Shirley Wilson Logan | |
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| Occupation | English Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Maryland College Park |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland College Park University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Johnson C. Smith University |
| Influences | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Hazel Carby, Frances Smith Foster, Sharon Harley, Lillian O'Connor, Nell Parker, Mary Helen Washington |
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| Discipline | Rhetoric |
| Institutions | University of Maryland College Park |
| Main interests | Nineteenth-Century African American Women's Rhetoric |
Shirley Wilson Logan is a scholar of African American women's rhetoric,particularly from the nineteenth century. [1] She served as president of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition from 1998 to 2000. [2] She also served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2003. [3] In addition to these positions,Logan has served on the editorial board of College Composition and Communication,Rhetoric Review, and Legacy:A Journal of American Women Writers. [1] The Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship is named in her honor. [4]
Logan grew up in South Carolina. [5] She attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte,North Carolina for her bachelor's degree. [5] After graduation,she received her masters degree the University of North Carolina with a thesis on Richard Wright. [5] She obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Maryland in Curriculum and Instruction in 1988. [5] Logan began working as Assistant Director of the University of Maryland Professional Writing Program,then transitioned into the main director role. [5] She would go on to serve as the Director of Professional Writing for seven years. [5] Logan published key articles and monographs establishing African American women's rhetoric as a field,writing on Ida B. Wells,Anna Julia Cooper,Victoria Matthews,and Frances Harper,raising awareness of the contributions of these women to rhetorical theory,practice,and pedagogy. [1] [5] She served as president of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition from 1998 to 2000. [2] Logan also served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2003. [3] Later,she co-chaired the 2014 Maryland Conference on Academic and Professional Writing. [1]
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