Biography
Mary R. Lamb is professor and chair of English at Clayton State University. From 2008-2017, she was director of first-year writing at Clayton State, where she instituted ePortfolio assessment. From 2000-2008, she was a lecturer and then senior lecturer at Georgia State University in the department of English and served as assistant director of lower division studies. Before completing her Ph.D. in English, she taught at Henry County High School in McDonough, GA and Decatur High School in Decatur, GA. She was awarded the Clayton State University Tommy Clonts’ University Professorship for teaching, scholarship, and dedication to improving public education. She was on the founding and governing board, and now serves on the advisory board, of The Museum School of Avondale Estates, a DeKalb County K-8 charter school, awarded the top charter school in the state 2019r, by GCSA.
Education
Ph D, English, Texas Christian University, 2001
MA, English, Georgia State University, 1994
BA, English, Furman University, 1987
Awards and Honors
CSU Nomination for Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Dept. or Program, Clayton State University, Honor, 2016
Faculty Ally of the Year, Gay-Straight Alliance at Clayton State, Award, 2010
Ph.D. with Distinction, Texas Christian University, Honor, 2001
Intellectual Contributions
Mary Lamb, Winner Takes All: The Cultural Work of American Writing Contests, Cambridge Scholars Publishing – 2013
Mary Lamb, Teaching Nonfiction through Rhetorical Reading, English Journal, NCTE – March 2010
Mary Lamb, "Introduction", Cambridge Scholars Publishing – 2013
Mary Lamb, Contested Writing: Reconceptualizing Literacy Competitions, Cambridge Scholars Publishing – February 7 2013
Mary Lamb, Jennifer Parrott, Digital Reading and Writing in Composition Studies, Routledge, Taylor and Francis – April 2019
Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Mary Lamb, Sipai Klein, Peer Academic Mentors in First-Year Writing, Department of Education, Federal, 91000, Funded – October 2016 to September 2021
Service to the University & University System of Georgia
University, Accreditation Reaffirmation Committee , Chairperson – January 10 2022 to April 5 2024
University System, Board of Regents Advisory Council for English, Committee Member – July 1 2017 to Present
Teaching Interest
Her research and teaching interests focus on twentieth-century rhetorical theory, cultural rhetorical criticism, composition pedagogy, especially feminist and collaborative pedagogy, and writing program administration.
Research Interest
Her research focuses on twentieth-century rhetorical theory, cultural rhetorical criticism, composition pedagogy, especially feminist and collaborative pedagogy, and writing program administration. Publications include Blurred Lines: Digital Reading and Writing in Composition Studies, ed., Routledge 2019; Contested(ed) Writing: Re-conceptualizing Literacy Competitions, ed., Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013; “Teaching Nonfiction through Rhetorical Reading,” in English Journal 99.4 (Spring 2010): 43-49; “The ‘Talking Life’ of Books: Constructing Women Readers in Oprah’s Book Club,” in Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present, Ed. Janet Badia and Jennifer Phegley, U of Toronto P, 2005; Successful Regents’ Essays: A Sourcebook for Writers (with Marti Singer), 2nd, Houghton Mifflin, 2005; “The Memory Palace in Paula Vogel’s Plays,” (with Alan Shepard) in Southern Women Playwrights: New Essays in Literary History, Criticism, and Performance, Ed. Rob McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige, University of Alabama Press, 2001.
