Jennifer Ann Messier

Jennifer Ann Messier

Jennifer Ann Messier

Associate Director

Associate Professor

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 Associate Director of Composition, Dr. Messier oversees English 302 (Advanced Composition) and supports new and returning English 302 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. 

Courses Taught

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

Recent Presentations

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