Paul Kameen


Associate Professor of English

412-624-6637
pkameen@pitt.edu

CL 609-H

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Paul Kameen teaches pedagogy and composition theory in the graduate curriculum and a variety of composition, literature and creative writing courses in the undergraduate curriculum. His scholarly interests range from Greek rhetoric to contemporary poetics.

Research and Publications: He is the author of Writing/Teaching: Essays Toward a Rhetoric of Pedagogy (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000).

Honors and Awards: He is the winner of the 2002 CCCC Outstanding Book Award for Writing/Teaching: Essays Toward a Rhetoric of Pedagogy. He is a recipient of the Chancellor¹s Distinguished Teaching Award (2004), and the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award (2001). His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines.

Teaching

Graduate Courses

  • Seminar in the Teaching of Composition
  • Seminar in Literacy and Pedagogy
  • Seminar in the History of Rhetoric
  • Race and Gender in 20th Century American Poetry
  • The Scholarship of Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

  • General Writing
  • Basic Reading and Writing
  • Written Professional Communication
  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Introduction to Critical Reading
  • Introduction to Poetry Writing
  • Senior Seminar in Literature

Other Duties & Service

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, Reader
  • Associate Chair of the English Department
  • Chairman, Awards Committee
  • Chairman, Committee in Support of the Major
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