Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate
Research in Writing Studies
York College of Pennsylvania
Workshop Speakers and Mentor Faculty Members 2014
Kerrie Carsey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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History of Rhetoric
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Rhetorical Theory
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Composition Pedagogy, including Digital Pedagogy
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Religious Rhetoric and Homiletics
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History of Composition
Cynthia Crimmins, MS Ed
Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and English and Humanities Instructor,
York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Faculty Learning Communities
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Student Learning
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Methods: Focus groups, surveys, interviews, examining artifacts
Gabriel Cutrufello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Rhetoric of Science
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History of Rhetoric
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Rhetorical Genre Studies
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Composition Pedagogy
Dominic DelliCarpini, Ph.D.
Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of English, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Writing Program Administration
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The Teaching of Writing
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Civic Rhetoric and Civic Engagement
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Student Learning Assessment
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Early Modern Literature and Reformation Culture/Theology
Bill Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center,
Rutgers University: Camden
Research Interests:
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Rhetoric of Religion
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Kenneth Burke
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The Rhetoric of Style
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Literacy Studies
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Media Studies
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Genre
Jennifer Follett, M.A.
Writing Center Director, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Writing Center Tutors and their Strategies
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Meeting the Needs of Students in the Writing Center
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Emotion in the Writing Center
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Conversational Analysis of Tutoring Session
Jessie Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of the Center for Engaged Learning,
Elon University
Research Interests:
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Writing Transfer
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Writing Lives of University Students
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Digital Literacies and Writing
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Second Language Writing
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Writing, Rhetoric, and Civic Action
Leigh Ryan, Ph.D.
Writing Center Director, University of Maryland
Research Interests:
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Writing Program Administration
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Teaching of Writing
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Writing Center Theory and Practice
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Tutor Training and Development
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19th Century Antebellum South
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Archival Research
Erec Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Political Rhetoric
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Buddhist philosophy and rhetoric
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Rhetorics of diversity
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Composition Pedagogy
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Discourse and Identity
Sam Waddell, M.A.
Instructor of Writing, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Developmental Writing Best Practices
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First Year Writing Assessment
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Writing Center Activities
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Peer Writing Tutor
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Involvement in First Year Composition Course Work
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Quantitative Research Methods
Madeline D. Yonker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Rhetoric and Technology
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Composition Pedagogy
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Digital Humanities
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The Rhetoric of Motherhood
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Participatory Culture and Rhetoric
Michael Zerbe, Ph.D.
Writing Program Administrator and Associate Professor of English, York College of Pennsylvania
Research Interests:
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Rhetorics of Science and Medicine
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Rhetoric and Composition and Science Literacy
Lisa Zimmerelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director, Loyola University
Recent Research Interests:
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Tutor Training and Development
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Feminist Historiography
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Women's Religious Rhetoric
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Genre Studies