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katie levin

I'm continually delighted to be a part of the Center for Writing, where I enjoy working with members of the U of M community as they wrestle with—and, I hope, have fun with—the practice and pedagogy of university writing, a longtime passion of mine. Before coming to the Center, I was a graduate student at Indiana University, where I tutored writers from across the curriculum at the university's writing center while teaching writing and literature in the English Department. Although my love of illustrated Dickens novels sustained me through my M.A. work (and continues to be a hobby today), the joy that I derived from teaching and tutoring (and the curiosity that I developed about the differences between them) moved me to focus my Ph.D. and professional work on composition and literacy, particularly writing center-based instruction. I recently completed my dissertation, More Things Than Dreamt of in Our Philosophy: Tutoring, Administration, and Other Peculiarities of Writing Center Work, an ethnographic study of one group of writing center tutors' beliefs and practices along with their implications for theory and tutor training.

When I am not working in or thinking about writing centers, I obsess alternately over major-league baseball and college basketball, depending on the season. I also enjoy baking (especially with chocolate), reading histories of New York, and watching more television than is good for me.

kslevin@umn.edu
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