Seema Mukhi Dahlheimer

Teaching focus

Seema Dahlheimer's pedagogical approach is to make her classes as active as possible, because she truly believes we learn best through doing and we learn best from each other. She especially likes getting to know her students as people — their interests, backgrounds and goals.

Biography

Seema Dahlheimer is a teaching professor of Technical Writing and the Director of the Engineering Communication Center. She has been with the McKelvey School since 2008, and with WashU for about 25 years (first as a student, then as an instructor). She also teaches Engineering Leadership & Team Building, Engineers in the Community, and Reflective Writing in Medicine and Healthcare. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri–St. Louis, an MA in English with a Teaching of Writing concentration from Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville, and a BA in English and Secondary Education from WashU, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of San Diego in Education for Social Justice.

Prof. Dahlheimer is a writer, an educator, and a lover of all things writing-related. Her experience includes teaching writing at WashU, Fontbonne University, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Webster University, and St. Louis Community College. She has also consulted as a writing coach and freelance writer in fields such as finance, law, public engagement, health care, and technology. She also tutors high school students and college students in writing and standardized test preparation.

Outside of WashU, Prof. Dahlheimer enjoys participating in advocacy work in St. Louis, writing fiction, dabbling in other creative fields, watching a whole lot of Star Trek, and spending time with her family— her husband (who is a McKelvey alum) and two sons.

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