Sarah L. Skripsky, Ph.D.
Reynolds Hall 102
Tuesday 3:15-4:45 p.m. & Thursday 10:00-11:30 a.m. (Reynolds 102 or by appt. on Google Meet)
Friday 8:45 a.m.-2:00 p.m. by appointment only (Voskuyl Library 215, Dining Commons, or Google Meet)
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 Westmont, 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 Westmont:
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