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Rhonda Armstrong

Professor

Rhonda Armstrong

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages

College of Nursing
Department of Nursing Science

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

  • RARMSTR3@augusta.edu
  • (706) 737-1500
  • AH E239

Education

  • Ph.D., American/United States Studies/Civilization St Louis University, 2005

  • MA, American/United States Studies/Civilization St Louis University, 1999

  • BA, English Language and Literature, General Western Kentucky University, 1995

Awards & Honors

  • Rose Library Short Term Research Fellowship Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts and Rare Books Library, Emory University, 2017

  • Reconsidering Flannery O'Connor Summer Institute National Endowment for the Humanities, 2014

  • Regional Study and the Liberal Arts: Appalachia Up Close Summer Institute National Endowment for the Humanities, 2004

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ENGL 1101

    College Composition I

  • HONR 3900H

    Honors: Breaking Boundaries

  • ENGL 6950

    Special Topics

  • ENGL 4330

    Studies in Popular Culture

  • ENGL 2132

    American Lit II: American Literature II

  • ENGL 4450

    Major American Authors: Flannery O'Connor

Teaching Interests

Modern and contemporary American literature, Southern literature

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Teaching Monuments as Southern Literature, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Opening the Canon: OERs in Literary Studies, 2020
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • "Cross-Pollinating Appalachian Communities: Insider/Outsider Knowledge in Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer", 2017
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • Reading around the Narrator in Lee Smith’s Oral History, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Rewriting the Corpse in Suzan-Lori Parks's Getting Mother's Body, 2015
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • Literature Concentration Committee 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society, Eta Mu Chapter 2020 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor

  • Faculty Research and Development 2020 - 2022

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society, Eta Mu Chapter 2009 - 2016

    Role: Faculty Advisor

University Service

  • University Faculty Development Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Faculty Evaluation Alignment Steering Committee 2021 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member

  • Faculty Evaluation Alignment Tenure Workgroup 2021 - 2022

    Role: Task Force Chair

  • University Promotion and Tenure 2020 - 2021

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society 2013 - 2017

    Role: Reviewer, Conference Paper

  • Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society 2011 - 2013

    Role: Committee Member

  • College Literature 2009 - 2011

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

Public Service

  • Columbia County Board of Education 2019 - Present

    Role: Reviewer