Bio

Dr. Amy Gerald is an Assistant Professor of English and earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a specialty in Rhetoric and Composition. She also has a graduate certificate in Women's Studies, an MA in English from Appalachian State University and a BA in English from Wake Forest University. Dr. Gerald's scholarship lies in the intersection of feminism, rhetoric, and writing, with work appearing in journals such as Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, Composition Studies, the Journal of Advanced Composition, Feminist Teacher, the Writing Lab Newsletter and the collection The Teacher's Body: Embodiment, Authority, and Identity in the Academy.