Donna Haisty Winchell

Dr. Donna Winchell received a B.A. and an M.A. from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas Christian University. Having in the past coordinated the teaching done by Graduate Teaching Assistants in the department, she now teaches freshman composition and Ethnic American Literature. Her literary specialty is African American women's novels. Her current research interest in the area of composition is teaching via computers and, specifically, electronic means of...See more

Dr. Donna Winchell received a B.A. and an M.A. from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas Christian University. Having in the past coordinated the teaching done by Graduate Teaching Assistants in the department, she now teaches freshman composition and Ethnic American Literature. Her literary specialty is African American women's novels. Her current research interest in the area of composition is teaching via computers and, specifically, electronic means of synthesizing student writing. Her current research includes portfolio assessment of writing, digital portfolios, laptop-based pedagogy. See less