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Joe Torchia, Lecturer, English

Joseph Torchia, M.A.

  • Lecturer

Department: English

Office: The Great Hall Annex 503

Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; and by appointment.

Phone: 732-571-7526

Email: jtorchia@monmouth.edu


Education

M.A., Rutgers University

B.A., Rutgers University

Research Interests

  • Student-teacher power sharing in the composition classroom.
  • The (in)balance of logic and emotion in our everyday speech and commonly used phrases.

Presentations/Invited Talks

“Beyond Knowledge Transfer: Challenging Students to Create and Translate” CCCC’s Mid-Atlantic Summer Conference, Norfolk, VA.. (May 31 2019).

Courses

Recently Taught Classes

2026 Spring

  • College Composition II – EN 102
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

2025 Fall

  • College Composition II – EN 102
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

2025 Summer E

2025 Spring

  • College Composition II – EN 102
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

2024 Fall

  • College Composition I – EN 101
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

2024 Summer E

2024 Spring

  • College Composition II – EN 102

2023 Fall

  • College Composition I – EN 101
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

2023 Summer E

2023 Spring

  • College Composition II – EN 102
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202

Frequently Taught Classes

  • College Composition I (EN 101)
  • College Composition II (EN 102)
  • Literature I: Ancient Through Renaissance (EN 201)
  • Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present (EN 202)
  • Writing Workshop (EN 100)