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
WR100 (including Diversity Justice and Messina sections)
WR220 Introduction to Rhetoric
WR311 Style
WR320 Argumentation
WR323 Writing Center Theory & Practice
WR325 Professional Writing
WR350 Art of Prose: Rachel Carson
WR387 Special Topics: Writing about Health
WR400 Senior Seminar
Selected Publications
Murphy, Sandra and Peggy O鈥橬eill. Assessing Writing to Support Learning: Turning
Accountability Inside Out. Routledge, 2023.
Hesse, Douglas and Peggy O鈥橬eill. 鈥淲riting as Studied Beyond Writing Studies.鈥� Considering
What We Know, Eds. Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle. Logan: Utah State University
Press, 2020.
Moore, Cindy and Peggy O鈥橬eill. 鈥淪urviving and Thriving in the Writing Department
at 麻豆精选.鈥� 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鈥橬eill, Peggy and Sandra Murphy. 鈥淧ostsecondary Writing Assessment.鈥� 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鈥橬eill and Angela Crow. 鈥淎ssessing for Learning in an Age of
Comparability: Remembering the Importance of Context.鈥� 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. 鈥淭hreshold Concepts at the Crossroads: Writing Instruction and Assessment,鈥�
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.