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Department of English
 

Contact & Location

Moscow

Department of English

University of Idaho
Brink Hall 200
P.O. Box 441102
Moscow, Idaho
83844-1102

(208) 885-6156 phone
(208) 885-5944 fax
englishdept@uidaho.edu

Nancy Burns-McCoy

Nancie Burns-McCoy

Office: Brink Hall 209
Phone: (208) 885-6156 (messages only)
Email: nmccoy@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address: English Department - University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441102
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1102

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Department of English
Associate Director of Composition

With UI Since 2009
  • Ph.D., Education, English emphasis, University of Idaho, 1998
  • M.A., English, composition emphasis, California State University-Sacramento, 1992
  • B.A., English, California State University-Sacramento, 1990

Research/Focus Areas

  • Feminist narratology
  • Teacher-as-researcher methodologies
  • Qualitative research strategies

Biography

Nancie Burns-McCoy has been a member of the Department of English since 1990, except for a four-year hiatus from 2005 until 2009. After beginning in the department as a teaching assistant, she was promoted to lecturer in 1992.

Selected Publications
  • “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action: The Ideologies of Gender and Peer Response Sessions Perceived by a Teacher-researcher.” Freirean Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibilities: Projects for the New Millennium. Eds. Stanley Steiner, H. Mark Krank, Peter McLaren, and Robert E. Bahruth. New York: Falmer Press, 2000. 203-223.



Awards and Honors

  • University of Idaho Service-Learning, Faculty Fellow, 2002
  • University of Idaho Alumni Association Award for Faculty Excellence, 2000
  • University of Idaho Alumni Association Award for Faculty Excellence, 1999
  • University of Idaho Gamma Sigma Delta Excellence in Teaching Award, 1995

My Courses

  • English 401—Writing
    Workshop for Teachers
  • English 313—Business
    Writing
  • English 309—Advanced
    Prose