Elizabeth Wardle

Director of Writing Programs
Associate Professor

ewardle@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-5416
Campus Location: CNH301C

Education

Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Professional Communication from Iowa State University (2003)
M.A. in English from University of Louisville (1999)
B.A. in Philosophy from University of Louisville (1994)

Previously Assistant Professor and Director of Writing Programs at University of Dayton, 2003-2008

Research Interests

Scholoarship of Writing Program Administration
first-year composition as Writing Studies
disciplinarity of Writing Studies
genre theory
activity theory
transfer of writing-related knowledge

Recent Research Activities

I am currently working on a writing-about-writing textbook titled I am a Writer in the World with Doug Downs for Bedford/St Martins. I am also conducting assessment of writing-about-writing and research as genuine inquiry curricula in ENC 1101 and 1102, as well as looking at the impact of small class size on writing instruction.

Awards

NCTE 2006 Best Article of the Year in Teaching of Technical and Scientific Communication for "Building Context: Using Activity Theory to Teach About Genre in Multi-Major Professional Communication Courses." With Donna Kain. Technical Communication Quarterly 14.1. (2005): 113-139.
University of Dayton Learning Teaching Center Teaching Innovation Grant, 2007-2008 ($5,100): "Student Empirical Research About Language, Literacy, and Writing: Improving Engagement for First-Year Students." With Amy Krug.