Lee Bauknight

Lee Bauknight is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Lehigh University's English Department (College of Arts and Sciences), serving as a First-Year Advisor since 2021. Previously, he taught at West Chester University, Penn State Berks, LSU, and USC.

Education:

• MFA in Creative Writing, University of South Carolina, 2002

Research: His work spans rhetoric and composition, creative writing, and writing studies, with focus on writing program administration, teacher preparation, and information literacy instruction. He addresses contemporary issues like "fake news" in writing pedagogy.

Scholarship: Co-author of three writing textbooks (Present Tense, Food, Green) and the short story "Semper Fi" (Yemassee, 2004). His conference presentations at CCCC and MLA examine pedagogical responses to misinformation and teacher professionalization.

Teaching: Courses include Academic and Analytical Writing, Research and Argument, and creative writing. He advises first-year students and has expertise in preparing new composition instructors.