Office Hours:
Fall 2024:
- Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00 am to 11:50 am
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 pm to 1:50 pm
Otherwise, please email me to schedule a meeting either in-person or via zoom.
Education
- BA, St. Cloud State University
- MA, St. Cloud State University
Alyssa Kilbourn received her Masters in Rhetoric & Writing from St. Cloud State University in 2016. During her time as a student at St. Cloud State University, she worked as a peer tutor within the writing center, where she tutored graduate, undergraduate, and English Language Learner students.
Her thesis examined the collective created in the CW television show Arrow. This collective of superheroes was examined as an example of post-humanism and collective action. In general, Alyssa's areas of interest for research include identity construction and collective action as seen through Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPG) and superhero narratives. Additionally, as a member of the Ace community, she is interested in how asexual identities are represented in popular culture and the media.
Alyssa began teaching first year composition at St. Cloud State in 2017 before moving down to the Twin Cities and becoming an English Department contingent faculty member at North Hennepin Community College in 2018.
In 2019, she became faculty advisor for Northern Light, NHCC's undergraduate research journal. This journal is a student run publication which publishes NHCC student research writing. You can read the 2024 issue at: https://northernlight.nhcc.edu/northernlight/2024
When she's not teaching, she can be found running or playing D&D games, enthusing about Critical Role, social dancing (specifically West Coast Swing), baking, and having competitive games of bananagrams with friends and family.