Terri Pantuso
  • Associate Dean for Assessment and Curricular Matters
  • Instructional Associate Professor of English
  • Office: Academic Building, 4th Floor

Administrative Contact

Terri Ferguson

t.ferguson@tamu.edu

979-845-7362

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Research Interests

  • Writing Pedagogy
  • Open Education Resources (OER)
  • Feminist Mothering
  • American Women Writers
  • Critical Pedagogy K-16
  • American Literature and Culture
  • African American and African Diaspora Literature
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2009
  • M.A., The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008
  • B.A., Texas A&M University, 1990

Awards & Honors

  • Faculty Excellence Award for Academic Professional Track Faculty, College of Arts & Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2024
  • Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2022
  • SGA Open Educational Resource Champion Award, Student Government Association, University Libraries, and Provost, 2022
  • Faculty Fellow for Academic Program Success, College of Liberal Arts
  • “Achievements in Climate and Inclusion” Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, 2020
  • SGA Open Educator Award, Student Government Association at Texas A&M University, 2020
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section Innovation Award, sponsored by EBSCO Information Services. Received jointly with Sarah LeMire and Kathy Anders for Informed Arguments, 2020
  • Faculty and Staff Recognition Medallion, Department of Veterans Affairs, Texas A&M University, 2018
  • Outstanding Mentor, Langham Creek High School, CFISD, Houston, 2015
  • MVP Langham Creek Faculty, Langham Creek High School, CFISD, Houston, 2015
  • Outstanding Faculty Service, Prairie View A&M University, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Languages and Communication, 2013-2014

Selected Publications

  • Writing and Rhetoric: First Semester Composition, an Open Educational Resource (OER) curriculum developed from the D2S2 project. Eds. Terri Pantuso and Anneke Snyder. https://odp.library.tamu.edu/writing-and-rhetoric-first-semester/ Pressbooks first edition (under review)
  • Writing and Rhetoric: Second Semester Composition, an Open Educational Resource (OER) curriculum developed from the D2S2 project. Eds. Terri Pantuso and Anneke Snyder. https://odp.library.tamu.edu/writing-and-rhetoric-second-semester/ Pressbooks first edition (under review)
  • “Student and Faculty Perceptions of Textbook Affordability Course Marking Systems.” Co- authored with Sarah LeMire, Fabiana Cecchini, and Verity McInnis. Technical Services Quarterly, 43(1), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2025.2597600
  • “Exploring First Generation Experiences with OER Textbooks.” Co-authored with Sarah LeMire and Kathy Anders. College & Research Libraries Journal 85(7) 2024. Available via OAKTrust
  • Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research, an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook. Eds. Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire, Katherine Anders and Kalani Pattison. https://odp.library.tamu.edu/informedarguments/ Pressbooks revised fourth edition released 2023. First edition released 2019. (textbook)
  • “Pedagogy + Advocacy = Pedagadvocating??” NCTE Advocacy, Teaching, Writing Blog, December 15, 2017. http://www2.ncte.org/blog/2017/12/pedagogy-advocacy- pedagadvocating/ (professional blog post)
  • “Do We Need to Buy the Book? Teaching Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the Digital Age.” English Journal 104.5 (2015); 88-91. (journal article)
  • “What’s in Your Jar? Removing the Contents Previously Unexamined.” Notes on American Literature 22 (2013), 29-36. (journal article)
  • “Who is left to mother me? Mothering Fore and Aft While Riding the Waves.” The Mothers Movement Online, August, 2006 http://www.mothersmovement.org/essays/06/07/pantuso_1.html
  • “Who is left to mother me? Mothering Fore and Aft While Riding the Waves.” The Mothers Movement Online, August, 2006 http://www.mothersmovement.org/essays/06/07/pantuso_1.html

Grants

  • PI THECB D2S2 Affiliate Academies Service Contract for first-year writing course instruction, $200,000 institutional service contract, April, 2025

 

  • Campus-Level Invited PI for a William & Flora Hewlett Foundation grant Eddie Watson and Heather Miceli received on behalf of AAC&U to engage in large-scale research concerning the impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) on key student success metrics. Only 18 partners from various institutions around the country were selected. This project will encompass research across multiple disciplines within the College of Arts & Sciences. 2024-2025. ($5,000 individually)

 

  • PI THECB D2S2 Part 2 Service Contract for Reading and Writing instructional materials and open content for the OERTX Repository, $1,200,000 institutional service contract, THECB, May, 2023 (Invited by the Commissioner for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create open materials for reading and writing instruction in first and second year courses)

 

  • Co-PI Critical Friends Group, College of Arts & Sciences, TAMU, 2022-2023, $15,000

 

  •  Co-PI THECB D2S2 Service Contract for ENGL 104, Collaboration with faculty from the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, $200,000 departmental service contract, THECB, April, 2022 (Invited by the Provost and Center for Teaching Excellence to serve as program lead for freshman composition)

 

  • PI College of Liberal Arts and IT Fall Online Curriculum Grant for ENGL 104, $4,500, Texas A&M University, July, 2020

 

  • Recipient of a TAMU Libraries OER Grant for ENGL 104, $8,000 Texas A&M University, July, 2019
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