Faculty Advisory Committee

Jessica Edwards

CTAL Diversity Scholar
Assistant Professor, English

edwardsj@udel.edu

Biography

Jessica Edwards, Ph.D. has developed and taught courses in professional writing, critical race studies, and composition studies. Her scholarship considers ways to engage critical race theory, the intersections of race, racism, and power, in writing classrooms. Dr. Edwards was a Faculty Diversity Scholar in 2015 with the Center for Teaching, Assessment, and Learning at UD and her scholarship has appeared in Computers and Composition Online.

She has a Ph.D. in English Rhetoric and Composition from Washington State University, an M.A. in English Literature from Washington State University and a B.A. in English from Spelman College.