Department of English

Paul Kameen

Paul Kameen
Associate Professor of English

412-624-6637
pkameen@pitt.edu

CL 609-H

Curriculum Vitae (.doc)

 

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). His current book project, Re-reading Poets: The Life of the Author, is completed and in submission. He has published numerous articles on composition and rhetoric. His poetry has appeared in a wide range of small magazines and journals.

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 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2004), and the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award (2001).

Teaching

Graduate Courses

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

Undergraduate Courses

  • Seminar in Composition
  • 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

  • Chairman, Awards Committee
  • Graduate Procedures Committee
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