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

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.

• “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.

• 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