Lora Mendenhall
I am an English Instructor at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, and a Composition and TESOL Doctoral Candidate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. I have an interest in ecocomposition, service learning, and Native American studies. I also love to whitewater kayak. Pictured alongside me at the right is Valparaiso University Student Chinedu Emeka who shared some of his home culture of Nigeria at our annual "World Banquet." Students such as "Chinny" make Valparaiso University a very enjoyable and fulfilling place to teach because I learn so much from my students!
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Valparaiso University
English Lecturer
2011 - Present
2013-Present
Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Composition and TESOL Program
Honor Societies Member, Anticipated coursework completion July 2015
Purdue University Calumet
2003-2011
The University of Chicago
1986-1996
M.A., Valparaiso University, 2010
English Language Studies and International Communications
Completed additional TESOL supplement coursework
Sigma Tau Delta, Graduated with Distinction
M.A., Purdue University Calumet, 2010
Composition and Rhetoric
Awarded Graduate Assistantship and Thesis Scholarship
Spotlight Scholar and Mortar Board Honor Society Member
B.A. Purdue University Calumet, 2007
Professional Writing Major, British Literature Minor
Dean's List and Spotlight Scholar
Mortar Board Honor Society Member
Study Abroad:
2008: University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Summer Scholarship via Purdue University Calumet
2007: Universidad de Extremedura, Caceres, Spain via
Purdue University Calumet
2007: London Theatre and Culture
Purdue University Calumet
