{"id":5702,"date":"2013-06-05T08:22:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T13:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:23:11","slug":"gingher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=5702","title":{"rendered":"Professors with Passion: Marianne Gingher"},"content":{"rendered":"

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xFVU-46IRec[\/youtube]\u201cYou don\u2019t learn anything about writing [by] just talking about writing,\u201d says Marianne Gingher, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Term Professor of Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

That is why Gingher says she prefers a more interactive classroom experience in which she and her students work together, rather than a traditional lecture format.<\/p>\n

This is immediately apparent when walking into her classroom, where she sits at a table surrounded by students as they discuss making improvements to their writing.<\/p>\n

She says the more interactive the class, the better. It\u2019s her way of knowing what the students are learning and where she needs to fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n

Gingher also teaches a course called \u201cGram-o-rama,\u201d which has become a very popular course on campus. By the end of the semester, students have written skits to create an entire show about grammar, which they perform in Wilson Library before an audience of about 300 people.<\/p>\n

Gingher is also the author of several books, including Adventures in Pen Land: One Writer\u2019s Journey from Inklings to Ink<\/i>, Bobby Rex\u2019s Greatest Hit<\/i>, How to Have a Happy Childhood <\/i>and A Girl\u2019s Life: Horses, Boys, Weddings, and Luck<\/i>.<\/p>\n

She says that there is \u201ca kind of wonderful infusion of both giving and getting back\u201d when a professor is able to bring her creative work into the classroom.<\/p>\n

She calls teaching a \u201ccollaborative art form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professors with Passion is a video series spotlighting outstanding teachers and scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you know a professor who deserves to be in the spotlight, contact Dee Reid, director of communications, at\u00a0<\/i>deereid@unc.edu<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0[ Text and video by Beth Lawrence \u201912 ]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou don\u2019t learn anything about writing [by] just talking about writing,\u201d says Marianne Gingher, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Term Professor of Creative Writing. 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