Dr. Shelley Crisp

Shelley Crisp holds a B.A. in English Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; an M.A. in English from North Carolina State University; an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Prior to joining the Humanities Council, she served as Associate Director of the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) Resource Center. Before CFNC, Crisp directed the First Year Program at Guilford College in Greensboro. As a career college teacher, Crisp has taught writing, literature, poetry, and interdisciplinary studies courses at Guilford; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she also headed the Women’s Studies Program; and North Carolina State University. She continues as Visiting Faculty for the Master of Liberal Arts program at UNC Greensboro. Crisp has been with the Council since March 2007.