Meghan A. Sweeney

Meghan A. Sweeney is an Associate Professor and Director of the Writing Studies Program at Saint Mary's College of California's School of Liberal Arts. Her research focuses on postsecondary literacies, writing program administration, and equity in higher education.

• PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from University of Nevada, Reno (2015)
• MA in Writing from San Francisco State University (2006)
• BA in English Literature from University of California, Irvine (1998)

Her work explores literacy studies, feminist rhetorics, and reading/writing pedagogy. She currently collaborates with inter-institutional teams to study state legislation inequities and develops open-access textbooks.

Recent publications address educational equity (2021), reading pedagogy (2021), and emotional responses to reading (2019). Her scholarly focus intersects with writing assessment, curriculum design, and identity construction.

She serves as Office Location: Dante Hall 320 and contributes to journals like Journal of Writing Assessment, WPA: Writing Program Administration, and Composition Studies.