Francisco Acoba

I am an associate professor of English, teaching literature and writing (with a sustainability focus). I believe in Peter Elbow's enabling mantra that "[e]veryone can write." More specifically, within a particular context, everyone can generate text that follows conventions and goes beyond them and has meaning for the writer and the intended audience.
facoba@hawaii.edu francisco.acoba@hawaii.edu |
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Phone | (808) 734-9412 (808) 734-9151 (fax) |
Office | Kalia 228 |
Academic Background | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa:
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Research Interests | sustainability discourse, material sustainability, organizational change, community-based learning, service-learning, assessment, narrative, early American literature |
Selected Publications | NCSE Community College Handbook for Sustainability Education and Operations More than Bells without Clappers: Students Finding Voice through Civic Engagement with Big Questions Place-based WAC/WID: Engaging Writing Students Through Geographic Place Hill, Yao Zhang, Tanya Renner, Francisco Acoba, Krista Hiser, and Robert W. Franco. "Service-Learning's Role in Achieving Institutional Outcomes: Engagement, Learning, and Achievement." Service-Learning at the American Community College, edited by Amy Traver and and Zivah Katz, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp. 169-182. |