Cynthia Selfe

Cindy Selfe
Selfe in 2023
Known forComputer-mediated writing, Digital literacy
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Texas Austin
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish Studies, Computers and writing
InstitutionsMichigan Technological University, Ohio State University

Cynthia "Cindy" Selfe is an author, editor, scholar, and teacher in the field of Writing Studies, with a speciality in the subfield of computers and composition.[1][2][3] She is Humanities Distinguished Professor Emerita in the English Department at the Ohio State University where she taught from 2006 until her retirement in 2016.[4] Prior to that, she taught at Michigan Technological University.[4] Selfe was the first woman and the first scholar from an English department to win the EDUCOM Medal for innovative computer use in higher education.[3]

  1. ^ Beck, E. (2013). Reflecting upon the past, sitting with the present, and charting our future: Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe discussing the community of computers & composition. Computers and Composition, 30, 349-357'
  2. ^ Head, S. (2017) A scholarly legacy: Cynthia Selfe and the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives. Kairos, 22 (1).
  3. ^ a b Bailie, B. (2010). "If you don't believe that you're doing some good with the work that you do, then you should't be doing it: An interview with Cindy Selfe. Composition Forum, 21.
  4. ^ a b Head, S. (2017) A scholarly legacy: Cynthia Selfe and the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives. Kairos, 22 (1)