Stacy Cartledge
Professor
Communications, Arts & Humanities
Contact Information
Marple901 S. Media Line Road
Media, PA 19063
610-723-2000
Room Number: 4315
Phone: 610-359-5379
Contact Faculty
Degrees
- Master of Fine Arts, Poetry; University of Notre Dame
- Bachelor of Arts, English; Miami University
Books
- Within the Space Between, Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2009
- Topography, Wild Honey Press, 2002
Academic Biography
Courses I Teach Developmental English (ENG 050) English Composition (ENG 100) English Composition II (ENG 112) Creative Writing (ENG 205) Creative Writing: Poetry (ENG 209)
Theoretical Approach, Experience, and Temperament
Regardless of the level of the course, my teaching is comprised of three concurrent elements: discussion, writing, and workshop. All three components are based on the central principle of analysis, which is the basic tool for demonstrating both rational and creative thinking as well as writing ability. I believe discussion and a sense of community are necessary for every course. Learning is an active process, not a passive acceptance of information, so the student and I share a responsibility to work with each other to achieve course goals in a symbiotic relationship. The most important resource in the classroom is each student’s willingness to participate, which energizes the class and guides the direction of my instruction. One of my main tasks, then, is to cultivate the students’ enthusiasm. To this end, values such as honesty, integrity and compassion have served me well in the classroom. It is important to engage the entire student, to deal with the personality as well as the person. Writing a good paragraph, appreciating a poem, and developing a thesis statement are not skills that are learned strictly by processing facts, but also by examining oneself. The student must bring his or her whole being to the act of learning, as must I to teaching.
