Aaron Thibodeau

Lecturer I
English

Aaron Thibodeau is an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maine and a Co-Director fo the Maine Writing Project. His teaching focuses on how students best learn in modern classroom environments and how that informs teaching practice and pedagogy in ways that invite student-creative agency. His research is creatively driven, engaging with the Gothic, Fairy Tale, and Occult Literary Fiction in both creative and academic spheres.

When not teaching, Aaron is often spending time with his dog, experimenting with new baking recipes, or reading something spooky by candlelight.

Courses Taught

  • ENG 101: College Composition
  • ENG 317: Business and Technical Writing

2026, “Co-Regulation in Action: Embedding One-on-One Writing Consultations in Co-Requisite Instruction,” Conference on College Composition & Communication 2026

2025, “Restoring Relationships in our Writing: Generative AI-Use as Expression of Uncertainty Over Plagiarism,” Northwords Volume 7

2025, “Point of Generation and AI: Engaging AI in the Classroom,” Cultivating Possibilities in Ecosystems of Learning, Maine Council for English Language Arts March 2025

2024, “Point of Generation and AI: Engaging AI in the Classroom,” Maine Writing Project Celebration Conference, Husson University

2024, “Fostering Creativity in the Classroom: Engaging Student Creative Agency,” Ignite Joy–Tending the Spaces Between, Maine Council for English Language Arts March 2024

Education

MA, English and Creative Writing, University of Maine (2024)
BA, English and Creative Writing, Colby College (2021)
Portrait of Aaron Thibodeau
Lecturer I
Co-Director, Maine Writing Project