Bio & Expertise

Nancy Fox (Edele) is a faculty member in writing at the University of West Florida and holds a Ph.D. in English language and rhetoric from the University of Washington, Seattle. She has published poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and a children’s book, as well as work in feminist studies, multimedia, teaching, and writing. Her subjects have ranged from analysis of the film "The Kids Are All Right" and Andy Warhol’s "Dream America" to a new discovery in the "Mouse’s Tale" in Alice in Wonderland and the challenge of teaching during the Covid pandemic. She lives on the Gulf Coast with her spouse and two children.

Link

University webpage

Honors

2021 Awarded Grant for Pilot Study, Online Forums as High-Impact Practices
University of West Florida, 2021
2021 Awarded Grant for Co-writing ePortfolio Professional Certificate Course
University of West Florida, 2021
2020 Andrew Hilen Endowed Dissertation Fellowship
University of Washington (United States, Seattle) - UW, 2020
2018 Distinguished Teaching Award, National Society for Leadership & Success
University of West Florida, 2018

Organizational Affiliations

Instructor, English

Instructor, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Education

Creative Nonfiction
2022–2022, University of California, Los Angeles (United States, Los Angeles) - UCLA

Certificate course, Memoir

Creative Nonfiction (CNF)
2022–2023, Stanford University (United States, Stanford) - SU

Personal Essay; Memoir; Nonfiction Book; Universal in the Particular

English
2010–2020, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Washington (United States, Seattle) - UW

With highest distinction | Dissertation: “American Athena: A Feminist Sophistic Analysis of the Discourses of Women Servicemembers” | Advisor: Dr. Gail Stygall

Rhetoric & Writing Studies
2003–2005, Master of Arts (MA, MA, AM, or AM), San Diego State University (United States, San Diego) - SDSU

With highest distinction | Thesis: “Reconstructing Dorothy: The ‘I’ within the ‘Eye’ of Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere” | Advisor: Dr. Glen McClish

History
1974–1978, Bachelor of Arts (BA, AB, BS, BSc, SB, ScB), La Salle College

Maxima cum laude