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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