Directory
Biography
Christine M. Rudisel, Associate Professor of English, has been a member of the full-time faculty at Kingsborough since 2004. She also serves as the English department’s liaison to Access-Ability Services (2004-present) and has served as a co-director of the Developmental English Program (2011-2020) and as a member of the Board of Advisors for the Kingsborough Center for Teaching and Learning (2011-2024). Before joining the faculty at Kingsborough, Prof. Rudisel taught composition, oral expression, English comprehension, and American civilization at the Université de Nancy II in Nancy, France.
Prof. Rudisel’s interest in developing novel pedagogies to advance student learning is demonstrated by the workshops she has facilitated and the articles she has written about working with atypical learners.
Courses
African-American Literature
Composition I
Composition/ALP
Short Fiction
Women and Literature
Education
Ph.D. in English, The CUNY Graduate Center
M. Phil. in English, The CUNY Graduate Center
M.A. in English, Long Island University
B.A. in Literature, SUNY Purchase
Selected Publications and/or Other Resources
Rudisel, Christine M. “Working with Atypical Learners.” Changing English 16.4 (2009): 413-416.
Colarossi, Anthony, Rachelle Maltzman, Hope Parisi, Christine M. Rudisel, and Tara Weiss. “Ideas in Practice: Professional Development to Manage Atypical Learner Behaviors.” Journal of Developmental Education 35.2 (2011): 22-31, 38-9.
Rudisel, Christine M. “’The Country in the Woman’: Three Forgotten Fictions by Zora Neale Hurston.” Critical Insights: Zora Neale Hurston. Ed. Sharon L. Jones. Ipswich: Salem Press-EBSCO; Amenia: Grey House, 2013. 123-143.
Rudisel, Christine and Bob Blaisdell, eds. Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2014.
Rudisel, Christine and Bob Blaisdell, eds. Great Short Stories by African American Writers. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2015.