Chelsie Zuccollo

Assistant Professor of English, Interdisciplinary Studies Program Director, Writing Center Director czuccollo@sf.edu

Bio

I am driven by the belief that education should ignite curiosity and encourage exploration. While my methods and practices might expand and emerge, my ultimate goals in teaching remain the same: empower students to think critically and creatively, to question their assumptions, to enhance their cultural awareness, to apply their learning in meaningful ways, to develop a wonder for lifelong learning, and to begin to discern their vocation to navigate a complex, evolving world.

I create inclusive classrooms and have been recognized by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) for this work by winning the “PALSave Open Educator Award.” As a member of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), I appreciate using language to construct personal and public worlds. I actively enact this value by helping to organize Voices of Feminism at SF and serving as a writing judge in the Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio Regional Scholastic Writing Awards.

Areas of Interest

Open Educational Resources
Writing Center Studies
Multimodal Composition
Language and Identity
Feminist Literature & Rhetoric

Selected Presentations

“Instructor Autonomy: Exploring the Role of OER in Composition Classrooms,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (2023)

“Student Well-Being and Instructor Autonomy: Integrating OERs Into the Classroom,” Northeast Regional OER Summit (2023)

“Evolving the Writing Center: Reshaping Campus Partnerships,” Online Writing Center Association Annual Conference (2024)

“From Distraction to Interaction: Leveraging Cell Phones for Student Engagement,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (2026)

Courses Taught

FYS 100: First Year Seminar: Encounter
FYS 101: First Year Seminar: Foundations
ENGL 100: Introduction to College Writing
ENGL 101: Rhetoric and Composition
ENGL 103: College Writing
ENGL 104: Rhetoric of Inquiry
ENGL 105: Reading and Writing Fundamentals
ENGL 205: Literature and the Natural Environment
ENGL 250: Voices of Feminism
ENGL 275: Children’s Literature
ENGL 342: From Draft to Done
ENGL 402: Internship
HONR 351: Great Books Seminar: Me vs We