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Paige Gray

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., English, University of Southern Mississippi
  • M.A., English, University of Southern Mississippi
  • M.A., journalism, Columbia College Chicago
  • B.A., English, Indiana University

Credentials

  • Professor, liberal arts, 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
  • Visiting assistant professor, Department of English, 2016–2018, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
  • Visiting assistant professor, Department of English and Philosophy, 2015–2016, United States Military Academy at West Point, NY
  • Graduate instructor, Department of English, 2011–2015, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Teaching Experience

  • Media Literacy (ENGL 116), Fort Lewis College, Fall 2016–Spring 2018
  • Semantics (ENGL 265), Fort Lewis College, Spring, 2017–Spring 2018
  • Media Writing Topics (ENGL 315), Fort Lewis College, Fall 2016–Spring 2018
  • Adviser for Student Newspaper (ENGL 250/350), Fort Lewis College, Fall 2016–Spring 2018
  • Current Events and Trends in Media (ENGL 219), Fort Lewis College, Fall 2016
  • Literature (EN102), United States Military Academy at West Point, Spring, Summer 2016
  • Composition (EN101), United States Military Academy at West Point, Fall 2015
  • World Literature, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2013–2015
  • Survey of American Literature I (ENG 370), The University of Southern Mississippi, Fall 2014
  • Online Composition II (ENG 102), The University of Southern Mississippi, Fall 2014
  • Expanded Composition (ENG 100E, 101E), The University of Southern Mississippi, 2012–2013
  • Composition I and II (ENG 101, 102), The University of Southern Mississippi, 2011–2012; Fall 2013

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Honorable Mention for the 2016–2017 Research Society for American Periodicals Article Prize 
  • Teaching Empowerment Team, Fort Lewis College, 2016
  • Nominee, Graduate Assistant of the Year, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2015
  • Helen Bahr Graduate Research Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2015 and 2013
  • Lillian Gary Taylor Fellowship in American Literature, The University of Virginia, 2014
  • Nomination for 2014 University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Student Innovation Award, 2013
  • Children's Literature Association Graduate Student Honor Essay Award, 2013
  • James Sims Essay Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2013
  • Alternate for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Program, 2013
  • AAUW Hoffman Scholarship, 2012–2013
  • First-place English Graduate Organization Essay Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2012
  • English Graduate Organization Travel Grant Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2011–2015
  • Teaching assistantship, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2010-2015

Organizations

  • Children's Literature Association Publicity Committee Chair, 2018–2021
  • Children's Literature Association Publicity Committee, 2015–2018
  • Assessment committee, Fort Lewis College, Fall 2016–Spring 2017
  • Thesis committee member, United States Military Academy, Spring 2016
  • John Calabro Night of the Arts Visual Arts Judging Committee, United States Military Academy, Spring 2016
  • Academy Idol Dramatic Monologue Competition Committee, United States Military Academy, Spring 2016
  • Moderator, Undergraduate Research Symposium, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014 and 2015

Publications and presentations

  • Sustainability Summit, Environmental Center, Fort Lewis College, 2017
  • Composition Pedagogy Forum, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2015
  • English Graduate Organization Professionalization Workshop, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014
  • Composition Pedagogy Forum, The University of Southern Mississippi, April 2014
  • Faculty Graduate Research Colloquium, The University of Southern Mississippi, Sept. 2012
  • Children’s Literature Reading Group, The University of Southern Mississippi
    • "Jerry Griswold's Audacious Kids" (April 2013)
    • "The Picture Books of Kevin Henkes" (Feb. 2013)
    • "The Work of Maurice Sendak" (Sept. 2012)
  • New Mexico Press Association Convention, Las Vegas, N.M., 2010

Media and public engagements

  • Panelist "The Changing Face of Journalism," May 2018
  • Guest on The Matt Townsend Show, Sirius Radio, Oct. 2016