Shireen Campbell

Professor of English & Chair of Educational Studies | Director of the College Writing Program

Education

  • Ph.D. Tulane University
  • B.A. Florida Atlantic University

Background

I teach a variety of literature courses, with special interest in genre fictions, fanfiction, young adult fiction, and contemporary women writers, as well as writing courses, including creative nonfiction, memoir, professional writing, and writing with the community.  I founded and, until recently, directed the college Writing Center and have research interests in writing center theory and practice, second language writing, digital writing, and information fluency.  I currently direct our first-year WRI program, which plays a crucial role in helping students transition to reading, research and writing practices requisite in college.

Currently, I am collaborating with my colleague Rebeca Fernandez on a longitudinal project examining the rhetorical and linguistic development of advanced multilingual writers.  Recent conference presentations have focused on shifts in syntactic complexity (AAAL 2019), potential correlations between complexity and cultural relevance of paper topics (SLWS 2018), and the impacts of covid on incoming international writing (SLWS 2023).

My other major interest is in book censorship in schools, particularly in regard to school libraries amid the recent upsurge in efforts to purge books from school collections.  I鈥檝e participated in , given presentations, and about this compelling challenge to the student right to receive information that accompanies the first amendment right to receive information.

Teaching

  • ENG 110  Growing Up America
  • ENG 201 Professional Writing
  • ENG 220 Literary Analysis
  • ENG 231 Young Adult Literature
  • ENG 301 Creative Nonfiction
  • ENG 375  Fanfiction
  • ENG 498 Honors Research
  • WRI 101  Commemoration
  • Seminars on memoir, Virginia Woolf, and multicultural children's literature

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