Alison Ersheid
Assistant Professor
Main Hall 104
AErsheid@wcupa.edu
Education
- M.F.A. Fiction Writing, George Mason University
- Ph.D. Literacy, St. John’s University
Interests
- Retention and persistence in underprepared writers
- First year writing
- Professional and Technical Writing
- Mentoring Programs
- Short fiction
Publications
Ersheid, A., "SUPPORTING UNDERPREPARED WRITERS IN AN ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROGRAM" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 786. https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations/786
Ersheid, A., Konigsberg, L., McVeigh, M., Pearson, N., & Kahn, S. (2024). Claiming and Being Claimed by Writing Studies: Negotiating Identities for Creative Writers Teaching Composition. In L. C. Lewis (Ed.), Pivotal Strategies: Claiming Writing Studies as Discipline (pp. 105–130). University Press of Colorado. http://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.16148253.11
Blake, M.F., Ersheid, A., Sancak-Marusa, I., & Woodlief, K. (2022). The Effects of a Writing Peer Mentor Program on Developmental Writing Students. The Chronical of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(15), 643-648.