Jill+Heney

Jill’s lifelong aspirations have always been in teaching. Her life journey has taken her from her birth place in Laramie, Wyoming to other stops in the mid-west. She mostly grew up in Dallas, Texas, and started her undergraduate studies at the University of North Texas. She completed her B.A. in English Education and Secondary Education at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. It was at UNK where Jill met her most inspirational teacher, Don Welch. He taught her the reflective nature of writing. In 1995 and after one year of graduate work at the U of N at Kearney, she transferred to Boise State where she finished her M.A. in literature in 1997.

Jill taught in Boise, Idaho, at the Foothills School of Arts of Science where she team taught English Language Arts and Social Sciences in a combo sixth through eighth grade class. Jill returned to Boise State University as an instructor where she teaches first and second year writing. In addition, she is a Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising in the English Department.

Education provides Jill with the opportunity to continually learn and grow. The most rewarding part of teaching for Jill is watching her students grow, develop their voice, question, and create. She enjoys collaborating with her peers. Currently she is working with a team to help faculty members develop skills for writing and teaching in digital spaces like Blackboard. This gives her the opportunity to co-create with students and faculty, provide outreach, and work together to create solutions. For Jill, it’s all about collaboration.

The best of part of teaching for Jill is when, “We are in the flow of learning.”

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