Heather Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Coordinator of English Teaching Programs
Education
- Ph.D. English (literature), University of South Florida
- M.A. English, Virginia Commonwealth University
- MA Teaching, Mary Baldwin College
- BA English & Business Administration, Mary Baldwin College
Research & Academic Interests
- American literature
- English education
- Archive studies
Publications
- Fox, Heather. Arranging Stories: Framing Social Commentary in Short Story Collections by Southern Women Writers. University Press of Mississippi, 2022.
- Fox, Heather. “Teaching Writing as a Metacognitive Process." Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education vol. 11, no. 2, July 2022, pp. 1-15.
- Fox, Heather. “Reading in the (Local) Archives: Integrating Kentucky Academic Standards Interdisciplinary Literacy Practices in the K-12 Classroom.” Kentucky English Bulletin, vol. 70, no. 1, Winter 2021/22, pp. 15-20.
- Fox, Heather, and Amanda Stuckey. “What We Want Students to Remember: Archival Recovery as a Sustainable Critical Praxis.” The New Americanist, vol 2, no. 4 Fall 2020, pp. 5-28.
- Fox, Heather. “Mapping Spatial Consciousness in Kate Chopin’s Bayou Folk Stories.” South: A Scholarly Journal, vol. 48, no. 1, Fall 2015, pp. 108-28.
- Fox, Heather. “A Circlin’ Buzzard: Positioning in Quentin’s Narrative.” The Faulkner Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring 2013, pp. 65-76.
Awards & Accolades
- Teaching & Learning Annual Themed Award: Workforce and Employability Skills--Teaching & Learning for Future Careers, Eastern Kentucky University, 2024. Co-awarded with Charlotte Rich.
- Dean’s Excellence in Research & Creative Activities Award, College of Letters, Arts, & Social Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 2023
- Faculty-Library Partnership Award, Eastern Kentucky University, 2022
