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Sarah Winterberg
Associate Professor
English Rhetoric and Writing and Media Communication
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Biography
Dr. Sarah Griffith Winterberg, associate professor of English at the University of Ƶ - Fort Smith, is a first-generation college graduate and the first person from her hometown of Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, to receive a Ph.D. Her dissertation, titled “Composition Instructors’ Interactions with Classroom Discourse Communities: A Qualitative Study,” provided insight into the writing challenges facing first-generation and other at-risk students. Her background motivates her research in pedagogy and mindfulness studies. She teaches a variety of courses in composition, rhetoric, workplace writing, and editing and serves as the faculty advisor for the Garden Club of Ƶ to promote students to learn mindfulness and sustainable living practices. She is a RYT200 yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance and a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, College Composition and Communication and Ƶ Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, serving as the editor of the Ƶ English Journal beginning with the spring 2022 edition.