Writing and Rhetoric: Writing Program Administration incl. Labor Advocacy, Professional Development, and Curriculum Development | Composition Pedagogy incl. Writing about Writing, Public Writing, Active Learning, Distance Learning, and Service Learning
As the Assistant Director of Composition, Dr. Messier assists in overseeing the first-year writing program and in supporting new writing instruction faculty. She earned her BA in English at Oswego State University, and both her MFA in Creative Writing and her PhD in Writing & Rhetoric at George Mason University. Her dissertation examines contingent composition faculty members' professional identity development during and following their participation in faculty learning communities.
English 101: Composition | +hybrid, + online
English 201: Reading and Writing about Texts
English 302: Advanced Composition | +online
English 388: Professional and Technical Writing
English 396: Introduction to Creative Writing
Panelist (w / C. Wooten, J. Matthews, L. Fernandez, K. Meeks), “Administrative Morphing and Programmatic Public Pedagogies: Opportunities and Challenges,” Conference on Community Writing, Philadelphia, PA | 2019
Panelist (w / A. Teagarden, L. Yoo), “The Value of Voice: Sustaining Learning Communities as Inclusive Models of Faculty Development,” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Baltimore, MD | 2019
Panelist (w / C. Wooten, J. Matthews, L. Fernandez, K. Meeks), “Building Public Writing Programs at Diverse Institutions,” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Baltimore, MD | 2019
Panelist (w / J. Matthews, A. Goldenthal), “It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times: A Tale of Two Approaches for Developing and Implementing Online and Hybrid Composition Courses,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA | 2019
Panelist (w/ J. Matthews, L. Fernandez), “Reaching for Common Ground: Professional Development Within and Across Disciplines,” International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Auburn University | 2018
Panelist (w/J. Matthews, L. Fernandez), “Learning Communities: Leveraging External Funding for Faculty-Driven Professional Development,” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Knoxville, TN | 2017
Panelist (w/ J. Matthews, L. Fernandez, L. Lister, S. Liberatore), “The Faculty Learning Community: Reigniting Faculty Learning through Peer-to-Peer Teaching and Institutional Collaboration,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (Mid-Atlantic Regional), Virginia Commonwealth University | 2017