Dr. Gloria J. Kerr

Assistant Professor of English  

Placid Hall, Room 406
724-805-2202 (on campus ext. 2202)
gloria.kerr@email.stvincent.edu  

Dr. Kerr teaches composition classes that emphasize the writing process and American literature classes. Her dissertation dealt with multi-ethnic literatures of the United States. Outside the classroom, she is an avid gardener who is proud of her Garden Club's work in Punxsutawney, home of the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, the February 2nd weather prognosticator. She is passionate about teaching, her G-men (Gloria's husband and 2 kitty guys), civic service activities in her community, and life! If she were an 'animal,' a perceptive student told her she'd probably be a hummingbird because she's always busy 'humming' with movement, ideas, and energy.

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996
M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Master's Equivalency in Counseling, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1983
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1970

Dr. Kerr's CV

Courses Taught

Multiethnic Literature of the U.S.
American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War
American Literature: Civil War to the Present
Green Writing
Language and Rhetoric 
Methods & Techniques of Research
African American Literature