Patricia J. Sehulster, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Phone: 914-606-7806
Fax: 914-606-6668
Office location: AAB – Room 529
Email: patricia.sehulster@sunywcc.edu
Title(s): Associate Professor, ITEP Administrator
Department/Division: School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – English/Reading/ESL
Degree Information:
Ph.D. in American Literature, Fordham University; MA in Literature and Writing, Breadloaf School of English Middlebury College; BA in English and in Secondary Education, Saint Joseph University
Courses Taught:
ENG 101, ENG 99, ENG 102, ENG 92, ENG 91, American Literature to 1869, Contemporary Global Literature
Honors and Awards:
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service, SUNY Westchester Community College Foundation Award for Excellence in Service, SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Work, SUNY Westchester Community College Foundation Award for Excellence in Scholarship, nominated for the Carol S. Russett Award; peer reviewer for Teaching English in the Two-Year College, African American Review, and Pearson Higher Education; writer and winner of various Perkins Grants
Publications and Presentations:
Academic Publications: Reinventing the Freshman Writing and Research Course A Text for All Freshman, Co-Requisite, and Writing Across the Curriculum Courses and essays for The Western Journal of Black Studies, The Journal of Black Studies, A.T.Q.: 19th Century American Literature and Culture, The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story, Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace, The Facts on File Companion to the American Novel, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches
Mainstream fiction and nonfiction has appeared in:
Troika; Dogsongs; Reader’s Break; Elements; Ink; Poor Katie’s Almanac; Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness Anthology; First Came Fear New Tales of Horror Anthology; Salon Style An Online Literary Journal; Salon Style: An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry, and Art; Offshore: Northeast Boating; Boston Parents’ Paper; Big Apple Parent; Children’s Writer; Family Times; Naturally Women Magazine; and Camping Today
Presentations:
The Guided Pathways Institute III, the Successful Teaching Conference, the NYU National Symposium, Information Literacy and the (New) Student Learner, and Using E-Portfolios to Assess Student Learning
Institution Service or Academic Service:
Administrator ITEP (Initial Teaching Experience Program); Chair, President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Educational Opportunity; Member of the Steering Committee for and Mentor in The Connections Program; Member Guided Pathways Planning and Implementation Committee; Member Middle States Monitoring Report Follow-Up Committee; Writer and Campus Lead and Faculty Facilitator SUNY Developmental Education Learning Community Grant; Member Viking ROADS Planning and Implementation Committee, Westchester Community College; Member Constitution Day Committee; Chair Standing Committee on Writing For College; Co-Designer of new LAS in Adolescent Education Program; and others