Sam Pittman

  • Teaching Associate Professor, Director of Disability Studies Certificate

Sam's Affiliations: Athletics, Disability Studies, First Experiences in ResearchFirst Year Programs, Office of Undergraduate Research, Wiriting Institute

Sam Pittman teaches courses in the Composition and Public and Professional Writing programs, and serves as a Faculty Consultant at the Writing Center. He is also the Director of the Disability Studies Certificate. He is the author of the poetry chapbook Mostly Water (Seven Kitchens Press 2016), and his writing can be found in publications such as Grist, Bellevue Literary Review, Newfound, NEXTpittsburgh, and others.

Courses Taught

ENGCMP 0440: Critical Writing

ENGCMP 0540: Intro to Disability Studies

ENGCMP O500/0545: Writing for Accessibility

ENGCMP 1510: Writing with Style

FP 0003: First-Year Seminar Writing Center

Education & Training

  • MFA, University of Pittsburgh
  • BA, UC Berkeley

Representative Publications

Research Interests

Disability Studies; Poetry; Writing Center Pedagogy; Writing Studies