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Alice Kinder

Alice Kinder, Senior Instructor

Alice Kinder, Senior Instructor
Alice Kinder, Senior Instructor

Department of English
453 Shanks Hall
181 Turner Street NW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
akinder@vt.edu

Alice Kinder is a senior instructor in the Department of English. She has been named the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Teacher of the Week, won the Joyce Gentry Smoot Award for Outstanding Teaching, and earned a Certificate of Teaching Excellence.

  • Appalachian Literature
  • Southern Literature
  • Detective Fiction
  • Technical Writing
  • Sports Literature
  • MA in English, Virginia Tech, 1985
  • BS English and Education, Radford, 1982, magna cum laude
  • Road Scholar Program, Mountain Lake, Pembroke, Virginia
  • College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Teacher of the Week April 2014
  • Senior Instructor
  • Joyce Gentry Smooth Award for Outstanding Teaching
  • Certificate of Teaching Excellence
  • English 3764  Technical Writing
  • English 3774  Business Writing
  • English 3614  Southern Literature
  • English 3624  Appalachian Literature
  • English 24XX American Literature After 1800
  • English 1624  Introduction to Detective Fiction
  • English 1614  Introduction to Short Fiction
  • English 1105, 1106  First Year Writing
  • GTA Advisor 1996 - 2001

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