{"id":2911,"date":"2024-06-14T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=2911"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:36:16","slug":"katie-mcclendon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/humanities-faculty\/katie-mcclendon\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie McClendon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Katie McClendon<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2912\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/katie-headshot.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor McClendon started her college education by attending community college in Washington State. Once she received her A.A., she went on to receive a B.A. in English from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Purdue University. She is currently an Instructional Designer at ACC in the Distance Education department. In addition to her full-time job at ACC, she teaches for the English and Humanities departments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like all art forms, I believe teaching takes presence, adaptability, curiosity, and skill. I am a life-long learner, and often fascinated by something new I\u2019ve learned. I aim to energize my students to explore ideas and test new skills, and to get comfortable with failure as a part of the process of learning. I am always learning about new technologies and approaches, and continuously update my approach to reflect real-world needs and practices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pop Culture &amp; Pop Music (but not necessarily Pop Art)<\/p>\n<p>Experimental and Performance Art<\/p>\n<p>Literature, and the Craft of Literature<\/p>\n<p>Feminist &amp; Queer Theory<\/p>\n<p>Television and Movies: Especially Experimental, Campy Horror, Sci-Fi Realism, Apocalyptic &amp; Monster stories<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught at ACC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HUMA-1301: Prehistory to Renaissance: Great Questions Seminar<\/p>\n<p>HUMA-1301: Prehistory to Renaissance<\/p>\n<p>HUMA-1302: Renaissance to Present<\/p>\n<p>ENGL-1301: Composition I<\/p>\n<p>ENGL-1302: Composition II<\/p>\n<p>ENGL 2307: Beginning Creative Writing (Fiction, Flash)<\/p>\n<p>ENGL 2311: Business &amp; Technical Writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie McClendon Biography Professor McClendon started her college education by attending community college in Washington State. Once she received her A.A., she went on to receive a B.A. in English from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Purdue University. She is currently an Instructional Designer at ACC in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":2384,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h4><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"iw\"><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"go\">katie.mcclendon@austincc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":false,"sidekick":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2911\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}