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Melissa Hayes, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)

Melissa Hayes, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)

Director of the Cooper Center
Department
Academic Affairs
Office location

Cochrane-Woods Library 147

Office hours

By appointment.

Email
mhayes [at] NebrWesleyan.edu
Headshot of Melissa Hayes, Ph.D.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” 
― Malala Yousafzai

Background

Dr. Melissa Hayes is the Director of the Cooper Center, which is the Academic Resource Center at Nebraska Wesleyan. She trains and supervises all of the peer consultants in the Cooper Center and helps coordinate the Cooper Tutors.  She also works as an embedded writing consultant with Adult and Graduate students in a variety of fields, from Nursing and Business to Social Work and Organizational Communication. Dr. Hayes has specialties in 20th-century American Literature and Rhetoric and Composition, with an interest in women writers, spirituality, and memoir.  She has taught Archway Seminar and the Identity core course for NWU's Archway curriculum and regularly teaches Yoga I for the Health and Human Performance Department. When she is not on campus, she loves kayaking, hiking, reading, and sewing. She also enjoys walking with her husband and three rescue dogs, Penny, Elsie, and Maxi.

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Education

B.A. George Mason University, Writing, 1993
M.A. Old Dominion University, Teaching of English, 1995
Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 20th Century American Lit, Rhetoric and Composition, 2003

Courses taught

Archway Seminar 

Identity Thread: Core Course

Masterpieces of Literature

Yoga Theory and Practice

Research and academic interests

Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Center Praxis, Women Writers, Spiritual Narrative, 20th Century American Literature

Professional and community affiliations, certifications and awards

International College Learning Center Association, LCLC Level 3 certified

International Writing Centers Association

Midwest Writing Center Association

Nebraska Writing Center Consortium, Current President

Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, 200 E-RYT