Michelle Sprouse is an assistant teaching professor in the Honors College at Bowling Green State University where she teaches courses in critical thinking. Her research interests include reading in the writing classroom, equitable assessment practices, curriculum design, and the transition to college. She has published with Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition and Culture, Assessing Writing, English Journal, and CWPA, among other venues. Michelle Sprouse graduated from Miami University in 2004 with BA in English: Literature.