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Rhetoric & Writing Studies San Diego State University

Faculty Profile : Steve Merriam, Ph.D 

 Office:
Adams Humanities 3119
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 Telephone:
(619) 890.1683
 Fax:
(619) 594-6530
 Email:
smerriam@mail.sdsu.edu
 

Steve Merriam, Ph.D., has over 20 years’ experience in teaching, research, project management, instructional design, and curriculum development. He is an honored college-level teacher, tutor and workshop leader, specializing in project and program management, technical writing, editing, and strategic planning for nonprofit agencies.

He has copyedited such academic journals as Annals of Criticism, Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology, and Modern Fiction Studies. From 1995 to 1999, he was Design and Production Manager for the Acquired Paperback Program at the Johns Hopkins University Press in Baltimore, where he was responsible for producing 80-100 titles a year.

Dr. Merriam is also a faculty advisor in the Social Internship Program at San Diego State’s Entrepreneurial Management Center where he has overseen research and writing development with such partners as the San Diego Symphony, Volunteer San Diego and the San Diego Foundation.

Currently, he serves on the boards of the Pacific Children’s’ Theatre (Executive), Mi Esperanza Honduras (Advisory) and the National Homeless Court Alliance (Advisory).

Steve Merriam holds a BA from San Diego State University, an MA and PhD in English from Purdue University. His dissertation addressed the relationship between modern and contemporary American poetry and painting. He is a LEAD San Diego graduate.