The English Department welcomes Megan Connor, who recently joined AU as Director of the University Writing Center. In this role, she will oversee the many services offered by the Writing Center, including one-on-one appointments between Writing Assistants (WAs) and undergraduate students seeking assistance in any subject, the training and continued professional development of the WAs, graduate and Seminary writing consultations, and English 110 (the writing lab connected with the Composition Program). Megan describes her training and previous work as follows:
For the last four years, I taught 11th grade English Language Arts at Bio-Med Science Academy, a STEM high school located on the Northeast Ohio Medical University’s campus. While there, I established and developed a student-staffed writing center. Going through this process re-ignited my passion for writing centers.
I have been involved with writing centers for over ten years and have worked with them in almost every capacity - as a student, as a peer tutor, as an assistant director, and as a director establishing a new center. I have my Master’s in Rhetoric and Composition from Kent State and am currently enrolled in the Curriculum and Instruction doctoral program at Kent State. My main research interests include the teaching of writing, writing centers, peer review, new literacies, and critical social justice education.
In addition to her training and expertise, Megan brings with her a warm enthusiasm for the AU community. She writes,
I have been awed by how welcoming everyone has been. There seems to be a real sense of community at Ashland, and I am really looking forward to becoming a part of that community.
The department looks forward to Megan's contributions in her new role!
