People
Faculty
Amber Nichols-Buckley
Titles
Education
- M.Ed. in Curriculum Instruction/Secondary English, 2006
- B.A.E. in English Education, 2004
Teaching and Research Interests
- Writing across the curriculum
- Southern Studies (particularly food writing)
- The Short Story
- 20th century African-American literature
Grants & Awards
- Fellowship in the 2006 University of Mississippi Writing Project Summer Institute
Presentation Experience
- Oxford, MS: Lead presenter at a University of Mississippi Writing Project’s Summer Institute session in June 2007. The presentation was titled, “Using Dialect to Engage the Writing Community.“
- Nashville, TN: Co-presenter at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference in November 2006. The presentation was titled, “Teaching the Unlovable and Loving It: Motivating Reluctant Learners.”
- Tupelo, MS: Lead presenter at the University of Mississippi Writing Project’s Back-to-School Boot Camp in August 2006. The presentation was titled, “Sentence Solutions: Using Literature to teach the Mechanics of Writing.”
