Christa Albrecht-Crane

Faculty Member

Professor Christa Albrecht-Crane

Biography

Professor Albrecht-Crane has been teaching at UVU since 2001. Her areas of speciality are critical and cultural theory, cultural studies, and writing studies. She is currently serving as chair of the English department's Writing Program Committee. She has published many articles and has co-edited a collection of essays on film adaptation theory with Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in 2014. She holds a baccalaureate degree from the University of Munich in Germany; she earned an MA in American Studies from Washington State University and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University. She lives in Orem with her spouse and two lovely dogs. Her two sons graduated from UVU with degrees in mathematics and now live and work in Oregon and Arkansas.

Education

PhD, Michigan Technological University, 2001

Major: Rhetoric and Technical Communication

MA, Washington State University, 1997

Major: American Studies

BA, Ludwig Maximilians University, 1994

Major: American Studies

Teaching

ENGL 2010

Intermediate Academic Writing, Fall 2024

ENGL 4790

Literary Studies Capstone, Fall 2024

ENGL 481R

Internship, Spring 2024

ENGL 4790

Literary Studies Capstone, Spring 2024

ENGL 401R

Topics in Rhetoric, Spring 2024

Presentations

Albrecht-Crane, Christa , SIGDOC 2025, "Thinking Smarter, not Harder? Google NotebookLM's Frictionless Design and Its Cost to Writing Pedagogy", Association for Computing Machinery, Lubbock, Texas. (October, 2025)
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , Computers and Writing, "Reimagining Authorship in the Age of GenAI--Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities", Unversity of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. (May 16, 2025)
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , CHSS Teaching Committee, "A (Desperate) Argument in Favor of Hard Reading in the Age of AI", College of Humanities and Social Sciences, UVU. (February 20, 2025)
Albrecht-Crane, Christa (Panelist), Ethics Awareness Week, "AI in Higher Education", Center for the Study of Ethics, UVU. (September 26, 2024)
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , CHSS Teaching Committee, "Critical AI Literacy", College of Humanities and Social Sciences, UVU. (April 10, 2024)
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , 2024 Symposium on Teaching and Learning, "Critical AI Literacy Partnerships in the Classroom and the Writing Center (with Joni Hayward Marcum)", Office of Teaching and Learning, UVU. (March 28, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Albrecht-Crane, Christa , Comi, Dana , Flanagan, Suzan , Weech, Shelton , (2024) "Situated AI Usage_ A Methodological Approach to Generative AI User Research" . ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641237.3691660
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , (2020) "Pedagogy as Friendship" . USA: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203701652-3
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , Stivale, Charles , (2011) "Style/Stutter“" . Gilles Deleuze_ Key Concepts.
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , Cutchins, Dennis , (2010) "Adaptation Studies_ New Approaches" . Farleigh Dickinson University Press. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780838642627/Adaptation-Studies-New-Approaches
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , (2005) "PEDAGOGY AS FRIENDSHIP" (Issue: 4, vol. 19). Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502380500219548
Albrecht-Crane, Christa , (2003) "An Affirmative Theory of Desire" (Issue: 3, vol. 23). Journal of Advanced Composition.

Awards

Dean’s Award of Excellence in Service

College of Humanities & Social Sciences - April, 2024

Flexible Teaching Award -- Best Online Delivery

OTL, UVU - March 7, 2023

Won second place; award recognizes faculty's efforts to provide outstanding teaching efforts in online classes, specifically in the area of course delivery.

Faculty Excellence Award

Faculty Senate at Utah Valley University - April, 2020

The purpose of the Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award is to recognize faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Dean's Recognition Award - Scholarly Research

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UVU - May, 2011

Faculty Excellence Award

Faculty Senate, Utah Valley University - April, 2005

The purpose of the Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award is to recognize faculty who have made significant contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.