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Stacey Sheriff

Title

Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Writing Department

Department

Writing Department

Information

Address

5292 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

Title Course Number(s) Section(s)
First-Year Writing: Rhetoric, Writing, and Social Change WD115A A
Topics in Writing: Communicating Across Difference EN202,    WD202 A,    A
First-Year Writing: Where are You Going, Where Have You Been? WD115K B

Dr. Stacey Sheriff is Associate Professor of Writing and Chair of the Writing Department at Colby College, where she also teaches first-year writing, rhetoric, and communication. She holds a Ph.D. in English, specializing in Rhetoric and Composition, from The Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include WAC and writing program design; Generative AI, sycophancy, and cognitive engagement; faculty development; and rhetorical theory. Stacey was the primary investigator for a $216,000 Davis Foundation grant to develop multilingual writing support and Colby’s Writing-Enriched Curriculum initiative. She has published in Rhetorica, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and Technical Writing Quarterly as well as peer-reviewed chapters in four edited collections, including, most recently, Writing-Enriched Curricula: Models of Faculty-Driven and Departmental Transformation and Diverse Approaches to Teaching, Learning, and Writing Across the Curriculum.

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 (WAC) and writing program design
  • Writing-related faculty development