Molly Ubbesen, Ph.D. (she/they)

Assistant Professor and Director of Writing, CLI
UMR Faculty Molly Ubbesen posing for a picture

Contact

Office Address

318 Commons
Rochester, MN 55902
United States

Titles

Assistant Professor and Director of Writing, CLI

Education

B.S., Education – Secondary English Education (Teaching License), Literature and Language Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

M.A., English – Rhetoric and Composition, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Ph.D., English – Rhetoric and Composition; Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Academic Interests

Writing
Critical Disability Studies

Biography

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Biography

Teaching at UMR

I am committed to making my courses inclusive, accessible and transparent. I encourage students to be advocates, resourceful and mindful. Together, we aim to build mutual accountability and respect that fosters intellectual growth and empowerment. In courses such as Writing and Research and Disability Narratives, I help students become more critical thinkers and effective, ethical communicators.

Advising

Faculty Advisor for the Student Disability Club

Research

My research focuses on the intersection of writing studies and critical disability studies, exploring how to make teaching practices more accessible by analyzing students’ perspectives on learning. I also contribute to scholarship in writing program administration and writing across the curriculum, guiding assessment practices and teacher development. Through access-oriented teacher research, I aim to improve teaching and learning outcomes.

Publications

Selected Publications

  • Accessible ungrading, with Aaron Bruenger and Bronson Lemer. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2024, pp. 357–371. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-11246287
  • Accessible affordances of asynchronicity: Cripping online instruction, with Leslie Anglesey. Research in Online Literacy Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2024. gsole.org/olor/role/vol4.iss1.c
  • The multimodal advocacy project: Centering accessible composing choices. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy PraxisWiki, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2023. http://doi.org/10.7940/M328.1PRAXISWIKI.UBBESEN
  • Creating a collaborative culture of access through the Accessibility Working Group. Composition Forum: A Journal of Pedagogical Theory in Rhetoric and Composition, Vol. 46, 2021. https://compositionforum.com/issue/46/awg.php