Carol H Fitzpatrick

Teaching Professor · Non-Tenure Track

Department of English

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

She/Her/Hers/Herself

About

Carol Fitzpatrick, Principal Lecturer in English, received a B.A. in English (with Honors) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. in English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. From 1996 to 2009, she was the Director of the Writing and Rhetoric Division of the English Department; she returned to this position from 2015-2021. She is currently the Associate Director of the Writing and Rhetoric Division. She is the co-author of 6 textbooks and 9 subsequent editions.

Research interests

My research interests include Composition and Rhetoric, assessment, tutoring, and technology in the classroom. In addition, I have written 6 textbooks on basic and developmental reading and writing.

Teaching interests

Composition and Rhetoric, Advanced Composition, Grammar, Southern Literature, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American and British Literature.

Education

  • MA, English — State University of New York (1974)
  • BA, English — University of North Carolina (1973)
    Senior English Thesis--"Three Feminine Characters in Henry James's Novels: A Search for the Ideal."

Courses Taught

  • Internship ENGL 495 · Fall 2020
  • Currents In American Lit ENGL 243 · Fall 2020
  • English Grammar Usage ENGL 226 · Fall 2020
  • Composition ENGL 100 · Summer 2020
  • Internship ENGL 495 · Spring 2020
  • Structure Of English ENGL 326 · Spring 2020
  • Composition ENGL 100 · Spring 2020
  • Internship ENGL 495 · Fall 2019
  • Tutorial In Writing ENGL 392 · Fall 2019
  • Tutorial In Writing ENGL 392 · Fall 2019
  • Tutorial In Writing ENGL 392 · Fall 2019
  • English Grammar Usage ENGL 226 · Fall 2019
  • Composition ENGL 100 · Summer 2019
  • Internship ENGL 495 · Spring 2019
  • Structure Of English ENGL 326 · Spring 2019
  • Composition ENGL 100 · Spring 2019
  • Currents In American Lit ENGL 243 · Fall 2015
  • English Grammar Usage ENGL 226 · Fall 2015
  • Currents In American Lit ENGL 243 · Spring 2015
  • English Grammar Usage ENGL 226 · Spring 2015