Professor Emerita
Dr. Sandra Archer Young joined the Columbia International University faculty in 2013. Prior to joining the 自慰视频 family, she served as Program Director for the English Education at Columbia College and taught literature, writing, methods courses, and First Year English courses (2006-2013). Dr. Young enjoys teaching a variety of literature and composition courses at CIU particularly African American literature, Creative Nonfiction, and Professional Writing.
Since 1981, Dr. Young has been married to Charles, and they are the parents of two grown children, Charlotte and Christopher, and two grandchildren, Tolu and Israel. She spends many hours outside of 自慰视频 interacting with the members of the thirty churches that her husband supervises in his role as a presiding elder in the Seventh Episcopal District A.M.E. Church. Whenever she has free time, you鈥檒l find her reading, writing, and trying to finish a jigsaw puzzle.
Education 听
- PhD, University of South Carolina
- MAT, The Citadel
- Certificate in Bible, Columbia International University
- BA, George Fox University
Selected Publications听听
鈥淭he Power of a Pedicure.鈥 Reachout Columbia. December, 2018.
鈥淩emembering the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney.鈥 The Christian Recorder, June 12, 2017.
听"Using History, Literary Theory, and Reflection to Teach African American Literature." Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice. Vol. 8听 no. 2, Winter, 听2016.听
Contributor. "An 鈥楨nglish Journal鈥 Article that made a Difference: A Forum鈥 by Don Zancanella. 听The English Journal., vol. 101, no. 3, Jan. 2012.
鈥淐oercion or Concern? The Marital Woes of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Moore.鈥澨 College Language Association Journal, Spring, 2012.
Book Review of Urban Verses by Alexis Spencer-Byers, Barclay Press Online Conversation Cafe. August, 2007
鈥淭he Rhetoric of Segregation, Subversion, and Resistance:听 Allen University vs. the State of South Carolina.鈥 The A.M.E. Church Review, July 鈥 September, 2005.
Awards
- The President鈥檚 Award, 自慰视频, 2022.
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Columbia International University. South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, 2019.
- United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry鈥檚 Exemplary Teacher Award, Columbia College, 2010-2011.
- Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence Recipient, Columbia College, 2010-2011.
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