Elissa Weeks Stogner

Elissa Weeks Stogner serves as the Writing Placement Assessment Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Loyola University Chicago. She holds a PhD from the University of California at Riverside (2010). Her research focuses on rhetoric and composition, 19th-century American fiction, and literary realism/naturalism. She has contributed to pedagogical resources such as Instructor’s Manual for Techniques for College Writing and the St. Martin’s Guide to Writing resource manual.

• Education: PhD in English, University of California at Riverside (2010)

Her research explores intersections between rhetorical theory and 19th-century American literature, including studies of Rebecca Harding Davis’s narratives and the rhetoric of American realism. Recent presentations include analyses of identity narratives in 19th-century fiction and the pedagogical implications of realist literary techniques.

Publications include co-authored instructional materials for college writing courses, emphasizing thesis development and composition strategies. No awards or grants explicitly listed, though her contributions to writing pedagogy demonstrate sustained academic engagement.