May 2, 2016 By: yunews
Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English, chair of the Yeshiva College English Department, and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, recently gave several talks and published pieces related to her coauthored volume, . A textbook for undergraduate and graduate writing tutors, The Oxford Guide has been adopted for tutor education courses at dozens of institutions across the country, including Columbia University, Georgetown University and Oberlin College.
In April, Fitzgerald presented on writing centers at the University of London鈥檚 School of Advanced Studies and about undergraduate writing tutor research for The Writing Center Journal, which favorably reviewed The Oxford Guide in its fall issue. Last fall, she and her Oxford Guide coauthor, Dr. Melissa Ianetta of the University of Delaware, participated in a videoconference for the Madison Area Writing Center Colloquium at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison, and Fitzgerald co-led a workshop at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. In addition, she coauthored a on writing center scholarship for College English as well as an article in WPA: Writing Program Administration memorializing Linda Bergmann, a fellow writing center scholar who passed away suddenly in 2014.
In April, Fitzgerald presented on writing centers at the University of London鈥檚 School of Advanced Studies and about undergraduate writing tutor research for The Writing Center Journal, which favorably reviewed The Oxford Guide in its fall issue. Last fall, she and her Oxford Guide coauthor, Dr. Melissa Ianetta of the University of Delaware, participated in a videoconference for the Madison Area Writing Center Colloquium at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison, and Fitzgerald co-led a workshop at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. In addition, she coauthored a on writing center scholarship for College English as well as an article in WPA: Writing Program Administration memorializing Linda Bergmann, a fellow writing center scholar who passed away suddenly in 2014.
