Biography
Bethany Blankenship is dedicated to incorporating experiential learning into all her classes.
The primary architect of Stretch English, a course in college composition designed to help basic writers, Blankenship uses classroom time to build confident writers. She believes the best learning happens when students are fully engaged in activities like small group discussions, peer editing, and service learning projects. Blankenship鈥檚 students have worked on behalf of the Beaverhead County Humane Society, the Dillon Public Library, the Women鈥檚 Resource Center, and the Dillon Tribune.
Blankenship鈥檚 research on teaching and learning can be read in the books 鈥淢LA Approaches to Teaching The Canterbury Tales鈥� and 鈥淟inked Courses for General Education and Integrative Pedagogy.鈥� Her current book project, tentatively entitled 鈥淓xperiencing Literature,鈥� explores the intersection of experiential learning and literary studies.