SHORT BIO

I am a Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities’ Department of English Language and Literature, where I direct the academic writing program and the Writing Center. In early 2024, I organized the University of Haifa’s first interdisciplinary conference on English education, attended by over one hundred educators, administrators, and students of English literature and education nationwide. I received my doctorate from Yale University and have taught at the University of Kentucky, Boston University, and Sewanee-University of the South. My publications include an edited collection, several journal articles and reviews, as well as numerous essays in edited volumes.

In my current research, I demonstrate the relevance of the field of writing studies for the teaching of academic writing in literature classrooms. Students and instructors experience myriad pressures and expectations around writing assignments. Alleviating these challenges through a combined approach including genre awareness, rhetorical listening, and the campus writing center improves both performance and satisfaction. I also argue for the broader role of pedagogy within literary scholarship’s disciplinary discourse.