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Stacey Sheriff

Title

Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Program

Department

Writing Program

Information

Address

5292 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
WD115A First-Year Writing: Rhetoric, Writing, and Social Change A

Dr. Sheriff holds a Ph.D. in English, specializing in Rhetoric & Composition, from The Pennsylvania State University. She is Director of the Writing Department and Assistant Professor of Writing at Colby College where she also teaches first-year writing and rhetoric. She also has a background in technical writing, histories of rhetoric, and new media. Her research interests include Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), rhetorical theory and histories, and multilingual writing. She has published articles and reviews in Rhetorica, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and Technical Writing Quarterly. Recent publications include chapters in the edited collections Writing Program Architecture: Thirty Cases for Reference and Research and The Internationalization of U.S. Writing Programs. Stacey was also the primary investigator for a recent Davis Foundation grant to support multilingual writing and a Writing-Enriched Curriculum initiative.

Education

  • Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, English, specialist in Rhetoric & Composition
  • B.A., Dartmouth College, English and Environmental Studies

Areas of Expertise

  • Rhetoric & Composition
  • Writing Across the Curriculum
  • Progressive Era Women's History
  • Professional Writing