Gay announced her departure from Purdue in October 2018, voicing concerns about the fairness of her compensation and noting Purdue had failed to address the issue. She was an associate professor of creative writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Purdue University from August 2014 until 2018. Gay worked at Eastern Illinois University until the end of the 2013–14 academic year. While at EIU, she was a contributing editor for Bluestem magazine, and she also founded Tiny Hardcore Press. Career Īfter completing her Ph.D., Gay began her academic teaching career in 2010 at Eastern Illinois University, where she was assistant professor of English. Ann Brady served as her dissertation advisor. Her dissertation is titled Subverting the Subject Position: Toward a New Discourse About Students as Writers and Engineering Students as Technical Communicators. She was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa Circle. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication in 2010. Gay attended graduate school at Michigan Technological University in 2008, where she earned a Ph.D. She completed her undergraduate degree at Vermont College of Norwich University, and also earned a master's degree with an emphasis in creative writing from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Gay began her undergraduate studies at Yale University, but dropped out in her junior year to pursue a relationship in Arizona. Her parents were relatively wealthy, supporting her through college and paying her rent until she was 30. Gay began writing essays as a teenager, with much of her early work being influenced by her experience with childhood sexual violence. She attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Gay was raised Roman Catholic and spent her summers visiting family in Haiti. Her mother was a homemaker and her father is owner of GDG Béton et Construction, a Haitian concrete company. Internet relay users, visit, then ask 0485.Gay was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Michael and Nicole Gay, both of Haitian descent. Speak and Listen users, phone 1300 555 727 then ask 0485. For more information head here.įor event enquiries or to discuss your access requirements, please call the Centre for Ideas on 02 9065 0485 or email Centre for Ideas is happy to receive phone calls via the National Relay Service. Paid casual and visitor parking is offered via the CellOPark App and ‘pay by plate meters’. Western Campus Carpark with entry off Day Avenueīarker St Carpark with entry through Gate 14īotany St Carpark with entry through Gate 11
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