Students in the Program

James E Savage

multilingual education, memory and media, narrative ethics, critical language awareness, qualitative research

James Savage is a term assistant professor who received his MFA in fiction from George Mason in 2005 and his MA in liberal arts from St. John's College in 2009. He is currently teaching courses in the English department and the Honors College while pursuing a PhD in Writing and Rhetoric. He previously taught graduate and undergraduate international students as part of the joint venture between George Mason University and INTO Mason.

Current Research

My current project, I'll Be There: Collected Memories of James Foley, attempts to extend existing research on ethical memory and storytelling. Through the combination of personal experience and theory, I attempt to highlight the potential for memory enacted through story to create peace and forgiveness while exposing the challenges and likely failure of such a project.

Selected Publications

Cohen, R., Darrah, E. Opatosky, D., Savage, J. Stevens, S. The metacognitive student: How to teach academic, social, and emotional intelligence in every content area. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press. Forthcoming April, 2021.

Grants and Fellowships

Curriculum Grant with an Inclusive Teaching Focus, 2024-25 PI: C., Adams Wooten

Language Equity and Inclusion in Action: Redesigning Mason’s Written Communication Curriculum through the Lens of Linguistic Justice Pedagogy

Collaborator (17%)

Courses Taught

ENGH 100: Composition for Multilingual Students

HNRS 122: Reading in the Arts: The Art of Memory

ENGH 302: Advanced Composition

Education

PhD, George Mason, forthcoming fall 2024

MA, St. John's College, 2009

MFA, George Mason University, 2005

BA, University of Michigan, 1996

Recent Presentations

Adams-Wooten, A., Cho, H., Gibson, K., Habib, A., Janisch, J., Lister, L., Paul, E., Savage, J. (2025). Making it mainstream: Honoring students’ language diversity and experiences by cultivating program-wide language equity initiatives. CCCC Annual Convention: Computer Love: Extended Play, B-sides, Remix, Collaboration, and Creativity. Baltimore, MD.

Kirkler, M., Gring-Pemble, L., Savage, J. (2024). Alternative and ungrading roundtable discussion. In-person roundtable discussion as part of the GMU Honors College May meetings. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Habib, A., Lister, L., Paul, L. Savage, J., Adams Wooten, C. (2024). Alternative grading overview and approaches. Online workshop for composition faculty seeking to adapt alternative grading. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Savage, J. (2024). Integrating linguistic justice into 101. Online workshop and teaching demonstration for 101 faculty incorporating linguistic justice and critical language awareness into ENGH 101. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.