Susan Weinstein
MacCurdy Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
sweinst@lsu.edu
Zoom link: https://lsu.zoom.us/j/9628733216
210H Allen Hall
Biography
Sue Weinstein is the MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she works in New Literacy Studies and English Education. She served as chair of the English Department from 2022-2025 and is currently an Interim Associate Dean in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She has published 2 books with State University of New York (SUNY) Press: The Room Is on Fire: The History, Practice, and Pedagogy of Youth Spoken Word Poetry (2018) and Feel These Words: Writing in the Lives of Urban Youth (2009). She has also published articles in journals including Written Communication, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Harvard Educational Review, and English Education. Her work has been recognized at LSU with a Rainmaker Mid-Career Scholar Award and the Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award. She has a long record of community partnerships in Baton Rouge that includes serving as Board President of Humanities Amped and Forward Arts, two youth-based arts & education non-profits. Before entering graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Weinstein was a high school English teacher in Chicago, IL and Cochabamba, Bolivia. She is originally from Philadelphia, PA.
Area(s) of Interest
New Literacy Studies, English Education, Poetry