Cathy Skinner
Cathy Skinner, Senior Instructor

Department of English
323 Shanks Hall
180 Turner Street, NW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-8340 | lskinner@vt.edu
Cathy Skinner is a senior instructor in the Department of English. The intellectual well-being of students is her primary concern. Skinner has enjoyed life at Virginia Tech and continues her commitment to the liberal arts.
- Writing instruction
- Teaching literature: American, British, Women’s, Short Fiction, Poetry
- Course advising; progress to degree
- Personal narrative; general research; literary analysis
- Social groups; individual conferences
- B.A. Social Work, Longwood University
- M.A. English, Virginia Tech
- Work with Sigma Tau Delta
- Faculty advisor university magazine
- Joyce Smoot Teaching Award Department of English
- College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Undergraduate Advising Excellence
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