Susan Meigs


Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Master of Arts
English

Florida State University
Bachelor of Arts
English Language & Literature


Teaching Experience

Teaching Experience

Professor, Austin Community College

Adjunct Professor, Austin Community College

Digital Navigator, Word Processing Microcredential, Austin Community College Quality Enhancement Plan on Digital Fluency and Innovation

Instructional Associate, Austin Community College

Adjunct Associate Professor, Cochise Community College, Arizona

Adjunct Professor, Huston-Tillotson University

Adjunct Professor, Concordia University Texas

Reading and Writing Instructor, Super Teachers, Corp.

Private English Tutor

Literacy Instructor, Literacy Austin

Instructor of Record, University of Texas Extension

Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin

Communications Instructor, Fulbright Summer Orientation Program, The University of Texas at Austin

Sign Language Instructor, Broward County School District, Adult Education Program


Professional Publications

"AI: A Student's Perspective," Teaching with AI Book Club, 8 May 2025

"Handling AI Challenges," LAG Retreat, 25 April 2025

"AI & Writing Innovation Grant," TLED AI Showcase, 27 March 2025

"AI in and out of Our Classes," ACC Library Symposium, 16 January 2025

“Using Generative AI to Enhance Classroom Engagement,” Committee for Faculty Innovation and Development (CFID) Learn and Go Lightning Talk, 13 June 2024

“Communications Careers in the AI World: A Panel Discussion,” invited panel speaker at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Cultural Center Zoom Event, 17 November 2023

“The AI Adjustment: Integrating AI Tools into the Writing Classroom,” delivered at the Community College Humanities Association Conference, 13 October 2023

“Pumped-Up Peer Reviews,” delivered at the Project ACC Summer Institute, June 2019

“Overcoming Obstacles: Engaging All Students,” delivered with Carl Gregory and Anne Fletcher at the Project ACC Summer Institute, June 2019.

“Getting In: Helping Students Write Effective Admissions Essays,” delivered at the ACC Tutor Conference, February 2019

“Instructional Associates: A Model for Harnessing the Power of Adjuncts,” delivered at the League for Innovation in the Community College Conference, February 2019, New York City

“Using Google Sites to Create Digital Resumés,” delivered at ACC DigiCon, June 2018

“What We Can Learn from our Colleagues About Effective Writing Tutoring,” facilitated at the ACC Tutor Conference, February 2017

Presentations on teaching with the Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (DIWE) network writing software at the following conferences:

                American Association for Higher Education (1994, 1995)

                League for Innovation in the Community College (1994-1997)

                National Council of Teachers of English (1995, 1996)

                NISOD (1996)

                Syllabus (1995, 1996)

“Life for Literature Graduates Outside Academe,” delivered at the Modern Language Association Conference, December 1994, Chicago.

“Multiculturalism in Teaching Assistant Training,” delivered at the Fifth Annual National Conference of the National Association of Graduate/Professional Students, March 1991, Norman, Oklahoma.

“No Place But the Funnyhouse: The Struggle for Identity in Three Adrienne Kennedy Plays,” in Modern American Drama: The Female Canon, ed. June Schlueter. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990.


Editorial/Research Experience

Test Scorer of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), National Evaluation Systems (2002, 2003, 2004), Austin, TX

Marketing Director, The Daedalus Group, Inc. (1993-1999), Austin, TX

Editor, NAFTA News (1994), Austin, TX

Marketing Research Data Analyst, Dell USA (1993), Austin, TX

Research Editor, Publisher’s Resource Group (1993), Austin, TX

Marketing Copywriter, Keller Williams Realty (1993), Austin, TX

Editorial Assistant, Theatre Journal (1989-90), University of Texas Fellowship

Research Assistant, The Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research (1984-1986) Tallahassee, FL


Awards

Innovation Grant on Writing and AI (2024-25)

Inaugural Syllabus Project Participant (2022-23)

Inaugural Racial Equity Change Effort Participant (2022-23)

Liberal Arts Gateway Level II Fellowship: Community of Practice Facilitator (2022)

Multiple Semester Term Appointment (2021-2024)

Becoming an Equity-Minded Instructor Participant (2021)

NISOD Teaching Excellence Award (2020)

Quality Matters Certificate (2020)

Liberal Arts Gateway Instructor (2019-present)

ACC Inaugural Teaching and Learning Academy Fellow (2019-2020)

Project ACC Fellow (2018-2019)

ACC Digital Fellow (2017-2018)

Innovation Grant Flipped-Class Pilot Project Member (2017-2018)

Lilly Conference Awardee (2016)

Celebration of Great Teaching Participant (2016)


Administrative Service

AAC&U 2025-2026 Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and Curriculum, ACC Cohort Member

CLS Assistant Department Chair for Curriculum (2025-27)

Theory of Change Required Advising Design Team Member (2024-25)

Faculty-Facing Badging Sub-Committee (2024-present)

CLS Professional Development, Research, and Service Committee Member (2024-25)

Hiring Committee Member for Associate Dean of Faculty Development (2023)

Academic Integrity Review Panel Member (2023)

QEP Implementation Committee Member, Outreach Subcommittee Member (2022-2024)

Ascender Mentor (2021-present)

Discipline Assessment Committee Member (2021-present)

Composition & Literary Studies Faculty Evaluation Committee Member (2021-2024)

Hiring Committee Member for Academic Coach and Computerside Chat Facilitator Positions (2019)

Committee for Faculty Innovation & Development (formerly Faculty Center Advisory Group) Member (2016-2025)

Voting Adjunct, Composition & Literary Studies (2015-2024)

Grade Appeal Committee, Austin Community College (2008, 2013-2014, 2019)

New Faculty Mentor,

        Austin Community College (2008, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2025)

        Cochise College (2004)     

Vice President/Secretary/Conference Coordinator, The Council of Graduate Students, The University of Texas at Austin (1990-1991)

Dean’s Liberal Arts Advisory Council, The University of Texas at Austin (1990)

Graduate Assembly Representative, The University of Texas at Austin (1990-1991)

President, Association of Graduate Students in English, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)



Published: August 29, 2025