Contact Information

Office: 4111 JFSB

Phone: 422-1233

E-mail: sirpa_grierson@byu.edu

Courses Taught:
English 305 Critical Reading

English 315 Writing in the Social Sciences

English 378: Teaching Reading

REl C325: Doctrine and Covenants

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 the act of 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 Council of the International Reading Association and currently serves as their 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. Besides time with family and friends her favorite pastimes include yoga, music, hiking and traveling, and of course, reading.

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