Laura Scavuzzo Wheeler Office:  P116 Phone:  562-938-4390 Email:  lwheeler@lbcc.edu

Laura Scavuzzo Wheeler, originally from eastern Pennsylvania, earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia with a double major in English and Italian. Her M.A. and Ph.D. in English are both from U.S.C., where she wrote her dissertation on English Protestant impulses toward external marking of clothes, character, language, and faith during the English Renaissance. Before coming to L.B.C.C. and while pursuing her doctorate, she taught undergraduates in U.S.C.'s Writing Program for seven years and helped train incoming composition instructors. She has been teaching full-time at LBCC for ten years now in a variety of courses, including Intro to Shakespeare, College Grammar, and Intro to Literature as well as a full complement of composition courses. Each semester she enjoys working within the Honors Program and with the many different students who bring a breadth of experience to the classroom. She's married and has two small children, to whom she hopes to impart a love of literature, as well.