Humanities Division

B.S. Ed. Valdosta State University, M.S. Ed. Georgia Southwestern State University

Professor Amanda Knight has taught at Andrew College since 1999 after having thirteen years of experience teaching at the high school level.  Her teaching experience enables her to understand her students’ backgrounds in their progress toward becoming successful college-level writers.  Professor Knight has shared her unique process of teaching punctuation and sentence structure in her book Punctuation Decoded.  In addition, Professor Knight was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant to study in Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia in 2004, and she led a Fulbright-Hays study group of professors and teachers to South Korea and China in 2010.  She has served as the faculty liaison for the student exchange between Andrew College and Pai Chai University in Daejeon, South Korea, Andrew College’s sister Methodist institution, and she strives to incorporate international cultural components in her classes whenever possible.  Professor Knight enjoys teaching and working with young adults.  She was chosen as a Governor’s Teaching Fellow in 2017, and she reports, “I love what I do!  I feel that I make a significant difference in helping my students work toward their goals of achieving college degrees.”

B.A. English Georgia Southwestern State University, M.A.T. English Georgia College and State University

Assistant Professor of Learning Support English Katie Dodrill is excited to begin a career at Andrew College after eight years in the public school system. She majored in English at Georgia Southwestern State University, where she was especially interested in creative writing, placing in the Dolores Capitan Writing Competition twice and publishing short stories in the college journal. In 2007, Professor Dodrill received a Master of Arts in Teaching English from Georgia College & State University, and her degrees and teaching experience have prepared her to assist students in developing and honing their writing skills at both the Learning Support and college levels. Professor Harris is passionate about grammar, and while she acknowledges that not everyone shares her love of syntax and semicolons, she tries to instill that same passion in her students. “Students MUST be proficient in writing in order to be successful in college,” says Professor Dodrill, “and I enjoy helping students become more confident in their writing ability.” When she is not grading essays, Professor Dodrill enjoys reading, swimming, and spending time with her family.