Chandra Speight Cerutti joined the East Carolina University faculty in 2001 and has taught courses in both the Departments of Political Science and English. As an undergraduate at ECU, she was awarded the 1996 English Department Outstanding Senior Award and the University Award. She has worked as a research consultant for The International Center for Research on Women and The United States Agency for International Development. After earning a master's degree in political science from Penn State, she returned to ECU to complete a second M.A. in English with a focus on multicultural literature and a minor in women's studies.

Degrees
B.A. East Carolina University
M.A. East Carolina University
M.A. Penn State University

Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Composition
Multicultural Literature
Ethnic Studies

Courses Taught
3880: Writing for Business & Industry
2200: Major American Writers
1200: Composition
1100: Composition
1000: Appreciating Literature

Selected Publications and Presentations
"Michelle Cliff's Free Enterprise:  Re-visioning Women in History and Resisting Western Hegemony." Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference, April 7-9, 2005.