Deborah Schwartz

Deborah Schwartz is an Instructor in the Department of English at The University of Alabama and a faculty member of the UA Early College program, which allows high school students to earn college credits. She also serves as a doctoral student in the College of Education’s Curriculum and Instruction program.

Education:

• Master’s degree in English Education from Troy University.
• Pursuing a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Alabama’s College of Education.

Research Interests:

• Creative Writing
• Composition & Rhetoric
• Literature (with focuses on American and British periods, including Early American, Late American, and 19th/20th-Century British)
• Linguistics/TESOL
• Digital Humanities
• Critical Theory

Teaching and Grants:

• Experience includes teaching high school English/computer science and college-level courses in freshman composition and literature.
• Implemented a federal grant program for at-risk students.

Civic and Professional Activities:

• President of the Englewood Elementary and Hillcrest Middle School Parent-Teacher-Student Organization Executive Boards.
• Board member for the local Boy Scouts of America.
• Professional memberships: National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) and Sloan Consortium (advocating quality online education).