Jessica Penner’s Profile

Faculty
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Jessica Penner
Display Name
Jessica Penner
Pronouns
She/her
Title
Adjunct Lecturer
Department
English
Academic interests

English Literature, Theater, Creative Writing, ESL

Bio

Professor Jessica Penner earned a BA in English Literature and Theater from Eastern Mennonite University, an MFA in Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College, and a certificate in TESOL at the School of International Training. She has taught at Long Island Business Institute, James Madison University, Gotham Writers’ Workshop, and 32BJ SEIU. Her creative work appears in Wordgathering, Bellevue Literary Review, Luna Luna, Necessary Fiction, The Fiddleback, Rhubarb, and the anthology Tongue Screws and Testimonies. She was nominated by BLR for a Pushcart Prize. Her first novel, Shaken in the Water (Foxhead Books/Workplay Publishing), was named an Editors’ Choice by the Historical Novel Society. She lives in Brooklyn.

My Courses

ENG1101 English Composition 1, FA2022 D308

EN­G1101 Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, FA2022 D308

A course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Every City Tech (and CUNY) stu­dent takes Com­po­si­tion I, which fea­tures read­ing and writ­ing as­sign­ments that will help pre­pare you for col­lege and be­yond. To­gether we will work on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ef­fec­tively, build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adapt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing and cit­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary and in­for­ma­tional value and also as mod­els for our own writ­ing pro­jects. Shar­ing your own ideas and ex­pe­ri­ences and adding your voice to our dis­cus­sions will en­rich our class com­mu­nity. This is a Core Books course at CUNY and used First Year Writ­ing cur­ric­ula. “Books Every­where–Books Back­ground” avatar shared with a pub­lic do­main li­cense.

ENG1101 English Composition 1, SP2024 D448

EN­G1101 Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, SP2024 D448

A course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Every City Tech (and CUNY) stu­dent takes Com­po­si­tion I, which fea­tures read­ing and writ­ing as­sign­ments that will help pre­pare you for col­lege and be­yond. To­gether we will work on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ef­fec­tively, build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adapt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing and cit­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary and in­for­ma­tional value and also as mod­els for our own writ­ing pro­jects. Shar­ing your own ideas and ex­pe­ri­ences and adding your voice to our dis­cus­sions will en­rich our class com­mu­nity. This is a Core Books course at CUNY and used First Year Writ­ing cur­ric­ula. “Books Every­where–Books Back­ground” avatar shared with a pub­lic do­main li­cense.

ENG1101 English Composition 1, SP2024 D510

EN­G1101 Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, SP2024 D510

A course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Every City Tech (and CUNY) stu­dent takes Com­po­si­tion I, which fea­tures read­ing and writ­ing as­sign­ments that will help pre­pare you for col­lege and be­yond. To­gether we will work on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ef­fec­tively, build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adapt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing and cit­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary and in­for­ma­tional value and also as mod­els for our own writ­ing pro­jects. Shar­ing your own ideas and ex­pe­ri­ences and adding your voice to our dis­cus­sions will en­rich our class com­mu­nity. This is a Core Books course at CUNY and used First Year Writ­ing cur­ric­ula. “Books Every­where–Books Back­ground” avatar shared with a pub­lic do­main li­cense.

ENG1101 English Composition 1, FA2023 D420

EN­G1101 Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, FA2023 D420

A course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Every City Tech (and CUNY) stu­dent takes Com­po­si­tion I, which fea­tures read­ing and writ­ing as­sign­ments that will help pre­pare you for col­lege and be­yond. To­gether we will work on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ef­fec­tively, build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adapt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing and cit­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary and in­for­ma­tional value and also as mod­els for our own writ­ing pro­jects. Shar­ing your own ideas and ex­pe­ri­ences and adding your voice to our dis­cus­sions will en­rich our class com­mu­nity. This is a Core Books course at CUNY and used First Year Writ­ing cur­ric­ula. “Books Every­where–Books Back­ground” avatar shared with a pub­lic do­main li­cense.

ENG1101 English Composition 1, FA2023 D442

EN­G1101 Eng­lish Com­po­si­tion 1, FA2023 D442

A course in ef­fec­tive essay writ­ing and basic re­search tech­niques in­clud­ing use of the li­brary. De­mand­ing read­ings as­signed for class­room dis­cus­sion and as a basis for essay writ­ing. Every City Tech (and CUNY) stu­dent takes Com­po­si­tion I, which fea­tures read­ing and writ­ing as­sign­ments that will help pre­pare you for col­lege and be­yond. To­gether we will work on com­mu­ni­cat­ing ef­fec­tively, build­ing an ar­gu­ment, adapt­ing your writ­ing for dif­fer­ent needs and sit­u­a­tions, in­ter­pret­ing and re­spond­ing to a text, in­cor­po­rat­ing and cit­ing sec­ondary source ma­te­r­ial. We will be read­ing pieces both for their in­her­ent lit­er­ary and in­for­ma­tional value and also as mod­els for our own writ­ing pro­jects. Shar­ing your own ideas and ex­pe­ri­ences and adding your voice to our dis­cus­sions will en­rich our class com­mu­nity. This is a Core Books course at CUNY and used First Year Writ­ing cur­ric­ula. “Books Every­where–Books Back­ground” avatar shared with a pub­lic do­main li­cense.

My Projects

FYLC for Faculty

FYLC for Fac­ulty

This is a work­ing space for Fac­ulty who par­tic­i­pate in First Learn­ing Learn­ing Com­mu­ni­ties. This site is a pri­vate web­site open to these FYLC Fac­ulty.

Office of the Provost

Of­fice of the Provost

City Tech’s Source for Aca­d­e­mic Af­fairs In­for­ma­tion

The Open Road

The Open Road

The Open Road is our place to high­light all that’s pos­si­ble on the Open­Lab. Join now to keep up on Open­Lab news, events, and up­dates. Check our weekly In the Spot­light posts for a glimpse into the in­cred­i­ble work being done by City Tech stu­dents, fac­ulty, and staff. Fol­low Open­Lab News for an­nounce­ments and site up­dates. And see our Open­Lab Cal­en­dar for of­fice hours, events, and work­shops. You can find our work­shop sched­ule and signup for work­shops here as well. The Open Road is also a place for the Open­Lab com­mu­nity (mean­ing you!). We would love your feed­back, in­sight, and com­ments. Please send along any­thing on the Open­Lab that you love! We are al­ways avail­able for any ques­tions you might have. Email us any­time at open­lab@​citytech.​cuny.​edu!

Peer Mentors

Peer Men­tors

All the things you could want as a Peer Men­tor.

OpenLab OER Working Group

Open­Lab OER Work­ing Group

This group is or­ga­nized through the Li­brary’s OER pro­gram, and will ex­plore, dis­cuss, and spread the word about Open­Lab fea­tures and func­tion­al­i­ties.

My Clubs

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