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Biography

Nora McCook, PhD is a literacy studies scholar and writing professor at Bloomfield College of ����vlog. She joined the Writing Program faculty in 2017 and has since taught and designed courses in: 

• First Year Writing (WRT 102, 105, 106, and 109) 
• Workplace Communication (WRT 205) 
• Digital Media Writing (CAT/WRT 256) 
• Special Topics in Writing (WRT 233) about
  • Archive as Advocacy: The PBI Project 
  • Oral History Writing: Stories of Newark
  • Language, Diversity, and Power

Professor McCook coordinates the SCHOLAR Certificate, Writing Intensive Program, and ePortfolios at BCMSU, and co-leads Stories of Newark. 
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Research

Community engagement pedagogy

Oral history and digital archives

ePortfolios and assessment

Writing Studies, Literacy Studies, and interdisciplinary learning

Writing pedagogy and teacher training

Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing Program Administration

Publications

McCook, Nora, Tyra Brooks, and Hugo Gonzalez, “Design Justice for Community Literacy: Shifting Engagement Praxis from Predominantly White to Minority Serving Institutions.” Community Literacy Journal, Special Issue on “Designing Justice Across Space, Place, and Time: Work from the 2025 Conference on Community Writing,” Fall 2026.

Fralix, Brandon, Fiona “Freddie” Harris-Ramsby, and Nora McCook. “Transforming First-Year Research into Public Scholarship: Adapting Student Research for a Public Research Symposium,” Celebrating Student Writing in Writing Programs, edited by Tawnya Azar and Amanda Emanuel Smith, Fall 2026

McCook, Nora. “Positioning Peer Review for Transfer: Developing Writing and Interpersonal Skills through Transparency and Backward- and Forward-Reaching Reflection.” Revisiting Peer Review: Critical Reflections on a Pedagogical Practice, edited by Phoebe Jackson and Christopher Weaver, WAC Clearinghouse, 2023, 22 pages. 

McCook, Nora and Kelsey Dougherty. “What Happens When You Launch an ePortfolio During a Pandemic?: Opportunities and Barriers for Design Justice.” AAEEBL ePortfolio Review 6.2 (Fall/Winter 2022): 15-21. 

McCook, Nora. “Letter to My Advisor.” Exploring the Diversity of ePortfolio Practice: An International Sharing of Practice, Activities, & Assessment, edited by Lisa Donaldson, NIDL, 2022, pp. 39-43, https://read.bookcreator.com/czHiWg1mbURBt6XGEriXdgYJEr62/x2nB-ZEwQD6p3k782neWjg. 

Brewer, Elizabeth, Nora McCook, and Kay Halasek. “Flipping Professional Development: Engaging Instructor Needs and Changing the Visibility of WPA Work.” Pedagogy 19.1 (2018): 483-509. 

McCook, Nora. “Cajun English Speakers and Arkansas Delta Student Oral Historians: Paths Forward for Engaging with Language Myths and Community- University Partnerships.” Review of Good God But You Smart!: Language Prejudice and Upwardly Mobile Cajuns, by Nichole E. Stanford and The Arkansas Delta Oral History Project: Culture, Place, and Authenticity by David A. Jolliffe, Christian Z. Goering, Krista Jones Oldham, and James A. Anderson Jr. Journal of Teaching Writing 33.1 (2018): 87-106. 

McCook, Nora. “Literacy Contact Zones: A Framework for Research.” Literacy in Composition Studies 4.1 (Spring 2016): 50-72.

Honors & Awards

Pericles Civic Fellowship, 2026-2027

Honorable Mention, Presidential Excellence Award: Civic Participation and Public Purpose