Profession and title:
Assistant Director, Yale College Writing Center, Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Interests:
Paula’s academic interests include writing center and composition studies; anti-racist, feminist, and contemplative pedagogy; Southern literature; fat studies; and music therapy. She lives in Hamden, CT with her incredible husband Wes, bulldog Sam, and cat Peaches. Wes and Paula enjoy attending concerts and comedy shows and traveling whenever and wherever possible. Paula is proud to be a first-generation college student and enjoys mentoring (and cheering on!) students as they work toward their academic and personal goals.
Brief biography:
Over the past decade, Paula Rawlins has served as a writing consultant, English instructor, and writing center administrator at a variety of institutions. She first fell in love with writing center work while an undergrad at Berry College. Currently, she works in Yale University’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, supporting and supervising the 100+ outstanding Writing Partners who staff Yale College’s Writing Center. She has published research focused on issues of interdisciplinary collaboration and linguistic diversity. Interested in accessible, inclusive, and anti-racist teaching practices, Paula is a past executive board member of the Online Writing Centers Association, for which she chaired the Diversity and Social Justice Committee.
Paula earned her MA in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her PhD from the University of Georgia (UGA), where her research focused on Southern women writers and portrayals of trauma survivors using music as a therapeutic tool. Her literary criticism has appeared in South Atlantic Review, Label Me Latina/o, and North Carolina Literary Review.
Areas for involvement with Morse students:
Academic advising for first-year students
Serving as a reader for students preparing CVs and job or fellowship applications
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