Justin Mellette
Associate Teaching Professor in English
Justin Mellette’s research and teaching interests include African American and American literature, music, comics and graphic novels, and business and professional writing. His monograph Peculiar Whiteness: Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965 was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2021.
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Education
PhD, English
Penn State University -
Contact
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Address
443 Holmes Hall
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
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First-Year Writing
ENGW 1111
Designed for students to study and practice writing in a workshop setting. Students read a range of texts in order to describe and evaluate the choices writers make and apply that knowledge to their own writing and explore how writing functions in a range of academic, professional, and public contexts. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to conduct research using primary and secondary sources; how to write for various purposes and audiences in multiple genres and media; and how to give and receive feedback, to revise their work, and to reflect on their growth as writers.
Advanced Writing in the Business Professions
ENGW 3304
Offers writing instruction for students in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business. Students practice and reflect on writing in professional, public, and academic genres—such as proposals, recommendation reports, letters, presentations, and e-mails—relevant for careers in business. In a workshop setting, offers students an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.
