Welcome to Summer 2019 Dissertation Camp! I'm looking forward to working with you.   I've been a prof. in the Rhetoric Dept and a Writing Center director for 29 (!) years.  In my recent research I've been using writing center data, as well as my own second language learning experiences to illustrate and explore concepts in second language writing and more recently second language acquisition.  I also write creatively, especially about travel, and teach a travel writing course every fall as a first-year seminar.


In this Dissertation Camp, I'll be working on a combination of academic and creative projects.


1) Revising for resubmission an article that Deirdre, another writing center researcher, and I wrote that analyzes survey results about second language writers' perceptions of their second language writing development.


2) Preparing a draft of an essay about health issues for a Summer Writing Festival Class.


3) Probably working with Deirdre to revise our IRB proposal for more writing center research.