Biography

BA in Writing and Literature, Wheaton College, Massachusetts
MA in English, University of New Orleans
MSc in Higher Education, University of Oxford
PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona

Celeste Del Russo is an Associate Professor in Writing Arts and Writing Center Director at Rowan University. Her research interests include tutor education for social justice and more recently, feminist writing center administration. These areas impact her work with K-12 educators in her role as a co-site leader for the Rowan University Writing Project. Her work has been published in Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, Writing Program Administration Journal, and edited collections including, Linguistic Justice on Campus: Pedagogy and Advocacy for Multilingual Students and Emotions and Affect in Writing Centers.

Writing Centers, Linguistic diversity, Feminist writing center administration, Teacher development

Courses

MA in Writing: Perspectives on Assessing Writing, Core 1: Theories and Techniques for Writers, Writing Arts: Tutoring Writing, First-Year Writing, Situating Writing

Presentations

"Centering Hope and Humans for the Transformative Teaching of Writing at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference"

“Inclusive Teaching Strategies.” Rowan New Faculty Orientation, August 2019.