Rebecca Dosch Brown
Student Services Adviser
360 Education Sciences Building
For appointments, call 612-625-3339
Direct: 612-624-7184
dosch018@umn.edu
Advises for undergraduate programs in
About Me
I have been an academic adviser since 2006. Before then I worked as a university lecturer, a classroom teacher, a poet-in-the-schools, and as a teacher-trainer. I studied and worked in Japan for over twelve years as well.
My academic background and experience is in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), world literature, creative writing, disability rights, and culturally-responsive education. I have a B.A. in English literature (University of Minnesota), an M.F.A. in creative writing (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), and post-graduate certificates in educational technologies (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and disability policy and services (University of Minnesota). I am deeply interested in how we can build interdependent, inclusive learning communities.
I enjoy traveling to large cities with my son and my husband, and I also write poems and flash fiction whenever I can.
My goal as your academic adviser is to be positive and supportive of your professional and personal development. I will always encourage you to access the many opportunities available to you at the University of Minnesota. I am hopeful that you, as a future educator and youth worker, will grow into an empathetic and engaged life-long learner.
I look forward to working with you!
Rebecca
Drop-in Advising
During the summer months, drop-in advising hours are not regularly held. Please call CEHD Student Services at 612-625-3339 to schedule an appointment.
Drop-in hours will be different for every adviser.
- Drop-in advising is usually limited to a 10 to 15 minute session. Students needing more time should schedule a 30 minute appointment by calling Student Services at 612-625-3339.
Example of Issues for Drop-in Advising
- Review of classes and class schedule
- APAS review and updates
- Petition discussions
- Signatures for academic forms
- Short Q&A
- General discussion
- Non-academic topics (such as time management, connecting on campus, etc.)
Professional Development
Select Highlights and Interests
Equity and diversity related development
- Coordinator of inclusive education awareness and bullying prevention events at K-8 school
- Disability community and bullying prevention community ally and advocate
- LEND family mentor for fostering pre-professionals understanding of autism
- Mentor for first-generation, low-income students in accessing scholarships
- Presenter at Minnesota Chapter of National Association for Multicultural Education Conference
- Dismantling Racism and White Privilege in Student Affairs: From Recruitment to Graduation
- In progress: University of Minnesota Equity and
Diversity Certificate
Awards
- Buckman Fellow in sustainable philanthropy
- Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant recipient: history of disability sites
- Loft Literary Arts Mentor Series program poet-mentee
