English Faculty: Zandra L. Jordan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English

Department of English
306 Cosby Academic Center
Spelman College
350 Spelman Lane
Box 745
Atlanta, GA 30314
(404) 270-6058
Fax: (404) 270-5581

E-mail: zjordan@spelman.edu

Courses

English 103 First-year Composition
English 150 Grammar and Style
English 250 Grammar for the Professions
English 285 Introduction to Critical Studies in English
English 286 Investigation
English 287 Argumentation
English 387 Ethnographic Writing

Degrees

Ph.D. University of Michigan
M.A.T. Brown University
B.A. Spelman College

Current Research

Zandra Jordan's research focuses on African American language and literacies, rhetoric and the Black Church, and faith and composition. Her forthcoming publications include "Students' Right, African American English, and Classroom Writing Assessment: Considering the HBCU" and "Calling Confessions: Understanding the Black Woman's Call to Ministry and Vocation."

Two of her current projects are "The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Faith and Persuasion in the Obama Era" and "Liberating Literacy: Re-Visioning the Link Between Literacy and Freedom in Douglass' 1845 Narrative."

Recent Honors and Awards

Spelman College Faculty Development Grant (Spring 2010)
Junior Faculty Leave (Spring 2009)
English 103 Mellon Faculty Fellow (2009)
Finalist, SUNY Press Dissertation First Book Prize in African American Studies (2008)
Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award, NCTE (2008)
UNCF / Mellon Faculty Research Seminar (Summer 2006)