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Christine Bailey

Professor of English and Director of Composition Support

About

Dr. Bailey writes young adult fiction and has published four novels. Her doctoral research/dissertation explores creative writing research and pedagogy within the composition classroom and is titled “The Role of Aesthetic Artifacts in Creative Writing Research: Casting Student Identity Narratives as Cultural Data.” Before coming to Union University, Bailey worked as a journalist, a marketing/PR writer, and a book editor. She currently serves as Director of Composition Support. Bailey’s areas of interest include composition and rhetoric, YA literature, creative writing, professional writing, editing, and publishing. She is the editor of the Journal of the Union Faculty Forum—a journal comprised of faculty-written submissions, encompassing a wide range of academic and creative topics.

Education

  • Ph.D, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  • M.F.A., Murray State University

  • M.A., Belmont University

  • B.S., Tennessee Tech University

Scholarship

Books

Articles

Presentations

  • Aesthetics of Composition: Multimodality, Multilingualism, and Creative Writing (2018)

    Conference on College Composition and Communication

  • Comics, Films, Songs, & More: Multimodality in Creative Writing & Writing Courses (2016)

    Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

  • Risky Narratives: Going Beyond ‘Comfort Zones’ in the Writing Classroom (2015)

    Conference on College Composition and Communication

  • Mining for Metaphor: Contemplating and Coding Identity Narratives of Multilingual Writers (2014)

    Conference on College Composition and Communication (Research Network Forum)

  • Aesthetic Artifacts as Cultural Data: Measuring Creative Writing in Qualitative Research (2013)

    Scientific Advances in Creative Writing and Literary Reading Research

  • The Role of Aesthetic Artifacts in Student Identity Constructs (2013)

    2013 Research Network Forum/Conference of College Composition and Communication

  • Rural Literacies, Ecocomposition, and the Pedagogy of Sustainability (2011)

    Southern Colorado Rhetoric Society Annual Conference