探花视频

Dr. Gitte Frandsen探花视频

探花视频 Hall, 243

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-0688gitte.frandsen@marquette.edu

Teaching Assistant Professor

English

I have been a Teaching Assistant Professor at 探花视频 since 2023 and a
college professor since 2007, teaching courses in sociolinguistics, rhetoric, first-year
composition for domestic and international students, grammar, professional writing, and
literature. A core belief of mine is that all students bring into the classroom their own
valuable knowledge, languages, and ways of understanding the world which are shaped by
their lived experience and membership in various communities. My goal is to validate the
practices students bring and help them build on their existing resources in a trusting and
caring classroom environment. I also aim to help students grow as critical readers and
creators of information by understanding how the contexts and language of information are
entangled in cultural, sociopolitical, and material realities.

My research focuses on how individuals communicate as they navigate different contexts
of their lives. I am especially interested in the practices of transnational, multilingual
individuals, and I study how they draw from their linguistic, cultural, and literacy resources
to complete tasks, build community, and achieve their personal, professional, and
academic goals. A current research project focuses on children and youth who translate
and broker meaning for their family and other community members. My goal is to
understand and map the unique language and literacy skills they develop while translating
and to identify ways that K-16 teachers can honor and integrate these resources in the classroom.

Education

• BA and MA 鈥� English, TESOL, and Comparative Religion, University of Copenhagen

• PhD 鈥� English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Courses Taught

• Foundations in Rhetoric

• Sociolinguistics

• Honors First-Year Seminar

• Writing for Workplaces

• Core Honors Methods of Inquiry

Research Interests

• Composition theory and pedagogy
• Literacy studies
• Linguistic justice
• Cultural rhetorics
• 鈥�T谤补苍蝉鈥�-theories (translation, -lingual, -cultural, -rhetorical, -national) 

Publications

• Frandsen, Gitte. 鈥�Transnational Literacies as a Resource in the Writing Classroom鈥�.
  College English, forthcoming.
• Frandsen, Gitte. 鈥淭ransnational Students鈥� Dynamic Meaning-Making Practices as
  Assets in U.S. Writing Classrooms鈥�. Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol. 7,
  Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse, forthcoming 2025.
• Frandsen, Gitte, Danielle Koepke, and Maria Novotny: 鈥淧erspectives on Graduate
  Education in Rhetoric and Composition鈥�. Radical Transparency, edited by Justin
  Cook and Skye Robertson). University Press of Colorado, Forthcoming.
• Koepke, Danielle and Gitte Frandsen: 鈥淎 Feminist Lens of Care for GTA Parents:
  Creating Toolkits for Collective Survival". PHDing while Parenting, edited by Jenna
  Morton-Aiken and Jackie Hoermann-Elliott. Rutgers University Press. July, 2025.
• Frandsen, Gitte, Chloe Smith, Madison Williams, and Rachel-Bloom-Pojar. 鈥淭he
  Myth of the Traditional Graduate Student 鈥� A Case Study of Enculturation and
  搁别蝉颈蝉迟补苍肠别鈥�. College Composition and Communication. Volume 75, Issue 4, 2024.
• Fishman, Jenn et al. 鈥淐apacitating Community: The Writing Innovation Symposium.鈥�
  Community Literacy Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 2023, pp. 49-67.
• Novotny, Maria, Claire Edwards, Gitte Frandsen, Danielle Koepke, Joni Marcum,
  Chloe Smith, and Madison William. 鈥淐onstellating Community Engagement in a
  Cultural Rhetorics Seminar鈥�. Composition Studies, v49 n1 p103-118, 2021.

Additional Information

Office Hours

Fall 2025

• Tuesday 8:30AM-9:30AM
• Wednesday 10:00AM-12:00PM