Dr. Thomas Slagle

Degrees and Credentials

PhD English, Kent State University 2024
MA English, Youngstown State University 2018
BA English with a minor in Linguistics, Youngstown State University 2016

Short Bio

Tom Slagle is an Assistant Professor of Composition. He holds a PhD in Literacy and Rhetoric from Kent State University and an MA in English with a focus in professional and technical writing from Youngstown State University. His research interests include corpus linguistics, developmental writing instruction, and transfer pedagogies.

Academic Focus

Tom's areas of expertise include applied linguistics, the design and instruction of developmental and first-year writing curricula, and professional and technical writing.

Research, Accomplishments, and Publications

Slagle, Tom. Explicit Language Instruction: Developing Writers’ Metalinguistic Awareness to Facilitate Transfer. Journal of Basic Writing, 2023, https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/jbw/v42n2/slagle.pdf

Slagle, Tom. “Institutional Habitus.” Constructing the Threshold: A Reference Work of Concepts between Teaching for Transfer and Teaching Writing edited by Tom Skeen, Sherry Rankins-Robertson, and Duane Roen [Forthcoming].

Slagle, Tom. “Macro-genre.” Constructing the Threshold: A Reference Work of Concepts between Teaching for Transfer and Teaching Writing edited by Tom Skeen, Sherry Rankins-Robertson, and Duane Roen [Forthcoming].