Nic Marsellas

  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Nic's Affiliations: Steel City Organizers for Radical Community Health, Black Liberation Autonomous Collective (BLAC)

Nic Marsellas (she/they) has been teaching courses in First Year Writing and Public and Professional Writing at Pitt since 2016. She is a scholar of rhetoric and composition as well as a professional grant writer and administrative consultant for local nonprofit organizations. Her teaching style emphasizes the importance of precise and specific language alongside engaging discussions and student-led projects.

Courses Taught

ENGCMP 0203 Seminar in Composition: Gender Studies

ENGCMP 0400 Written Professional Communication

ENGCMP 0600 Technical Writing

ENGCMP 1400 Grant Writing for Nonprofits

ENGCMP 1401 Writing for Fundraising and Development

Education & Training

  • Ph.D. English Composition and Rhetoric University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

Grant Writing; Nonprofit Management; Protest Movements; LGBT+ issues