Jennifer Daniel, Ph.D.

Biography

Jennifer Smith Daniel is the Director of the Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum
Programs. She is an alum of Queens. She holds an MA from UNC Charlotte in English Literature
and a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from UNC Greensboro. Her areas of focus are writing
pedagogies, inclusive teaching practices, multiliteracies, feminist rhetorics, and ecological
assessment. She teaches in the Professional Writing and Rhetoric program of the English
Department and the First Year Writing Program. Her scholarship has been published in the
Community Literacy Journal, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, Teaching Tips, and Tiny Teaching
Stories: Restoring Your Tongue (MacMillan Learning Bits Blog). She is currently the Co-Chair for
the Southeastern Writing Center Association C.A.R.E. certification committee.

Supporting student writing and student voices is her first priority as a teacher. She enjoys
working with students at the college level – particularly first-year students – because it is a time
of discovery and trial. Many students are making choices for the first time without their normal
support systems of friends and family, so the transition to university life can be challenging. She
is passionate about helping students see the potential in themselves beyond how they were
defined before they came to Queens. To her – every student can be successful.

She and her partner, Brian, live with three teenaged boys, two dogs, and a fish. They keep her
hands busy and her heart full.

Education

Ph.D., Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.A., English, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.A., English, Queens University of Charlotte