English Department Faculty
Veronica House
Associate Professor of the Practice
Director of the Writing Center
Veronica House
Ph.D.
Contact
Email: veronica.house@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Wellesley College
- M.F.A., University of Maryland
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests
Food Rhetorics; Local Food Movements; Community Writing; Institutionalization of Community Engagement in Higher Education
Biography
Veronica House is Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of the Writing Center at Boston College. She is the author of Local Organic: Food Rhetorics and Community Writing for Impact (2025) and Medea's Chorus: Myth and 20th Century Women's Poetry Since 1950 (2014). Veronica's recent teaching, community work, and scholarship focus on food movements, community-engaged writing, and writing as a force for social change.
Veronica is Founding Director of the Conference on Community Writing and Founding Executive Director of the Coalition for Community Writing. She consults with faculty at colleges and universities across the country to design community-engaged courses and programs. Veronica is recipient of Campus Compact's Engaged Scholar Award; University of Colorado's Women Who Make A Difference Award; and numerous teaching awards. She serves as Consulting Editor of the Community Literacy Journal.