Sophia S. Vilceus
Assistant Professor
Main Hall 104
SVilceus@wcupa.edu
Education
- PhD, University of Delaware (in progress)
- M.A., Howard University
- B.A., CUNY City College of New York
Interests
- Critical Pedagogy
- Culturally Relevant Pedagogies
- Black Studies
- First-Year Writing
- Memoir Writing
- Educating the Marginalized
Current and Recently Taught Courses:
- WRT 120: Effective Writing
- WRT 200: Critical Writing and Research
- WRT 204: Critical Writing: Approaches to Popular Culture
- WRT 205: Critical Writing: Investigating Experience
- ENG 150: Writing Studies Workshop
Selected Publications
Books
Vilceus, Sophia. “His & Her Will Be Done,” Hunter Heart Entertainment (2022)
Vilceus, Sophia Sunshine. Late Conversations with my Late Mother, Hunter Heart Publishing (2017).
Vilceus, Sophia Sunshine. The Last Pew: Journeying Back to God’s Will After an Affair, Hunter Heart Publishing. (2015)
Refereed Journal Publications
Carey, R. L., Vilceus, S. S., Polanco, C., Miller, M. X., Marianno, L., & Woelki, W. (2024). Studying and Imagining Mattering With Black Boys: Mutual Self-Discoveries for Collective Healing and Liberation. Qualitative Inquiry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241269976
Journal Publication(s) in Progress
Carey, R. L., Polanco, C., Vilceus, S. S., Miller, M. X., Blackman, H., Marianno, L., Daughtry, K. A., Abrams, H.R., & Woelki, W. (in review). Strategic avoidance and the contours of Black adolescent boys’ perceived school mattering during a health crises and racial Reckoning.
Carey, R. L., Polanco, C., Blackman, H., Daughtry, K. A., Abrams, H. R., *Miller, M. X., Marianno, L., Vilceus, S. S., Alobwede, E., & Woelki., W. (accepted). “They just don’t get that we matter”: Black boys’ critical consciousness development during a health crisis and racial reckoning”. The Urban Review.
Publications
Vilceus, Sophia Sunshine. “Fighting Off Anxiety Attacks,” Heart & Soul Magazine, (2012)