Shirley Wilson Logan
Shirley Wilson Logan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | English Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Maryland College Park |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland College Park
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Johnson C. Smith University |
| Influences | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Hazel Carby, Frances Smith Foster, Sharon Harley, Lillian O'Connor, Nell Parker, Mary Helen Washington |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Rhetoric |
| Institutions | University of Maryland College Park |
| Main interests | Nineteenth-Century African American Women's Rhetoric |
Shirley Wilson Logan is a scholar of African American women's rhetoric, particularly from the nineteenth century.[1] She served as president of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition from 1998 to 2000.[2] She also served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2003.[3] In addition to these positions, Logan has served on the editorial board of College Composition and Communication, Rhetoric Review, and Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers.[1] The Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship is named in her honor.[4]
Biography
Logan grew up in South Carolina.[5] She attended Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina for her bachelor's degree.[5] After graduation, she received her masters degree the University of North Carolina with a thesis on Richard Wright.[5] She obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Maryland in Curriculum and Instruction in 1988.[5] Logan began working as Assistant Director of the University of Maryland Professional Writing Program, then transitioned into the main director role.[5] She would go on to serve as the Director of Professional Writing for seven years.[5] Logan published key articles and monographs establishing African American women's rhetoric as a field, writing on Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, Victoria Matthews, and Frances Harper, raising awareness of the contributions of these women to rhetorical theory, practice, and pedagogy.[1][5] She served as president of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition from 1998 to 2000.[2] Logan also served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in 2003.[3] Later, she co-chaired the 2014 Maryland Conference on Academic and Professional Writing.[1]
Selected works
- With Pen and Voice: A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century African American Women (1995)
- "We Are Coming": The Persuasive Discourse of Nineteenth-Century Black Women (1999)
- Liberating Language: Sites of Rhetorical Education in Nineteenth-Century Black America (2008)
- (with Wayne H. Slater) Academic and Professional Writing in an Age of Accountability (2018)
See also
- Women's rhetoric
- Geneva Smitherman
- Elaine B. Richardson
- Gwendowlyn D. Pough
- Keith Gilyard
- Vershawn Ashanti Young
References
- ^ a b c d "Shirley Wilson Logan | Department of English". english.umd.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ^ a b "About Us – CFSHRC". Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ^ a b ksuchor (2018-06-06). "CCCC Chairs". Conference on College Composition and Communication. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ^ "Awards – CFSHRC". Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "An Interview with Shirley Wilson Logan". www.compositionforum.com. Retrieved 2026-01-30.