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= //The Write Space//  = =A blog for teachers and writers affiliated with the Connecticut Writing Project. =
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|| [|Jason Courtmanche] is the Director of the [|Connecticut Writing Project] and Lecturer in [|English at the University of Connecticut-Storrs].

For twelve years he was an English teacher at [|RHAM High School] in Hebron, Connecticut, where he taught American Literature, Creative Writing, the Contemporary American Novel, Advanced Placement Literature and Composition, and Advanced Placement Language and Composition, as well as remedial courses for Freshmen and Juniors.

He received his Ph.D. in English from the [|University of Connecticut], where he now teaches American Literature survey courses, Advanced Composition for Prospective Teachers, and two summer graduate seminars as part of the Connecticut Writing Project's Summer Institute.

He recently published his first book with the [|Edwin Mellen Press], titled [|How Nathaniel Hawthorne's Narratives Are Shaped By Sin: His Use Of Biblical Typology In His Four Major Works]. His current research includes a chapter in the forthcoming second volume of [|What Is College-Level Writing?], with contributions from eight Teacher Consultants of the CWP, edited by Patrick Sullivan, Howard Tinberg, and Sheridan Blau, and published by [|NCTE]. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the [|Nathaniel Hawthorne Society].

He will be blogging on issues related to teaching, writing, publication, composition studies, creative writing, American Literature, secondary education, higher education, technology, and any other related issue that might catch his interest.

He lives in Windham, Connecticut with his wife, who teaches Spanish and Italian and heads a world language department at a local high school, and their two children. ||