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Jennifer Ahern Dodson

Jennifer Ahern Dodson, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director

Contact Info:
Office Location:  115 Art Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 660 4393
E-mail Address:  send me a message
Web Page:   https://jaherndodson.com

Education:

  • Ph.D., Florida State University, 2001
Research Interests:
Writing-to-learn pedagogies, composing with new media, faculty writers, civic engagement and student self-authorship

Current projects:
Faculty Write Program. Focuses on faculty-as-writers and aims to reinvigorate commitments to writing and teaching writing at Duke. TWP Director of Duke's Language, Arts and Media Program (LAMP). The program will engage every first-year student in learning a broad range of communications skills for traditional and new media.


Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  • Ahern Dodson, J. "Stuck in Your Writing? Invite Readers into Your Writing Process.."  August, 2023.  [abs]
  • Ahern-Dodson, J; Dufour, M. "The Productivity Trap: Why We Need a New Model of Faculty Writing Support." Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 55.1 (January, 2023): 24-30. [doi]  [abs]
  • Ahern Dodson, J. "Supporting Faculty as Writers Supports Students."  Inside Higher Ed, July, 2022.  [abs]
  • North Carolina Campus Compact Community of Practice, Inquiry, and Learning (COPIL), . "A Primer on the Benefits and Value of Civic & Community Engagement in Higher Education. L. Garvin, P.H. Clayton, J.D. Brazell-Brayboy, K.Medlin, E. Kohl (Eds.)."  North Carolina Campus Compact, 2021.
  • Ahern-Dodson, J; Dufour, M. "Supporting Faculty as Writers and Teachers: An Integrative Approach to Educational Development." To Improve the Academy 40.1 (2021). [doi]  [abs]

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