Sophia S. Vilceus
Assistant Professor
Main Hall 104
SVilceus@wcupa.edu
Education
- PhD, University of Delaware
- M.A., Howard University
- B.A., CUNY City College of New York
Interests
- Critical Pedagogy
- Culturally Relevant Pedagogies
- Black Studies
- First-Year Writing
- Memoir Writing
- Educating the Marginalized
Current and Recently Taught Courses:
- LIT 165: Topics in Literature
- WRT 120: Effective Writing
- WRT 200: Critical Writing and Research
- WRT 204: Critical Writing: Approaches to Popular Culture
- WRT 205: Critical Writing: Investigating Experience
- ENG 150: Writing Studies Workshop
Selected Publications
Books
Vilceus, S.S. (2025). Love for Life and Learning: Life-Giving. In T. M. Kress, R. Lake, N. Khan-Roopnarine, P. A. Hayfron, & N. Session (Eds.), Love letters to bell hooks: Narratives celebrating the influence of a transgressive educator. Routledge.
Vilceus, S.S. (2022). His & Her Will Be Done. Hunter Heart Entertainment.
Vilceus, S.S. (2017). Late Conversations with my Late Mother. Hunter Heart Publishing.
Vilceus, S.S. (2015). The Last Pew: Journeying Back to God’s Will After an Affair. Hunter Heart Publishing.
Refereed Journal Publications
Carey, R. L., Polanco, C., Blackman, H., Daughtry, K. A., Abrams, H. R., *Miller, M. X., Marianno, L., Vilceus, S. S., Alobwede, E., & Woelki., W. (2025). “They just don’t get that we matter”: Black boys’ critical consciousness development during a health crisis and racial reckoning”. The Urban Review.
Carey, R. L., Vilceus, S. S., Polanco, C., Miller, M. X., Marianno, L., & Woelki, W. (2024). Studying and Imagining Mattering With Black Boys: Mutual Self-Discoveries for Collective Healing and Liberation. Qualitative Inquiry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241269976
Journal Publication(s) in Progress
Examining Equity in (Education) Collaborations. Shewchuk, S., Vilceus, S.S. (in review). Frontiers in Education, section Leadership in Education.
Carey, R. L., Polanco, C., Vilceus, S. S., Miller, M. X., Blackman, H., Marianno, L., Daughtry, K. A., Abrams, H.R., & Woelki, W. (in review). Strategic avoidance and the contours of Black adolescent boys’ perceived school mattering during a health crises and racial Reckoning.