Robbie Pinter
Dr. Robbie Clifton Pinter is professor of English at Belmont
University. She enjoys teaching writing that involves the
community, especially using writing to teach about the environment
and other community issues. In both, she works with students to
give them real life writing practice. Dr. Pinter began teaching at
Belmont as in 1984. She began the computer-assisted writing program
at Belmont and worked for ten years as Director of Writing. In
1991, she was nominated for the Virginia M. Chaney Award, and in
2003, won Belmont's Tower Award for Exceptional
Contribution to Campus Life. Dr. Pinter is a member of NCTE, MLA,
and the National Assembly for the Expanded Perspectives in
Learning. She publishes about life writing in the JAEPL journal,
and she enjoys publishing outside of academia in various
publications that connect writing to life. In 2004, she published
For This Child I Prayed a memoir that tells the story of
open adoption.
email:
Robbie Pinter
phone: 615.460.6243
office: WHB 200F
