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Department
English
Office
10409.1 5057 Woodward
Biography
Associate Professor of Teaching Thomas Trimble earned his Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from Wayne State University in 1991. He received his Master of Arts in Political Science in 1994 from WSU and his PhD in English, with a specialization in Composition and Rhetoric, from WSU in 2011. In 2011, Professor Trimble was appointed senior lecturer (now called Associate Professor of Teaching) in the Wayne State English Department. Professor Trimble teaches courses in writing, including Basic Writing (ENG 1010), Introduction to College Writing (ENG 1020), Intermediate Composition (ENG 3010), Technical Writing I (ENG 3050), Technical Writing II (ENG 3060), and Community Writing (ENG 3020). His research interests include writing assessment, writing pedagogy, and community-based writing. His research has appeared in Community Literacy Journal, The Journal of Writing Assessment, Pedagogy, Composition Forum, and Communication and Medicine.
Selected publications
“Cathouse: The Cass Corridor’s Last Great Band.” Heaven was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond. Ed. M.L. Liebler. Wayne State University Press, 2016.