Danielle Hale
Associate Lecturer
Education
M.A.: Creative Writing, University of North Dakota, 2017
B.A: English and Music, University of North Dakota, 2010
About Me
Professional Biography
Danielle is the TRiO Writing Specialist on the Wausau campus where she helps students write and revise assignments and other papers. She also teaches first year composition classes. Danielle is currently researching ways to deal with writer’s block in college.
Personal Biography
In her free time, Danielle enjoys discussing fandoms and writing poetry. She also likes hiking and mushroom hunting with her spouse. You can find some of her poems online at the Citron Review, Kissing Dynamite, and North Dakota Quarterly.Research and Scholarly Interests
- Writer’s block
- Free-writing
- Contemporary poetry
- Indigenous poetry
- Poetry by POC
Campus or community involvement
- Central Wisconsin Book Festival committee
- UW-Stevens Point at Wausau concert choir
Messages to Students
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
I enjoy watching something click for students. When students have been working through difficult concepts or an idea they’re trying to write about and they suddenly get it, I love seeing them light up. That feeling of accomplishment is amazing to witness.
What do you want students gain from your teaching?
I want students to understand that writing doesn’t have to be perfect in order to be good. I want students to leave my class understanding that different audiences need different things, and that once they figure out their audience, they can write almost anything.
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