Assistant Professor, Faculty Consultant
Deandra Little joined the TRC staff in August 2003. Originally from Alabama, she received a B.A. in English from Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama) and a M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee).
As a Faculty Consultant, Deandra administers the Professors as Writers Program and co-administers the Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program. Other TRC projects she oversees include the January Teaching Workshop and departmental Writing Workshops, and editing the TRC newsletter, Teaching Concerns. Deandra has also been involved with the TRC’s biennial Teaching Portfolio Workshop the past few years. Last, but not least, Deandra enjoys consulting with individual faculty members and TAs about their teaching and other, related concerns.
Her research interests include the intersections of gender, science and technology in 19th century American literature and culture. Other research interests include the changing climate of academic publishing, graduate student professional development, grading student writing, and teaching with visual images and technology.
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