Winter Weather Advisory

UPDATED: 1/21/25 at 9:45 a.m. UNCP officials met this morning to assess conditions and updates from the National Weather Service and have determined the university will operate on a normal schedule through 5:15 p.m. today and then transition to a Condition 1—Reduced Operations status through noon, Wednesday, Jan. 22. All classes after 5 p.m. today through noon, Wednesday, Jan. 22, are canceled. For updates, visit uncp.edu/weather. Students, faculty and staff please check your campus email.

Teagan Decker

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Teagan Decker

Dean of Esther G. Maynor Honors College and Professor of English

Hickory Hall, 118

910.521.6437

teagan.decker@uncp.edu

About

Teagan Decker is a professor of English and the dean of the Esther G. Maynor Honors College at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. After graduating with a BA in literature and an MA in teaching writing from Humboldt State University (California), she earned a PhD in language and rhetoric from the University of Washington (Seattle), where she also directed the English department writing center. At UNC Pembroke, she directed the writing center from 2007-2015 and served as assistant dean to the honors college from 2015-2020. She teaches courses in composition and the humanities as well as courses in rhetoric at the graduate level. Dr. Decker has presented several conference papers on service-learning and works to promote community-oriented education in her own classes and across campus. Her most recent publication, "Embracing New Opportunities in and Beyond First-Year Composition," appeared in the journal Honors in Practice in 2022.