Kristie Camp, PhD

 

Kristie Camp

I taught secondary English Language Arts for 26 years at Gaffney High School.  I advised the school newspaper for 21 years, and I produced the school’s pageant, Miss Cherokeean, for 16 years. I served as an AP reader for the College Board and as the department chair for the English department at Gaffney High School. In addition, I was an adjunct instructor in the Wardlaw College of Education at the University of South Carolina and an adjunct instructor in the English Department at Spartanburg Community College through their dual enrollment program with Gaffney High School. Finally, I completed my PhD program in Language and Literacy at the Wardlaw College of Education at the University of South Carolina. My area of research is adolescent literacy in the outdoor classroom.

I am no longer teaching fulltime, however, because I have been receiving chemotherapy treatments for colon cancer since August, 2023. I had resection surgery in January 2024, and I wore an ileostomy while I received adjuvant chemo in the spring of 2024. I had ileostomy reversal surgery in August 2024, and everything looked positive until another cancer spot developed on my liver in December 2024. I had another liver ablation in January 2025, and now I am experiencing what is often called, “wait and watch,” which means we wait to see if the tumors return. The blood tests say the cancer is still there, and we check every three months to see if it has grown enough to be seen on a CT scan.

For now, I spend my days working on my writing and trying to get stronger as I move forward as an academic professional.

You can find more professional details about me at my Google Site –> https://sites.google.com/cherokee1.org/kristiecamp/home .

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Language and Literacy, University of SC, May 2025
    • Dissertation: NATURALLY CREATIVE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY IN AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
  • Research Interest: adolescent literacy in the outdoor classroom
  • Advanced Graduate Training
    • Earned literacy coach certification in March, 2020, from College of Charleston.
    • Classes taken at Winthrop University, University of South Carolina – Upstate, Converse College, and Furman University, which have added more than 30 additional graduate credit hours to my Master of Education degree
  • Master of Education in Secondary English Language Arts
    • Converse College, Spartanburg, SC, 1997
  • Bachelor of Arts in Language & Literature
    • University of South Carolina- Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, 1992
    • Concentrations in journalism and political science

EMPLOYMENT

  • English teacher at Gaffney High School, August 1997 – May 2023
  • Dual Enrollment instructor at Gaffney High School through Spartanburg Community College 2018 – 2023
  • Adjunct Education instructor with the University of South Carolina 2022-2023
  • Adjunct English instructor with Spartanburg Community College, 2019
  • Extended Campus English instructor with Limestone College, 2017-2020
  • AP Reader with College Board 2015-2023

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

High School: Advanced Placement English Language & Composition; English 101 & 102; Newspaper Production; Public Speaking; American Literature (junior level classes); Academic Assistance; SAT/ACT Prep; Sophomore / English II; Journalism

College: English 101; English 102; Literacy in the Disciplines (EDRD 500); Freshman Composition Readiness (ENG 100)

RESPONSIBILITIES

HONORS

  • Outstanding PhD Student / Language & Literacy, University of SC, 2024
  • Distinguished Paper Award, South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, February 2023
  • Key West Literary Seminar Scholarship Winner / Attendee, January 2022
  • Approaching Walden Scholarship Winner / Attendee, The Walden Woods Project, Concord, Massachusetts, July 2019
  • National Board Certified Instructor, 2004 & renewed in 2014 & 2023
  • AP Reader since 2015
  • Distinguished Paper Award Winner for SCEPUR, February 2023
  • Key West Literary Seminar Teacher Scholar, January 2022
  • Approaching Walden participant, June, 2019, Concord, Massachusetts
  • Cherokee County Distinguished Teacher of Reading, 2015
  • Gaffney High School Distinguished Teacher of Reading, 2004 & 2015
  • Cherokee County Honor Roll Teacher, 2012
  • Gaffney High School Teacher of the Year, 2012
  • National Board for Certified Teachers lobbyist, SC Legislature, 2018 & 2019
  • National Writing Project lobbyist, US Congress, 2011

PUBLICATIONS

AFFILIATIONS

  • Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators (Mu Chapter)
  • Literacy Research Association (LRA)
  • National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE)
  • International Literacy Association (ILA)
  • Palmetto State Literacy Association (PSLA)
  • Palmetto State Teachers’ Association (PSTA)
  • American Education Research Association (AERA)
  • American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
  • South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact
kristiecamp22@gmail.com

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