Ashley S Fisk
Principal Lecturer
Contact
Department of English
Office: 514 Strode
Email: cowden2@clemson.edu
Education
M.A. Professional Communication, Clemson University; B.S. Graphic Communications, Clemson University
Courses
Technical and Business Communication and Service Learning
Ashley Fisk has been teaching in the English department since 2003. In 2010 she was promoted to Senior Lecturer, and in 2022 she was promoted to Principal Lecturer. Her teaching philosophy involves active learning, rhetorical problem-solving, and collaboration. Professor Fisk wants to engage her students in meaningful writing projects to help facilitate the transfer of skills to workplace situations and other courses. Her classes are student-centered where her students shape the project, giving them more ownership over the process. Professor Fisk's classes have completed around 200 client projects. She teaches 1030, 3040, 3150, and 4990.
Professor Fisk has won several departmental, university, and state teaching awards:
2010-2011 Service Alliance Faculty Fellows
2011-2012 Service Alliance Faculty Fellows
Fall 2012 Phil Prince Award
Spring 2012 Pearson Award for Client-Based Projects.
Spring 2013 South Carolina Faculty Award for Service Learning
Spring 2016 Holman Award for Teaching
In addition to teaching Professor Fisk is the Assistant Director of the Pearce Center for Professional Communication. She manages the Center’s internship program and its projects, maintains the Center’s digital presence, designs marketing materials, recruits clients, and performs administrative tasks.
