Emmy Misser
Manager, Writing Centre
Contact Information
Email: emisser@wlu.caPhone: (519) 884-0710 ext.3339
Fax: (519) 884-9958
Office Location: Main floor of the library, room 2-213D
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Academic Background
cand.phil. (MA) English Language and Literature, The University of Aarhus, Denmark (1975)
exam.art, Danish Language and Literature, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1977)
cand.mag., The University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1978)
Biography
I have spent most of my professional career teaching academic writing in some form or other here at Laurier. I started out teaching first-year composition and business writing part time from 1987 to 1995, and when the opportunity for change arose in 1995, I took over the Writing Centre which I have been running ever since.
What led me down this career path was a love of language and literature which I studied and taught in Denmark, my native country. I did an MA in English Language and Literature at the University of Aarhus, and a separate two-year degree in Danish Language and Literature at the University of Copenhagen. After graduation I spent five years teaching English and Danish language and literature to high school students at Oeregaard Gymnasium until I moved to Canada in the mid-eighties.
As a non-native English speaker I am for good reason very interested in language and how it works, but my main area of interest is the genre of academic writing and how to teach it. I have given several conference papers on both topics in Canada, USA, and Europe.
