Professor of Writing
OFFICE
Humanities 236G
Loyola University Maryland
(410) 617-2404 poneill1@loyola.edu
EDUCATION
University of Louisville, PhD (English, Composition and rhetoric)
University of Maryland College Park, MA (English)
University of Maryland Baltimore County, BA (English)
Towson University (Secondary certification English education)
COURSES TAUGHT
WR100D (including Messina sections)
WR220 Art of Rhetoric
WR311 Style
WR320 Art of the Argument
WR323 Writing Center Theory & Practice
WR325 Rhetoric of Professional Writing
WR350 Art of Prose: Rachel Carson
WR400 Senior Seminar
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Murphy, Sandra and Peggy O’Neill. Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning
Accountability Inside Out. Routledge, 2023.
Hesse, Douglas and Peggy O’Neill. “Writing as Studied Beyond Writing Studies.” Considering
What We Know, Eds. Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle. Logan: Utah State University
Press, 2020.
Moore, Cindy and Peggy O’Neill. “Surviving and Thriving in the Writing Department
at Loyola University Maryland.” Why We Need Allies: The Great Recession and the Future
of Independent Writing Programs. Eds. Richard Matzen and Matthew Abraham. Logan, UT:
Utah State University Press, 2019.
O’Neill, Peggy and Sandra Murphy. “Postsecondary Writing Assessment.” Handbook on
Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2cd. ed. Edited by Charles
Secolsky and D. Brian Dennison, Routledge, 2017.
Moore, Cindy, Peggy O’Neill and Angela Crow. “Assessing for Learning in an Age of
Comparability: Remembering the Importance of Context.” Reclaiming Accountability:
Improving Writing Programs through Accreditation and Large-Scale Assessment. Eds.
Sharer, Wendy et al. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2016. Print.
O'Neill, Peggy. “Threshold Concepts at the Crossroads: Writing Instruction and Assessment,”
Naming What We Know, Eds. Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle. Utah State University
Press, 2015. 157-170. Print. (Invited).
See my cv for more details about my publications and service.