P.J. Schaefer [Patricia J. Sehulster, Ph.D.]

            A former 7-12 public school English teacher, teaching fellow at Fordham University, adjunct at Pace University and recent retiree of SUNY Westchester Community College, PJ Schaefer earned her Ph.D. in American literature at Fordham University, New York.

            PJ Schaefer’s long and short mainstream fiction and nonfiction have appeared in such publications as Troika; Dogsongs; Reader’s Break; Elements; Ink; Poor Katie’s Almanac; Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction, Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness Anthology; First Came Fear New Tales of Horror Anthology; Salon Style An Online Literary Journal; Salon Style: An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry, and Art; Offshore: Northeast Boating; Boston Parents’ Paper; Big Apple Parent; Children’s Writer; Family Times; Naturally Women Magazine; and Camping Today; Edinburg Newsletter. 

            Her academic publications include the book, Reinventing the Freshman Writing and Research Course A Text for All Freshman, Co-Requisite, and Writing Across the Curriculum Courses and essays for The Western Journal of Black Studies, The Journal of Black Studies, A.T.Q.: 19th Century American Literature and Culture, The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story, Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace, The Facts on File Companion to the American Novel, Teaching English in the Two-Year College,and Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches. 

            She has presented at conferences, including the Guided Pathways Institute III, the Successful Teaching Conference, the NYU National Symposium, Information Literacy and the (New) Student Learner, and Using E-Portfolios to Assess Student Learning. She has also served as a peer reviewer for Teaching English in the Two-Year College, African American Review, and Pearson Higher Education. In 2011 – 2012, she received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service and the SUNY Westchester Community College Foundation Award for Excellence in Service and in 2017-2018, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Work and the SUNY Westchester Community College Foundation Award for Excellence in Scholarship.