section

23249

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10883

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10881

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts

Section

28788

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10881

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10879

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands

Section

28379

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

26104

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10928

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10927

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

26925

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 5393 - Practicum in English Education

Section

22697

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts

Section

18904

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10987

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 4357 - Sp Subjects in Engl for Tchers

Section

15180

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10245

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

23473

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

27188

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands

Section

16403

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10347

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10883

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10881

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

ENGL 5342 - Digital Lit and the Lang Arts

Section

28788

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10881

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10879

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 5341 - Eng Studies in the Borderlands

Section

28379

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

26104

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 4355 - Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl

Section

10928

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ENGL 4354 - Writing Processes of Children

Section

10927

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ENGL 3349 - Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA

Section

26925

Evaluation

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