Heather Adams
Associate Professor, Department of English and Cross-appointed Faculty, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director, Humanities Network and Consortium
English
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Email Address: hbadams@uncg.edu
Education
Ph.D. English, Pennsylvania State University
M.A. English, Bread Loaf School of English (Middlebury College)
M.A. Communication, University of Maryland
B.A. English and Religion, University of Mount Union
Courses Taught
- ENG 688: Feminist Rhetorics and Pedagogy
- ENG 746: Rhetorics of Health and Medicine
- ENG 307: Public Advocacy and Argument
- ENG 305: Contemporary Rhetoric
- ENG 271: Big Questions in Health and Wellness
Research
Dr. Adams’s feminist rhetorical research investigates reproduction and pregnancy in relation to affect, gender, race, and class. She published Enduring Shame: A Recent History of Unwed Pregnancy and Righteous Reproduction (University of South Carolina Press) and coedited Inclusive Aims: Rhetoric’s Role in Reproductive Justice (Parlor Press).
Dr. Adams’s scholarly and pedagogical interests also include advocacy, rhetorics of health and wellness, visual rhetorics, intersectional feminist methodologies, and undergraduate research.
more information
Dr. Adams is also a member and director of Switchback Books.