Devon D. Deery

Biography

Assistant Professor and the Writing Program Director Devon Deery oversees Stonehill College’s First-Year Writing Seminars and supports writing instruction across the curriculum. 

She brings extensive experience teaching writing at the college level across creative, academic and peer-supported learning contexts. She began her teaching career at Boston-area colleges and has taught a wide range of writing courses at Stonehill that engage students in multiple genres and rhetorical situations. Her pedagogy is grounded in process-based writing and inquiry, supporting students as they grow into more confident readers, writers, and thinkers.

In addition to her teaching role, Deery brings longstanding experience in writing program leadership and academic support administration. She previously directed Tutoring Services (formerly the Center for Writing and Academic Achievement) at Stonehill, where she worked closely with faculty, peer tutors and campus partners to develop and sustain peer-learning initiatives. She also co-directed the Boston Area Writing Center Administrators’ Group for a decade, collaborating with regional colleagues on professional development and shared leadership in writing center work. These experiences inform her commitment to teaching writing and to supporting faculty in the design and instruction of writing-intensive courses, with particular attention to peer learning and anti-racist pedagogical and administrative practices.

Deery’s creative and scholarly work includes publications in poetry and fiction, as well as an illustrated children’s book. Most recently, she co-authored a chapter in Writing Centers and the New Racism on anti-racist administrative practices in writing centers, reflecting her commitment to equity-minded leadership and inclusive educational environments.

As a writer and first-generation college student, Deery believes deeply in the transformative power of writing and higher education. She is committed to creating learning spaces that are transparent, reflective and accessible to students from diverse backgrounds.

Education

• M.F.A., Stonecoast M.F.A. Program, University of Southern Maine
• B.F.A., University of Maine at Farmington

Courses Taught

• The Art of the Essay
• Reading and Writing Poetry
• Sports Rivalries: Who Wins?
• Introduction to College Writing
• Writing Tutoring: Theory and Practice
• Writing Practicum
• Everyone's an Author