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      • Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh
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Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
19th century british women writers
composition
first year writing
journal writing
personal writing
Related People
Albert Wray
Rebecca Agosta
Aaron Toscano
Gretchen Pratt
Ashlyn Walden
Jonah Elrod
Rick Dior
Cathy Mahaffey
Ronald Lunsford
Meaghan Rand
Lynn Raymond
Linda Hofmann

wertz-orbaugh[1]Education

  • B.A. Queens University ( Charlotte , NC ), 1982
  • M.A. University of North Carolina at Charlotte , 1994
  • Completed Doctoral studies, University of South Carolina , 2004

Areas of Interest

  • Composition and First Year Writing
  • Journal and “Personal” Writing
  • 19 th Century British Women Writers

Selected Publications and Presentations

“Collaboration 101: What the Teacher Learned.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York , NY 2003

Wertz-Orbaugh, Tonya L. “Catharine Amy Dawson Scott.” Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century British Women Poets. Ed. William B. Thesing. Dictionary of Literary Biography: Volume 240. Detroit and San Francisco : The Gale Group, 2001. 246-51.

“Whose Text Is This Anyway? Irony and Manipulation in Murdoch’s The Black Prince.” Philological Association of the Carolinas . Winthrop University , Rock Hill , SC 2000

“Subversions of Beauty: Literary Annuals and Women Writers.” Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference. Albuquerque , NM 1999

Courses Taught

  • English 1101 Freshman Composition
  • English 1102 Writing in the Academic Community
  • English 1103 Accelerated College Writing

Professional Appointments & University Service

  • UNC Charlotte since 2008
  • Faculty Advisor: Chi Omega Fraternity, 2008 to present

Awards

  • UNC Charlotte Greek Week Faculty Award, April 2008
  • Irene D. Elliott Teaching Award, Department of English. University of South Carolina , 2002
  • Outstanding Faculty Member. Towers Residence Halls. University of South Carolina , 2002

Community Involvement

  • Board Member and Secretary. Kenya Partners. http://www.kenya-partners.org
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