Loren has devoted over a decade of service to writing education with the foundational belief that writing is best learned in warm, inclusive and socially responsible environments, acknowledging the fluid, complex and networked natures of student literacies which operate across multiple rhetorical ecologies, many digital. They most enjoy working among diverse populations with a practical focus on ELL, non-traditional and FYC pedagogies.

Their identity as an educator was most directly influenced through the lively interplay of rhetorical collaborations in the FYC classroom, writing centers, supplemental instruction classrooms, WAC/WID, community writing programs and technical editing.

The one word students use most to describe Professor Cooper is “caring.” Also noteworthy, their dog is objectively better than yours. Just trust me.