Sarah Franco

Visiting Assistant Professor

Sarah Franco is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Charleston. She received a Ph.D. in English, with a concentration in composition and rhetoric, from the University of New Hampshire, and enjoys teaching first-year writing and courses in literature and the humanities. Her research interests include the teaching of writing, psychotherapy and narrative therapy, Veteran studies, and feminist research practices. She is certified in the teaching of mindfulness meditation and regularly integrates mindfulness practices into teaching and writing.

Education

Ph.D., English, with a focus in Compositon and Rhetoric, University of New Hampshire

M.A., English, Simmons College

M.A.T., Simmons College

B.A., English and Psychology, University of Rochester

Research Interests 

· First-Year Writing

· Psychotherapy and Narrative Therapy

· Public Space and Memory

· Veteran Studies

· Feminist Research Methods

Publications

“‘Madness’ as a Rhetorical Tool: Examining the Rhetorical Techniques of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Sexton and Their Influence on Patriarchal Discourse.” Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics? Locations, Scholarship, Discourse. Ed. Kirsti Cole. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014. 57-66.

“Claiming an Education: Using Archival Research to Build a Community of Practice.” Cowritten with Molly Tetreault and Patty Wilde. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 16.3, 2019. 25-33.

“Talking Back: Writing Assistants Renegotiate the Public Memory of Writing Centers.” Cowritten with Molly Tetreault and Patty Wilde. Pedagogies of Public Memory: Teaching Writing and Rhetoric at Museums, Archives, and Memorials. Eds. Jane Greer and Laurie Grobman. Routledge: New York, 2015.