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Current students in the Composition, Rhetoric, and English Studies (CRES) program at the
University of Alabama are working towards either M.A. or Ph.D. degrees. We have come
from different parts of the country and the globe, and we are engaged in a range of projects.
CRES ALUMNI
are employed in academic positions in community colleges, four-year institutions, universities, and law schools
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Regina Golar
Hometown: Selma, Alabama;
B.A.: Stillman College;
M.A.: The University of Alabama;
Ph.D. The University of Alabama;
Areas of Interest: cultural studies, basic writing, and technological pedagogy;
Dissertation title: African American English: Affirming Spaces for
Linguistic Identity within the Composition Classroom
CONGRATULATIONS DR. REGINA GOLAR! Dissertation successfully defended: 18 April 2011.
Hired for assistant professor position at Judson College, Marion, AL: June 2011.
Kedra James
Hometown: Itta Bena, Mississippi;
B.A.: Tougaloo College;
M.A. Kansas State University;
Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2012);
Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, basic and developmental
writing, literacy studies, technology and writing, African American
English, and technical writing;
Dissertation title: First-Year Writing Programs at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities
Amanda Stevens
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio;
B.A. The College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio;
M.A.: The University of Alabama (2010);
Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2013);
Areas of interest: Visual rhetoric, rhetorical theory, cultural studies,
and composition pedagogy
Erin Chandler
Hometown: Jemison, Alabama;
B.A. Auburn University;
M.A.: The University of Alabama;
Ph.D.: The University of Alabama (expected 2012);
Areas of interest: Historiography, religious rhetoric (especially
in the South), social movements, cultural studies (especially imprisonment
and punishment discourse), and technical and professional communication
Syreeta Lyons-Burns
Hometown: Eunice, Louisiana;
B.A. Wiley College, Marshall, TX;
M.A. Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA;
Ph.D.: The University of Alabama (expected 2013);
Areas of interest: Technological pedagogy, composition pedagogy, writing centers,
basic and developmental writing, and ESL writing
Elizabeth Ellis
Hometown: Clinton, Mississippi;
B.A. Mississippi College;
M.A.: The University of Alabama;
Areas of interest: Visual studies, theories on memory and textuality,
creative nonfiction, literature and the environment
CONGRATULATIONS ELIZABETH ELLIS, M.A.! M.A. successfully completed: April 2011.
Joining the Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Maryland,
fall 2011
Michael Johnson
Hometown: West Salem, OH;
B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH;
M.A.: The University of Alabama (expected 2012);
Areas of interest: first-year and advanced instruction, writing centers,
composition pedagogy
Yongcui (Kimberly) Yu
Hometown: Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China;
B.A. Ocean University of China;
M.A. Ocean University of China;
Ph.D.: The University of Alabama (expected 2015);
Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, writing centers, and ESL writing
Jennie Vaughn
Hometown: Jacksonville, AL;
B.A. Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL;
M.S.Ed., Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL;
Ph.D., The University of Alabama (expected 2015);
Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, technology and writing, writing centers
Allen Harrell
Hometown: Jackson, AL;
B.A. Universisty of South Alabama, Mobile, AL;
M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2012);
Areas of interest: community-colleges and the non-traditional student,
composition pedagogy, and rhetorical theory
Mary Payne
Hometown: Ozark, AL;
B.A.: Troy University, Dothan, AL;
M.A. The University of Alabama;
Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2016);
Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, community colleges and
non-traditional students, professional and technical writing
Andy Currie
Hometown: Fayette, AL;
B.A.: Mississippi University for Women;
M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2013);
Areas of interest: community literacy, regional linguistics, portable
technology and literacy/reading habits
Collyn Warner
Hometown: Shelby, NC;
B.A.: Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC;
M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2013);
Areas of interest: feminist rhetoric, gender studies, global rhetoric,
political rhetoric, cultural studies, literacy inequalities, and
professional writing.
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