Writing Center Director
andrea.efthymiou@qc.cuny.edu
You can find my CV here:
curriculum vitae [pdf]
Research Interests
Informed by my work in writing centers, my research explores writing tutor labor and staff education, as well as best practices for supporting undergraduate research. My current research projects include a collaboratively edited collection on interfaith dialogue in writing centers and a study of the rhetoric of adoption.
Teaching Interests
I teach advanced writing courses that support students as writers in academic and professional contexts. My course on collaborative writing practices introduces students to co-authorship and collaborative research methods in writing studies. My course on writing for advocacy supports students as they rhetorically analyze the work of advocacy organizations within their communities to refine their own skills as civic writers.
Selected Publications
Lindenman, H., D. Driscoll, A. Efthymiou, M. Pavesich, and J. Reid. “A Taxonomy of Life Writing: Exploring the Functions of Meaningful Self-Sponsored Writing in Everyday Life.” Written Communication, vol. 41, no. 1, (2024).
Efthymiou, A. and S. Zea. “Doing More with Barely Enough: Narratives of an Undergraduate Tutor and Mentor,” Writing Center Journal, vol. 41, no. 1 (2023).
Efthymiou, A. “The Medachtic Tutor: Jewish Discourse, Metaphor, and Undergraduate Tutors’ Sensemaking of Writing Center Work,” Sensemaking in Writing Programs and Writing Centers, edited by R. Malenczyk. Utah State University Press, 2023.
Efthymiou, A. and R. Fallert. “Redefining Collaboration through the Extended Work of Writing Center Tutors.” College English, vol. 84, no.6 (2022).
Reid, J., M. Pavesich, A. Efthymiou, H. Lindenman, and D. Driscoll. “Writing to Learn Beyond the University,” Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing, edited by J. Bleakney, J. Moore, and P. Rosinski. Stylus Publishing Series on Engaged Learning and Teaching and Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book Series, 2022.
Efthymiou, A. “What Else Do They Take with Them? (And What Do They Leave Behind?): Understanding Writing Center Conferences as Opportunities for Tutor Transfer.” WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, vol. 46, no. 1-2 (September/October 2021).
Sicari, A., A. Efthymiou, and L. Naydan. “Faith and Secularism in Writing Center Work.” Writing Center Journal, vol. 39, no. 1/2 (2021).
Thier, T., A. Wilson-Carter, M. Buono-Magri, J. Marx, J. Chilman, and A. Efthymiou. “Productive Disruptions: Moving from Empathy to Invitation in the Struggle towards Equity in Writing Centers.” Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, vol. 18, no. 3 (2021).
