Amanda McGuire Rzicznek

Degrees and Institutions

M.F.A. Poetry, West Virginia University
B.A. English, Kent State University

Research Interests: youth literature; visual literacy; graphic facilitation; interdisciplinary studies; community-based pedagogy; experiential learning pedagogy; contemplative pedagogy; college composition

Courses Taught

ENG 4250: Graphic Novel Workshop
ENG 4210: Special Topics in The Verse Novel
ENG 3450: Literature for Young Adults
ENG 3430: Picture Book Workshop
ENG 3420: Literature for Young Children
BGSU 1910H: Don't Stress Out; Chill Out
HNRS 3000: WTF?!?: The Academics of the F-Bomb
WRIT 1120: Seminar in Research Writing
WRIT 1110: Seminar in Academic Writing
WRIT 1010: Academic Writing Workshop
PEG 2940: Yoga

Online Courses

WRIT 1120: Seminar in Research Writing
WRIT 1110: Seminar in Academic Writing

Select Poetry Publications

“Birthmark (After Maya Lin’s “Silver Erie),” Toledo Museum of Art label & website. 2024. https://d8ogbgki59nh9.cloudfront.net/poetry-prize-labels-website_part8.pdf

“I Want More Umph and Some Truth”, Kestrel. 49. Summer 2023.

“Trying To Draw My Hand” and “My Earrings Are A Math Equation”, Of Rust and Glass. Fall 2022.

“After” and “Back At It.” Hotel Amerika. 19. Winter 2021: 124, 125.

Select Comics Publications

“Gratitude” and “Different (After Juana Medina).” Editors Steven Walker and Greg Follender. This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Era Comics Anthology. Art Students League of New York. Sept. 2020.

Podcast Publication

Interviewed with Author/Illustrator Michela Goade for BG Ideas Podcast, 
Apr. 2022.

Select Interdisciplinary Publications

“Little Houses: Book Review.” Review of Little Houses by Kevin Henkes
and illustrated by Laura Dronzek. Art+Science+Story, 7 Feb. 2023.
https://tinyurl.com/2mvs5ryu

“Best Children’s Books about the Environment.” Curated for BG Falcon Media. 
9 April 2021.

“Flexible Enough.” BG Health Magazine. Fall 2016/Winter 2017.

“My Heart Is a Kale Chip: In Defense of Food Writing.” Portal del Sol: Review
of Journals and Editors. 18 Aug. 2011.  

Select Composition Publications

Hoy, Cheryl, Amanda McGuire Rzicznek, Cheryl Lachowski, and Elizabeth Zemanski. “Contemplative Pedagogy - How to Use Mindfulness Activities to Overcome Classroom Distractions.” Webinar. Center for Faculty Excellence Knowledge Share Webinar Series. Center for Faculty Excellence. Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, OH. February 17, 2016.

"Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Strategies.” Lilly Conference Series on College and University Teaching and Learning: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning. Online. 1996 words. October 2014. Peer Reviewed.

Select Professional Presentations

“All Grown Up: Picture Books Are For Adults Too.” Co-presented with Elizabeth Zemanski for The Mazza Museum Summer Conference, Findlay, July 2024.

“(Re)Creating Critical Learning: Creative and Reflective Strategies for Student Engagement.” Presented with Dr. Cheryl Hoy, Elizabeth Zemanski, and Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick. Lilly Conference Series on College and University Teaching
and Learning: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning. Traverse City, October 18-20, 2018.

“Locating the Present Moment: Finding the Mind/Body Connection in an Embodied Classroom.” Presented with Dr. Cheryl Hoy at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Portland, March 2017.  

“The Art of Visual Thinking: New Approaches for Student Assignments.” Presented with Dr. Cheryl Hoy and Elizabeth Zemanski. Lilly Conference Series on College and University Teaching and Learning:  Evidence Based Teaching and Learning. Traverse City, October 20-22, 2016.

Service & Community Engagement

Moderator, Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival, 2024.

Table Showcasing Environmentally Minded Picture Books. City of BG Earth Day, 2024.

Read Aloud at Crim Elementary: ENG 3420 Student Final Projects, Bowling Green.

Faculty Facilitator, Service-Learning Faculty Learning Community Cohort 2018-2020, BGSU.

Faculty Advisor, Campus Cursive Student Group

Faculty Mentor, Hoskins Global Scholarship Program