Dr. Carey Smitherman Clark
Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Information Design; Director, Center for Writing & Communication
Win Thompson Hall 337
(501) 450-3345 or (501) 852-0809
Education:
Ph.D., University of Louisville, Rhetoric and Composition
M.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Technical and Expository Writing
B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, English
Teaching Specialties:
First-year writing, technical communication, business writing, literacy and ethnography, advocacy writing, and writing center theory/practice.
Biography:
Carey Smitherman Clark began working at the University of Central Arkansas in 2010, and is Associate Professor of Writing. She also serves as the director of the Center for Writing & Communication. Dr. Clark was formerly the Interim Chair of the Writing Department, Director of First-Year Writing and Writing Center Director. Her research interests include writing center theory, composition theory, and women in writing program administration. Her latest co-authored book chapter, “Making it as a Female Writing Program Administrator: Using Collective Action to Transgress Gendered Boundaries,” is scheduled for print in 2019.
Courses Taught: Introduction to College Writing, Academic Writing and Research, Technical Writing, Introduction to Writing Studies, CWC Practicum, Writing for Change