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Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald Publishes Essay on Writing Centers

By On March 9, 2022 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center at Yeshiva University, was invited to contribute to a special issue on “Undergraduate Research as a Future of English Studies” for the journal Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture from Duke […]

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Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald Selected as NCPTW 2020 Maxwell Award Recipient

By On December 9, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Taken from the press release sent out on Dec. 9, 2020, by the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing

The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing’s Ron Maxwell Award Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center at Yeshiva University, and […]

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Fitzgerald Gives Keynote Address

By On November 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, professor of English, chair of the Yeshiva College English department and director of the University’s Wilf Writing Center, gave the keynote address at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing on October 14 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.

The address, presented with Dr. Melissa Ianetta, […]

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Grimaldi Named as Writing Center Coordinator

By On August 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Gina Grimaldi, an adjunct instructor in Renaissance drama and composition since 2011 in the department of English at Stern College for Women, was recently named coordinator of the Beren Writing Center, where she will mentor the student tutors and supervise the Center’s daily operations. She was […]

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Fitzgerald Authors Two Chapters

By On November 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, chair of the Yeshiva College English Department and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, coauthored a chapter for the edited collection A Critical Look at Institutional Mission: A Guide for Writing Program Administrators.

The chapter,“Negotiating Institutional Missions: Writing Center Tutors as Rhetorical Actors,” written with Andrea […]

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Fitzgerald Promoted to Full Professor

By On July 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and chair of the English department at Yeshiva College, has been promoted to full professor of English at Yeshiva University.

Fitzgerald has served as the director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center since 1997, a role in which she has prepared hundreds of […]

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Fitzgerald Publishes Guide for Writing Tutors

By On March 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center and associate professor of English at Yeshiva University, recently co-authored The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors (Oxford University Press, April 2015). The book serves as a guide for new undergraduate writing tutors, covering both the basics and theoretical and practical complexities […]

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Writing Center Faculty and Tutors Lead Workshop at Yale University

By On April 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, associate professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, and Writing Center tutors Efrayim Clair (’13YC and ’14Azrieli) and Josh Nagel (’16YC) led a workshop on “Writing Center Values” at Yale University on April 2. Approximately 30 undergraduate and graduate student tutors attended this event, which helped participants reflect […]

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