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Dr. Moore's Class

About Me

I'm Dr. Jamie Moore (she/her) and I've been teaching at College of the Sequoias for over 10 years! I'm a full-time professor and have taught our composition courses (English 1 and English 2), as well as specialty Literature Courses (African American Literature and Women in Literature). I have also worked the Co-Coordinator of the Puente Program, a cohort program that supports first-generation college students who want to transfer. I love reading, writing, and hanging out with my goofy dog, Atlas. I'm a creative writer and havea PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities.

I'm excited grow with you as a reader, writer and thinker this semester.

Image Description: Pictured is Dr. Jamie. Her black hair is in twists and gathered in a bun at the top of her head. She is wearing burgundy glasses, a matching color top, a beige sweater, dangly earrings, and is smiling to the camera. Behind her is a blurred tree and rose bush.

Contact Me

Email: JamieM@cos.edu

Please use your COS email to communicate with me. Other email addresses may get filtered out as spam.

You may also message me in Canvas using the inbox feature on the left menu bar.

Calendly: for online student hour appointments.

This will allow you to choose a time to meet during my available hours and create a Zoom link for you.

Student Office Hours

Virtual Only: Mondays 12pm-2pm by appointment

In Person Only: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30am -1pm (Office location listed in Canvas)

Hybrid Hours (in person or online appointment): Wednesday 10am-12pm

I will respond to your emails and Canvas messages within 24-48 hours on Mondays-Fridays. I do not respond to emails on weekends.

Values Statement

I strive to make my classroom and policies as harm reductive as possible. I believe in the value of higher education and feel called to teaching to educate the whole student--to value and nurture their personal and educational growth as much as their academic growth. As a part of this imperative, I strive to bring the values below into my teaching practice and am on a continuous journey of re-education and growth. I hope you can meet me there too.

My classroom, language and activities strive to value the cultural perspectives students bring to our space as assets.
Our English classroom is a space of linguistic justice and language variety. All Englishes, regardless of dialect and influence of other languages, belong in our classroom and in academic writing. Our goal in our classroom community is to give you tools to be as clear and intentional as possible in your language choices.
I support all student's right to learn, feel safe, and access campus resources, regardless of citizenship status, cultural background, orientation, and/or abilities.
Accessibility should be the default in both online and in person classes. I welcome student dialogue about how to increase the accessibility of my courses.
I support all students' right to define their own identity, including name and pronoun, regardless of institutional record.
I protect the right of anyone in our classroom community, including myself, to take care of their health and well-being above all external demands.

Image Description: At the top, text reads: "Everyone has the right to live with dignity. Everyone has the right to live with joy, to live free from violence and to be loved. Below, against a background of sunbeams and flowers are four people (1) A person with long hair, wearing a mask and holding up a fist, (2) a person with short black hair standing with and mobility aid, (3) an adult person wearing a purple hat and holding a child, and (4) a child wearing a baseball cap and hugging the adult holding them.

Kim Dinh for Just Seeds Collective

Roger Peet for Just Seeds Collective

Classroom Norms

(In Person & Online)

We will develop community agreements as we move through the course. To start, please understand that we will often address topics that are difficult to talk about, or that require us to see beyond our own experiences. Throughout the semester, I will challenge you to expand your ideas and see these issues in a complex way. If you are in a place where you feel unable to think through and/or challenge your values, you may want to consider another course. I want us to grow and learn together. We are never done learning.

In discussion, we must respect all voices and ideas of every in the class while working to understand what justice means in today’s society. We are responsible for creating and maintaining an open space where everyone feels safe to participate, express their ideas/experiences, and to question. Comments that are harmful or negative towards your peers will not be tolerated. All language used in our classroom spaces will aim to be focused on humanity.

Image Description: A bundle of sunflowers is held together by a ribbon. In a circle at the center of the image it reads: We are all we really have. Solidarity.

Course Information

If you are new to COS or new to online classes, click "Student Resources" in the menu bar at the top of this page to get information about getting set up with your email and logged into your Canvas courses.

To find information about the course you are taking with me, click "Courses" in the menu bar at the top of this page and select your specific course. There you will find our learning outcomes, required materials, and other general information about the course. When you log into Canvas, you will find a PDF version of our syllabus, our course schedule, confidential information such as grades, other linked materials, and instructions on submitting assignments.

Disability Justice

The image on the right provides a definition of ableism. Ableism: A system of assigning value to people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in eugenics, anti-Blackness, misogyny, colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism. This systemic oppression leads to people and society determining people's value based on their culture, age language, appearance, religion, birth or living place, "health/wellness," and/or their ability to satisfactorily re/produce, "excel" and "behave." You do not have to be disabled to expreince ableism. Working definition by @TaliaLewis, updated January 2002, developed in community with disabled Black/negatively racialized folks. Read more: bit.ly/ableism2022.

I include the definition of ableism here because not only is it a core concept of our course, but also a guiding light to how we model our thinking about wellness, humanity, and our interactions in community with each other.

When we interact, move, think, and learn in ways that help to break down ableism, we work together to question what is considered "normal." We collaborate to invent new ways to create and express our learning that feels supportive to our brain/body processes and abilities. This is a big statement, because it means something different for each of us and can constantly change. Where we start though, is a commitment to honoring the ways we each show up, the effort we make to be in community with each other, and the communication of our needs.

As a person with invisible disability, (health needs that are not always outwardly visible), I may ask for patience when providing you detailed feedback on assignments, or when we may adjust our class plans because of my needs or needs of other peers in our classroom community. I want to extend the same consideration to your access needs, so please share when you need support. (And see the Resources tab of this site!).

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