Lecturer of English
678-839-4850
sfinck@westga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 1114
Office Hours
See syllabus for current availability.
Shannon Finck earned her Ph.D. in transatlantic modernism with a secondary emphasis in global postmodern & contemporary literatures from Georgia State University. She also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Georgia College in Flannery O'Connor's hometown of Milledgeville, GA. She has published both critical and creative work in such journals as ASAP/J, Angelaki, Miranda, a/b: Autobiography Studies, LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory, The Journal of Modern Literature, Lammergeier, and FUGUE. She currently serves as Poetry Editor for the independent literary journal, Birdcoat Quarterly, and is co-founder of Ghost Peach Press. Shannon's non-academic, but not uncritical, interests include trashed-out 60s garage music, vintage Japanese motorcycles, birding, and indoor and outdoor gardening. Teaching and research interests include: experimental life writing, autotheory, feminist new materialism, speculative fiction, and Anthropocene studies.
- B.A., English, Saint Leo University, 2005
- M.F.A., Creative Nonfiction, Georgia College & State University, 2007
- Ph.D., 20th-Century and Contemporary Literature and Theory, Georgia State University, 2014
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I)
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II)
- ENGL-2060 (Intro toCreative Wrtng-HONORS)
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature)
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature)
- ENGL-2180 (Afrofuturism & Black Fiction)
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology)
- ENGL-4002 (British Literature II)
- XIDS-2002 (Podcasting&DigitalStorytelling)
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E05 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 116 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: 05 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2180 (Afrofuturism & Black Fiction) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2020 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 101 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 105 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2020 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 102 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- XIDS-2002 (Podcasting&DigitalStorytelling) Section: 05 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: E01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2019 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 110 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 123 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- XIDS-2002 (Podcasting&DigitalStorytelling) Section: 13 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: 04 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2019 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 31 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 114 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 119 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2018 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 120 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 145 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2018 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: LO1 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: LCU Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: A03 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2017 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: LCU Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: A05 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: LO2 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2017 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: LCU Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: A12 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: A10 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Fall 2016 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: A2D Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: A1D Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: LXU Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-2120 (British Literature) Section: 01D Download Syllabus [PDF]
Summer 2016 Sections
- ENGL-4002 (British Literature II) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [DOC]
Spring 2016 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: LCU Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: A5 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: A1 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 24 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Fall 2015 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: LCU Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 22 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 24 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-2060 (Intro toCreative Wrtng-HONORS) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [DOC]
Spring 2015 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 32 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 35 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 101 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: 104 Download Syllabus [DOC]