Contact Information

Office: 4111 JFSB

Phone: 422-1233

Email: sirpa_grierson@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses English 305: Critical Reading
English 315: Writing in the Social Sciences
English 378: Teaching Literature and Reading
Religion C325 Doctrine & Covenants

Semester Schedule:
Winter 2012

ENGL 378
TTH 3:00-4:15
B150 JFSB

ENGL 476
Varies

Other University Assignments:
English Society Advisor; Executive Admissions Committee


Student Consultations:
T 1:00-2:30 and by appointment

Vita: Link to Vita

Biography: Sirpa Grierson, an associate professor of English, specializes in English education and critical reading. She is also a transfer professor for the College of Religious Education, teaching the Doctrine and Covenants. Her major research interests include “the margins"--the field of interplay between reading, the reader, and the text; multigenre research; and classroom-based field studies in literacy.

Prior to joining the BYU faculty in 1997, Dr. Grierson taught education courses at UVU and worked with the Utah Office of Education as a reading consultant. She has served on the Legislative Action Team and as a member of the Government Relations and By-Laws committees for the International Reading Association. She is the past president of the Utah Teachers of English Language (UCTE), the Utah Council of the International Reading Association (UCIRA), and currently serves as the UCIRA State Coordinator.

At the age of four Dr. Grierson immigrated to Vancouver, Canada from Helsinki, Finland. She and her husband, Lorne, now reside in Orem. Her favorite pastimes include yoga, music, hiking and traveling with family and friends, and of course, reading.

Degrees: PhD, U of Southern Mississippi, 1996

Interests: Reading Pedagogy