Virginia
K.
Freed
, MEd., MA
Professor of English
Department:
Liberal Studies
Location:
Elliott House
203
Degrees
BA, American International College; MEd, Westfield State College; Advanced Study: University of Massachusetts, College of Our Lady of the Elms; MA, Trinity College
Contact
Phone: 413.565.1232
Email: vfreed@baypath.edu
Profile
Virginia Freed, MEd, MA, has been on the faculty of the Bay Path College Liberal Studies Department since 1984. During her tenure at Bay Path, she has served as the director of the Academic Development Center and director of CIT, Bay Path’s writing program. In addition, she has chaired the Faculty Assembly for two terms and advised the Honors Program and International Students Program. She is currently and advisor to the Literary Club and Gospel Choir.
As a teacher of literature and composition courses, Freed maintains professional affiliations which reflect her emphases on her discipline and its teaching pedagogy. She has been a long-time member of The National Council of Teachers of English, The Children’s Literature Association, and The New England Association of Popular Culture. Additionally, she has presented papers in film interpretation of literature at the national conference of the Modern Language Association and the Southwest and New England Popular Culture Associations. Freed has also presented workshops at the National Academic Advising Association, and her work has been published in
The Teaching Professor, a newsletter dedicated to sharing successful practical pedagogy within the teaching profession.
Freed has spent her entire teaching career as a faculty member at Bay Path College. She received an MEd from Westfield State College and an MA in English from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Freed earned her baccalaureate from American International College. While at Bay Path, Freed has been honored with the students’ dedication to
The Portico, the college’s yearbook, and the Marcia H. Conrad Service Award.
Freed currently teaches children’s literature as well as the foundational writing and literature courses in the undergraduate program. Other courses include Women in Literature, Victorian Secrets, and Love in Literature.
