Erin R. McCoy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition & Rhetoric
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Summary
Education: Ph.D., Humanities (focus: Cultural Studies); University of Louisville (2013) Graduate Certificate: Latin American Latino Studies; University of Louisville (2011) M.A., English; Clemson University (2007) B.A., English; Wingate University (2004) Dissertation Title: The Historical and Cultural Meanings of American Music Lyrics from the Vietnam War. Recent Teaching Appointments: Associate Faculty of English, Jefferson Community & Technical College (2008 - present) Associate Faculty of English, Indiana University Southeast (2011) Visiting Professor of English, University of South Carolina, Upstate (2007 - 2008) Updated and complete CV available at ErinRMcCoy.com.
Education: Ph.D., Humanities (focus: Cultural Studies); University of Louisville (2013) Graduate Certificate: Latin American Latino Studies; University of Louisville (2011) M.A., English; Clemson University (2007) B.A., English; Wingate University (2004) Dissertation Title: The Historical and Cultural Meanings of American Music Lyrics from the Vietnam War. Recent Teaching Appointments: Associate Faculty of English, Jefferson Community & Technical College (2008 - present) Associate Faculty of English, Indiana University Southeast (2011) Visiting Professor of English, University of South Carolina, Upstate (2007 - 2008) Updated and complete CV available at ErinRMcCoy.com.
Current Institution | University of South Carolina Beaufort |
Current School | Arts & Sciences |
Department | Department of English & Theater |
Disciplines | |
Current and Past Advisor(s) | Dr. Mary Makris |
Address | Georgia United States Phone: |
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University of Louisville
A&S Graduate
Doctorate,
Humanities
(Aug 2008 - May 2013)
Clemson University
A&S Graduate
Master's,
English
(Aug 2005 - May 2007)
Wingate University
A&S
Bachelor's,
English
(Aug 2002 - Aug 2004)
University of Louisville
A&S Graduate
Graduate Certificate in Latin American & Latino Studies,
Humanities
(2009 - 2011)
Associate/Adjunct Instructor of English
Jefferson Community & Technical College
(Aug 2008 - Aug 2013)
Average semester load: 3/3
Freshman Composition (ENG 101 & 102, ENC 090)
Business Writing (ENG 203)
Associate/Adjunct Instructor of English
Indiana University Southeast
(Aug 2011 - Jan 2012)
Introduction to College Writing
Business Writing
Visiting Professor of English
University of South Carolina, Upstate
(Aug 2007 - May 2008)
4/5, 9-month appointment
Freshman Composition
Business Writing
Writing & Computers
- Richard & Constance Lewis Scholarship, University of Louisville. (2009 - Present)
- Panama Scholars Scholarship, University of Louisville. (2009 - Present)
- Lilyalyce Akers Travel Scholarship (2009 - Present)
Publication Summary
Academic Publications
“Star-Spangled Lyrics: The Cultural and Historical Importance of Analyzing Popular American War Songs.”
The International Journal of Communication & Linguistic Studies, Vol. 10.4. 2013.
[link to Volume 10, issue 4 of The Int'l Journal of Communication & Linguistic Studies]
“Stalemate or Cultural Crossroad?: Exploring U.S. ‘Systems’ in the Vietnam War.”
Interdisciplinary Humanities, Vol. 30, No. 2. Summer 2013.
[link to Summer 2013 edition of Interdisciplinary Humanities].
“Disputed Worlds: Performances of Heritage in Cusco’s Tourism Economy.”
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. Vol. 3, No. 3. Winter 2011/2012.
[link to Rupkatha Online Open Access Journal]
“’The Ballad of the Green Berets’ Fails ‘My Son John’: Change in the Mythology of the American Soldier during the Vietnam War.”
[Inter]sections. Vol. 4, No. 14, (A Peer Reviewed Quarterly Journal of American Studies by the University of Bucharest); Spring/Summer 2011.
[link to [Inter]sections journal]
“Not Just a Change of Style: the Americana Commentary of the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead.”
The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation, MacFarland & Company, February 9, 2010. ISBN: 078644357X.
[link to Amazon.com listing]
Creative Publications
“Son of the Morning,” fiction.
Ishaan Literary Review, Issue 2, Summer 2012.
[link to Ishaan Literary Review]
“Sky Mines,” fiction.
A Few Lines Magazine, Cal Poly Pomona’s Graduate Student Magazine, September 2011.
[link to issue, PDF format]
“All the Good Things You Are,” fiction.
InterCulture, Vol. 5, #3: “Perspectives on War, Media and Memory.” (An Interdisciplinary Journal of Florida State University), June 2008.
[link to story, PDF format]
“Shell Rings and Sea Turtles,” special interest article.
Clemson World Alumni Magazine, winter 2006.
[link to article, PDF format]
Sky Mines, creative Master’s thesis (May 2007) for Clemson University.
[persistent link via ProQuest]
“Dine-In*,” poem.
Counterpoint, Wingate University’s Student Journal, 2004.
*Also selected for submission to Sigma Tau Delta’s fiction journal, 2004.
Books
Other Publications