Amber Jensen

Research Interests

Teaching Interests

Education

• Ph.D., Writing and Rhetoric , George Mason University (2019)
• M.Ed, Education Policy and Management , Harvard Graduate School of Education (2006)
• B.A., English , Spanish, TESOL K-12, Brigham Young University (2005)

Licenses and Certifications

• National Writing Project, National Writing Project Fellow (2012 - Present)
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), National Board Certification, Adolescent/Young Adult Language Arts (2012 - 2022)
• Commonwealth of Virginia, Professional Teaching License, English 6-12 and TESOL (2007 - 2022)

Honors and Awards

• Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research, Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age (2023 - 2023)
• Humanities+ Student-centered Research Award, BYU College of Humanities (2022 - 2022)
• Jensen-Hutton Grant for Emerging Writing Centers, Secondary School Writing Center Association (2020 - 2020)

Memberships

• Utah Council of Teachers of English (UCTE) (2019 - Present)
• English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) (2016 - Present)
• Secondary School Writing Centers Association (SSWCA) (2013 - Present)
• International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) (2010 - Present)
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (2008 - Present)

Professional Citizenship

• Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, English Teaching: Practice and Critique (2021 - Present)
• Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Teaching/Writing Journal (2020 - Present)
• Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Writing Center Journal (2020 - Present)
• Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools (2020 - Present)
• Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Pedagogy (2019 - Present)
• Board Member, Secondary School Writing Centers Association (2019 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, ELATE Commission on English Teaching Methods (2018 - Present)
• Committee/Council Member, ELATE Commission on Writing Teacher Education (2017 - Present)
• Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, School-University Partnerships Journal (2016 - Present)
• Conference-Related Role, SSWCA + CUWP Conference 2025 (2024 - 2025)
• Editorial Review Board Member, Teachers, Profs, Parents: Writers Who Care (2019 - 2022)
• Committee/Council Member, ELATE Commission on Everyday Advocacy (2018 - 2022)
• Guest Speaker, Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association (2021 - 2021)
• Guest Speaker, Oklahoma State University (2021 - 2021)
• Other, National Writing Project/Everyday Advocacy Working Group (2019 - 2020)
• Other, Everyday Advocacy (Sponsored by NWP and NCTE) (2016 - 2020)
• Editor, Associate Editor, English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) Graduate Strand (2017 - 2019)

Courses Taught

Publications

Presentations