About Professor

Professor Erin M O'Brien, Ed. M.

Office: Campus Center, 1st floor, room 1300

Phone: (617) 287- 6550

Biographic

A two-time UMass Boston alumna who earned my B.A in History and a M.A. in Applied Linguistics, as well as a Ed. M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. I've been influenced by constructivists like Vygotsky and critical theorists including Habermas. Some of my research interests include classroom ethnography, cross-cultural education, and composition theory. In addition to this course I teach a First Seminar: Mass Media and Society which explores the problems and promises associated with the social construction of knowledge in the context of the War on Terror. I frequently present at conferences, including UMB's Teaching for Transformation.

Citation: About Professor. (2011, January 25). Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/critical-reading-and-writing/crw-111-critical-reading-and-writing-i-fall-2010/about-professor.