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Robin Garabedian Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., English with Concentration in Composition and Rhetoric University of Massachusetts - Amherst, anticipated May 2021 M.A., English with Concentration in Composition and Rhetoric University of Massachusetts - Amherst, December 2016 B.A., English, Minor in Political Science, Certificate in Professional Writing & Technical Communication University of Massachusetts - Amherst, May 2013, magna cum laude RESEARCH INTERESTS Rhetoric and Composition; literacy studies, social action & comp/rhet, writing center studies, neoliberalism & identity politics TEACHING English 298H: Tutoring at the Writing Center, spring 2018 (practicum) English 329H: Tutoring Writing, Theory and Practice, fall 2017 (teaching assistant) English Writing 111: Basic Writing, fall 2016, spring 2017 English Writing 112: College Writing, fall 2014, spring 2015, fall 2015, spring 2016 WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION Assistant Director, University of Massachusetts Amherst Writing Center, 2017 - Present •

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Training & Mentoring: supervise staff of 29 undergraduate tutors, 4 graduate tutors, 8 administrative assistants, and 17 tutor interns; assist with required training course for interns in Fall 2017 and teach required practicum for interns in Spring 2018 Administration: organize tutors’ schedules, manage day-to-day office duties, respond to university-wide inquiries about the Center, maintain the Center’s online presence Writing-Across-the-Curriculum: coordinate class visits by writing center tutors; provide consultations with faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants about teaching with writing, including collaborative design and facilitation of in-class workshops and writing lessons such as: o Copyediting and Proofreading Strategies in Writing (German & Scandinavian Studies) o Writing Literature Reviews (Nursing) o Growing Arguments from Texts (Comparative Literature)

Placement Exam Reader, summers 2017 and 2018 • Read and scored placement essays of incoming first-year students to determine enrollment in basic or college writing

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS • • •

Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Without Walls Predoctoral Fellow, 2019 UMass Amherst Departmental Graduate Student Travel Award, 2017 UMass Amherst Departmental Graduate Student Travel Award, 2015

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS “From Tutoring to Teaching: Reflections on Changing Roles in Writing Instruction.” University of Massachusetts - Amherst Writing Program Spring Symposium, January 2015. Cofacilitator with Tori Sheldon. “Examining the Impact of Standardized Testing on College Student Writing.” University of Massachusetts - Amherst Writing Center, November 2012. Co-facilitator with Lisha Daniels Story. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Adventures in Phronetic Spaces: Graduate Students & Inter-institutional Horizontal Mentoring via Social Media Groups.” Computers & Writing Conference, Fairfax, VA, May 2018. Roundtable participant. “The Politics of Tutoring: Inquiring Into Difference at the Writing Center.” Northeast Writing Centers Association Conference, Worcester, MA, April 2018. Co-presenter. “Genocide Prevention as Neoliberal Imperialism.” Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference, Dayton, OH, October 2017. “(r)evolutions in our Midst: Re-Thinking Writing Center Practices with NCLB Writers.” International Writing Centers Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2015. Copresenter. “Riding the Tide of Standardized Testing: Examining the Impact of No Child Left Behind on College Writers.” International Writing Centers Association Conference, San Diego, CA, October 2012. Co-presenter. “Writing Centers in the Wake: An Inquiry into Our Work with Post-9/11, Post-NCLB Writers.” Northeast Writing Centers Association Conference, Queens, NY, April 2012. Copresenter. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant to Donna LeCourt, 2018-2019 • Conducted research for a book project on writing and digital public spheres • Formatted works cited entries for book chapters Research Assistant to Lisha Daniels Storey, 2013-2015 • Transcribed interviews for data analysis • Assisted with preparation

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE Reviewer, International Writing Centers Association Outstanding Book/Major Work Committee, 2019 Communications Officer, English Graduate Organization, 2017-2018 Departmental Peer Mentor, 2017-2018 Basic Writing Reader, Student Writing Anthology Committee, 2017 Basic Writing Judge, Best Text Contest, 2017