Faculty
Sarah L. Skripsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Director of the Writing Center, and Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) Coordinator
Reynolds Hall 102
By appointment.
Rhetoric and composition (epideictic rhetoric, minority and women’s rhetorics, rhetoric
in the Christian tradition; composition pedagogy and assessment, writing across the
curriculum [WAC], writing center studies); postcolonial literature and theory (literary
nationalism, periodical studies), spiritual writing
Director of Writers’ Corner (writing center)
Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) Coordinator
Dr. Skripsky graduated from Northwestern College with a major in Humanities and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in English at Texas Christian University, where she developed a passion for writing centers. At ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, she directs Writers’ Corner and teaches English and interdisciplinary studies courses. Her scholarship includes a comparative study of writing centers at Christian colleges, a narrative analysis of suffrage cartoons, a study of Virginia Woolf’s influence on Alice Walker’s womanist prose, and a chapter on mentoring student researchers using digital reference tools. She also enjoys crafting creative non-fiction and poetry—ideally, in community with other writers of faith.
Courses taught at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½:
ENG-002 Composition
IS-010H (ASP/Honors) Faith Seeking Understanding
IS-020H (ASP/Honors) Pilgrim Citizens
ENG-044 Studies in World Literature
ENG-087 Introduction to Journalism
ENG-104 Modern Grammar & Advanced Composition
ENG-143 Topics in Writing: Spiritual Writing
ENG-165 Topics in World Literature: Postcolonial Literature
ENG-167 Writers' Corner [Writing Center] Practicum
APP/ENG-168 Horizon [Journalism] Practicum
ENG-192 Capstone