Hector Vila
Assistant Professor of Writing
Email: hvila@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.2181
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM & Thursday 4 - 5:00PM & by Appointment
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Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
▲ indicates offered in the current term
▹ indicates offered in the upcoming term[s]
AMST 0700 - Senior Essay
Senior Essay
For students who have completed AMST 0400 and are not pursuing an honors thesis. Under the guidance of one or more faculty members, each student will complete research leading toward a one-term, one-credit interdisciplinary senior essay on some aspect of American culture. The essay is to be submitted no later than the last Thursday of the fall semester. (Select project advisor prior to registration)
Fall 2009, Fall 2010
EDST 0225 - Scenarios for Teaching Writing ▲
Scenarios for Teaching Writing
The purpose of this course is to understand how composition, reflective practice, and inquiry-based learning come together in K-12 education, in the classroom, and online. Theoretical approaches to the teaching of writing will be put into practice in lesson plans. Students will serve as peer tutors-mentors for ACSU students. Readings will include Cross-Talk in Comp Theory, Composing a Teaching Life, The Art of Teaching Writing, Scenarios for Teaching Writing, and Life-Affirming Acts.
Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012
ENAM 0500 - Special Project: Lit ▹
Special Project: Literature
Approval Requiredrequired; please apply online at http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/enam/resources/forms or at the Department office
Fall 2012
ENAM 0560 - Special Project: Writing
Special Project: Creative Writing
(Approval Required)
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
ENAM 0711 / CRWR 0711 - Senior Thesis: Creative Writ. ▲ ▹
Senior Thesis: Creative Writing
Discussions, workshops, tutorials for those undertaking two-term projects in the writing of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction.
Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013
ENVS 1014 / WRPR 1014 - Class and the Environment
Class and the Environment: The Struggle for Ecological Democracy
In this course we will explore how and why, in a world being divided into consumer markets, sources of cheap labor and raw materials, and ecological sacrifice zones, the most vulnerable are disenfranchised into communities of poor and working class people. We will examine the future of the environment and “free" market economy and the prospectus of radical green and democratic movements. Through reading, writing, and discussion we will investigate such texts as The Struggle for Environmental Justice to learn how communities face the task of linking protest strategies to the building of positive alternatives.
Winter 2010
FYSE 1145 - Voices Along The Way ▹
Voices Along the Way
This seminar is designed for international students, and focuses on the themes of culture and identity in U.S. society. The course material will offer a variety of perspectives—both past and present—on the question “What does it mean to be an American?” We will read selections from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (2003) and watch the companion film The People Speak (2009), as well as examine historical documents, critical essays, literary narratives, and other film excerpts. Throughout the course, we will work on discussion, oral presentations, research, and writing, which will include both short and long papers.
Fall 2009, Fall 2012
FYSE 1326 - Class and the Environment
Class and the Environment
In this seminar we will explore how and why, in a world being divided into consumer markets, sources of cheap labor and raw materials, and ecological sacrifice zones, the most vulnerable are disenfranchised into communities of poor and working class people. We will examine the future of the environment and “free" market economy and the prospectus of radical green and democratic movements. Through reading, writing, and discussion we will investigate such texts as The Struggle for Environmental Justice to learn how communities face the task of linking protest strategies to the building of positive alternatives.
Fall 2010
TEDU 0225 - Scenarios for Teaching Writing
WAGS 0500 - Independent Study
WAGS 0710 - Senior Thesis ▲ ▹
WRPR 0100 - The Writing Workshop I
This course is for students who would like extra work on critical thinking and analytical writing. All sections of this course will address a variety of writing strategies and technologies, from free writing to online writing. Each section will focus on a particular theme to be determined by the instructor. This course does not fulfill the college writing requirement. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Fall 2011
WRPR 0101 - Writing Workshop II ▲
Writing Workshop II
This second level workshop is for students who have completed a first-year seminar. All sections of this course will address a variety of writing techniques and communications tools. Each section will focus on a particular theme. This course does not fulfill the college writing requirement. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2012
WRPR 0203 / AMST 0203 - Media, Sports, & Identity
Media, Sports, & Identity
In this course we will examine the relationship between media, sports, and the formulation of one’s identity. We will examine issues pertaining to gender identification, violence, and hero worship. Reading critical essays on the subject, studying media coverage of sporting events, and writing short analytical essays will enable us to determine key elements concerning how sports are contextualized in American culture. Student essays will form the basis of a more in-depth inquiry that each student will then present, using media, at the end of the course. (Not open to students who have taken WRPR 1002)
Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Winter 2011, Fall 2011
WRPR 0500 - Special Project: Lit ▲ ▹
Special Project: Literature
(Approval Required)
Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013