DALIBORKA C. PADON, PhD
Specialized in Academic, Developmental, and Technical Writing
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Teaching Philosophy
I engage my students in developing an awareness of themselves as communicators in the multilingual and multimodal 21st century society. Whether I teach first-year writing, upper-level professional and technical writing, or grammar classes, I ask students to reflect on what is meaningful to them as contributors to the society. I cultivate an inclusive atmosphere that encourages students to become a part of the conversations inside and outside of the classroom.
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Diversity Statement
I am Croatian by ethnicity, Serbian by birth, Slovenian by upbringing, and American by choice: four cultures and four languages meshed in one person. For a long time, I was not aware that my multicultural and multilingual background was an asset. Today I know that this mixture makes me richer, more flexible, and easily adaptable. I know this because of every person who welcomed my diversity and showed me how it enriched their life. That is the person I want to be for my students.
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