Pamela Chisum

Aug: 3- Sept. 11: Writing Center operations are modified Aug. 3-Sept. 11 due to construction on the fourth floor of the Teaching and Learning Complex. Consultations will be virtual and center staff will relocate to Room 1211 in the Teaching and Learning Complex. Read our update for details.

Pamela Chisum

Lecturer

Voorhies 225
Office Hours
Tuesday 1:45 to 2:45p.m and 4:45 to 5:45p.m Voorhies 225
Thursday 10:45 to 12:45p.m. via Zoom and by appointment

Biography:

I have been teaching writing since 2004, including entry-level courses, First Year Composition, Business Writing, Technical and Professional Writing, Writing in the Health Professions, Writing in Science, Environmental Writing, Writing in Food Science, Digital Technology and Culture, and Indigenous Rhetorics. I also have over 30 years of business experience to bring to the classroom.

Research Areas:

Indigenous and digital rhetoric, Composition, ELL

Teaching Areas:

Writing with AI, social media and identity, and Indigenous rhetorics.

Education:

Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, Washington State University, 2013

M.A. in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing, Stanislaus State, 2007

B.A. in English, Creative Writing, San Francisco State University, 1992