Sherri Craig

Sherri Craig, Assistant Professor of English

_{Department of English

Virginia Tech

308 Shanks Hall

181 Turner Street, NW

Blacksburg, VA 24060

secraig@vt.edu}

Sherri Craig is an assistant professor of English in the Rhetoric and Writing Program. Her research is multifaceted and encompasses writing across the curriculum; institutional rhetorics; Black feminist studies; critical pedagogy; mentoring; diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in the workplace; and professional writing.

Much of Dr. Craig’s current research activity centers on how Black women and femmes navigate and build community in and across writing studies. Recent responses in the field to calls for more diversity, equity, inclusion, and access have changed and challenged our relationships to each other and the spaces we inhabit. Examining the language and documents created in our ivory towers and hallowed halls for supporting these Black bodies and other historically marginalized folx is the keystone to her work.

Principal Areas of Research Focus

Writing across the curriculum
Writing program administration
Black rhetorics
Critical pedagogy
Diversity in higher education

Education

PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University
MA in Literacy, Technology and Professional Writing, Northern Arizona University
BA in English, Northern Arizona University

Professional Roles

Member at Large Officer, Association for Writing Across the Curriculum
Member, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the Historiy of Rhetoric and Compostion
Member, Coalition for Community Writing

Publications

Journal Articles

Craig, S. (2021). Your contract grading ain’t it. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 44(3), pp. 145-46.

Craig, S. (2016). A story-less generation: Emergent WPAs of color and the loss of identity through absent narratives.” WPA: Writing Program Administration, 39(2), pp. 16-20.

Other Creative Works

Rodríguez, Y., Vilceus, S.S., Laquana Cooke, L., Aguiló-Peréz, E., Craig, S., Vanfosson, J., Dougherty, T., Kuebrich, B., & Burns, M. (2021). Foolery, refusal and possibility: On labor relationalities at predominantly white institutions. Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics.