Nora E. Webb CV
Education
2028
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
English Rhetoric and Composition
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
2022
Master of Arts
English Language & Literature
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
2016
Master of Arts in Teaching
Secondary English Education
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
2015
Bachelor of Arts
English Language & Literature
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
Awards & Honors
2024-2025
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
College of Arts and Sciences
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
2024-2025
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Department of English
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Fall 2024
Finalist
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
“The American Witch: From Suffragettes to the 21st Century”
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Spring 2020
Finalist
Teacher of the Year
York Comprehensive High School
York, SC
Teaching Experience
Jan. 2025 – Present
Instructor
Freshman Writing Seminar
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Aug. 2023 – Present
Instructor
English 101
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2024
Assistant Instructor
English 101
York Technical College
Rock Hill, SC & Online
Aug. 2021 – Aug. 2023
Instructor
11th and 12th Grade English & Writing
Laurel Springs Private School Online
July 2016 – June 2021
Instructor
11th and 12th Grade English & Writing
York Comprehensive High School
Rock Hill, SC
Service Experience
Aug. 2025 – Present
Graduate Assistant Director Communication Lab
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Spring 2025
Judge
Undergraduate Research
Scholarship and Creativity Expo
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Aug. 2024 – Present
Publishing Editor | Co-Editor in Chief
The Carolinian Newspaper
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Aug. 2023 – May 2024
Communication Lab Consultant
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro, NC
Aug. 2020 – Aug. 2021
Writing Center Consultant
York Technical College
Rock Hill, SC
Aug. 2018 – Mar. 2020
Mentor and Supervising Teacher for MAT Program
College of Education, Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC
Publications
Writing Effects: Practical Techniques for College Writers. 2nd ed., Hayden-McNeil, forthcoming Fall
2025. Co-editor and contributor.
Authored chapters, including “Why Read?,” “Revision is Fun: Using the Rhetorical Canons to
Rethink Revision,” “Mind Over Machine: The Case for Human Writing in the Age of AI,”
“Writing the Personal Narrative,” and “Reflective Writing: The English 101 Portfolio.”
“Tulips.” Berkeley Fiction Review, 4 May 2023, pp. 44-52. https://berkeleyfictionreview.org/issue-43/.
“Don’t Look Down.” River & South Review, 6 Jan. 2023, https://riverandsouth.com/dont-look-down/.
“Call Me Siren.” Winthrop University Anthology Literary Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022, pp. 28-29.
“A Satirical Work of Terror.” Review of Trimming England, by M.J. Nicholls. Heavy Feather Review,
2 July 2021. https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2021/07/02/trimming-england/.
“Vodka Baptism.” Halfway Down the Stairs Literary Magazine, 1 June 2021.
https://halfwaydownthestairs.net/2021/06/01/vodka-baptism-by-nora-e-webb/.
“Beautiful, Haunting, and Decidedly Subversive.” Review of Newer Testaments, by Philip Brunetti. Heavy
Feather Review, 16 May 2021. https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2021/05/16/brunetti/.
Invited Lectures
“Revision and the Canons of Rhetoric.” FMS 116: Freshman Seminar in Oral Communication–Building Online Communities, taught by Talia Gray, UNC Greensboro, 9 Sept 2025.
“Rhetorical Silence.” FMS 116: Freshman Seminar in Oral Communication – Building Online
Communities, taught by Talia Gray, UNC Greensboro, 25 Feb. 2025.
“The Femme Fatale.” ENG 353: Contemporary American Novel – Shakespeare Without Shakespeare,
taught by Dr. Jennifer Feather, UNC Greensboro, 24 Feb 2025.
“Sybils and Scapegoats.” ENG 353: Contemporary American Novel – Shakespeare Without Shakespeare,
taught by Dr. Jennifer Feather, UNC Greensboro, 16 Feb 2025.
“The Graduate School Experience and Prepping for Master’s Exams.” ENG 600: Introduction to Graduate
Studies in English, taught by Dr. Dustin M. Hoffman, Winthrop University, 2 Dec. 2024.
“Tension and Detail in Personal Narratives.” ENG 101: College Writing, taught by Talia Gray, UNC
Greensboro, 10 Sept. 2024.
Presentations
“Leisure as Labor: Creative Practices and Claiming Agency.” Rhetoric Society of America National Conference, forthcoming 23 May 2026, Portland, OR.
“Beauty as (Socio)Political Currency: Aesthetic Norms, Digital Culture, and Rhetorical In/Dignities.” Rhetoric Society of America National Conference, forthcoming 23 May 2026, Portland, OR.
“Whose Voice Is This? Student Agency in the Age of AI.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, forthcoming 7 Mar. 2026, Cleveland, OH.
"Feared and Revered: Surveillance, Embodiment, and Resistance in Giddings’ The Women Could Fly." Society for the Study of American Women Writers, 9 Nov. 2025, Philadelphia, PA.
“Reclaiming ‘Slut’ and ‘Bitch’: Feminist Reclamation as Rhetorical Resistance.” Feminisms & Rhetorics National Conference, 18 July 2025, Durham, NH.
“Embodying the Teenage Witch: Sexuality, Power, and Feminist Resistance.” National Pop Culture
Association Conference, 17 April 2024, New Orleans, LA. Conference Presentation.
“#WitchTok: Rhetorical Resistance and the Reimagining of the Coven in Digital Activism.”
Northeastern Modern Language Association, 7 March 2024, Philadelphia, PA. Conference
Presentation.
“Blanche DuBois’s Performance of a Lifetime: Williams’ Use of Archetypes in Streetcar.” Sigma Tau
Delta International Conference, 28 Mar. 2022, Atlanta, GA. Conference Presentation.
“Dreaming of a Feminine, Compassionate Vampire: Dreams in Gomez’s The Gilda Stories.” Winthrop
University Graduate Studies Conference, 4 Mar. 2022, Rock Hill, SC. Conference Presentation.
“Good Girls, Beware! Thomas Malory’s Queens and Damsels as Harbingers of Doom and Destruction
in Le Morte Darthur.” Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, 11 Nov 2021, Spartanburg, SC.
Conference Presentation.
“I’m Going to Keep Swimming Because Women Don’t Quit on Themselves: A Mythological Feminist
Reading of Edna Pontellier’s Death and Subsequent Rebirth.” Midwest American Culture Association, 9
Oct. 2021, Minneapolis, MN. Conference Presentation.
“Seeking A Dystopian Anti-Hero? Remove One Parent and Wait: How the Psychological Burden of
Abandonment Shapes Rebellion.” American Literary Association Symposium, 10 Sept. 2021, New
Orleans, LA. Conference Presentation.