Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
BA, Northwestern University; MFA, Mills College; PhD, New York University
Appointed In
2014
Office
Library 31
Professor Ostendorf teaches a wide range of writing and literature courses in the Writing and Rhetoric Department and the Cultural Studies Program.
Recent Courses: Gender and Pop Culture; Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change; Nature from the Inside Out; Writing, Rhetoric, and Wanderlust; Creative Nonfiction; Theory and Pedagogy of Writing
Research Interests: writing and composition studies; queer studies; gender and sexuality; nature; medieval and early modern English literature