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Joelle Renstrom

Instructor College of General Studies College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University

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Joelle Renstrom is a rhetoric instructor at BU’s College of General Studies and a writing instructor in BU’s College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program.

She writes intersectional essays that explore travel, writing, literature, teaching, and science and technology. In her 2015 collection of essays, Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature, each chapter’s narrative arc is formed and informed by the act of reading literature that seems specifically written for the exact moment and place in which it is read. She is the recipient of two Somerville Arts Council fellowships, a Solas travel writing award, and a fellowship from the Writers’ Room of Boston.

Joelle’s work often explores the effects of technology on humans’ perceptions of and experiences in the world and her science writing considers the future as a place, inhabited perhaps by humans and perhaps by something else. She maintains an award-winning blog, Could This Happen, about the relationship between science and science fiction. She’s the robot columnist at the Daily Beast, a frequent contributor to Slate, and a contributing writer for Panorama, the Journal of Intelligent Travel. Her other work has appeared in The Guardian, Cognoscenti, LitHub, Guernica, and others.

Joelle teaches writing and research at Boston University, and her classes focus on science fiction, space, and artificial intelligence.

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Of course ‘Doctor Who’s’ new star is a woman. Sci-fi has always been about progress.

July 18, 2017

Washington Post by Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies “This weekend, fans learned that Jodie Whittaker will be the new Doctor in the long-running series “Doctor Who,” the first woman to play the protagonist who has regenerated a dozen times before, always as a white man…” View full article. 

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A Former Charter School Teacher Wades Into The Debate

November 3, 2016

WBUR Cognoscenti Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies “I support public schools and attended them from kindergarten through high school…” View full article

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What If ‘Internet For Everyone’ Isn’t Such A Good Idea?

July 29, 2016

WBUR “Cognoscenti” By Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies Facebook recently announced the successful test flight of Aquila, an unmanned, solar-powered plane that can provide internet access to people in remote and previously unconnected areas… View full article by expert Joelle Renstrom

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As a teacher, I know plagiarism when I see it

July 20, 2016

The Guardian By Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies As a writing teacher at Boston University I can usually detect plagiarism. When you read someone’s writing week after week, sometimes all it takes is a suspiciously elegant turn of phrase or a sophisticated syntactical structure to raise a red flag… View full article by expert […]

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My Super Tuesday Dilemma: What Would Dad Do?

February 25, 2016

WBUR “Cognoscenti” By Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies The summer I turned 16, I got my first two jobs: working at Sweetwater’s Donut Mill and canvassing for the Kalamazoo Democratic Party. Donuts and democrats might seem an odd combination for a teenager, but it’s a perfect characterization of my childhood… View full article by […]

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Now Joining the Debate About Introverts and Extroverts: This Robot

February 2, 2016

Inc. Joelle Renstrom, College of General Studies Would you be more receptive to working with a robot if the robot–like a human–knew when to make direct eye contact, and when to look away?… Expert quote: “Social robots have already redefined the landscape when it comes to, for example, teaching autistic children how to identify facial […]

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