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About Andrea Olinger

Dr. Olinger joined the faculty in 2014 after receiving her PhD in English with a specialization in Writing Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her current research focuses on how writers in different disciplines understand and practice “style." She is also a co-founder of the UofL Discourse and Semiotics Workshop.

Her research broaches a wide range of topics, including writing across the curriculum/writing in the disciplines; metalinguistic awareness and linguistic (and semiotic) flexibility; language and literacy ideologies; methods of discourse analysis, qualitative research; second language writing, translingual approaches to writing; literacy and composition studies.

Positions

August 2014 - Present Associate Professor & Director of Composition, University of Louisville Department of English
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Grants

2016 - 2017 UofL Arts & Sciences Research & Creative Activities Grant
University of Louisville College of Arts & Sciences
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2018 - Present Reviewer, Pearson/Prentice Hall
2017 - Present Reviewer, Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Redactologie
2016 - Present Reviewer, Macmillan/Bedford St. Martin's
2016 - Present Reviewer, Qualitative Research Journal
2016 - Present Co-Coordinator, Writing about Writing Network
2015 - Present Reviewer, Linguistics and Education
2014 - Present Reviewer, Across the Disciplines
2014 - Present Reviewer, College Composition and Communication
2014 - Present Curator of Online Resources, Consortium on Graduate Communication
2014 - Present Reviewer, Issues in Applied Linguistics
2013 - Present Reviewer, Teaching English in the Two-Year College
2009 - Present Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English
2015 - 2016 Web Resources Team, Writing about Writing Network Executive Committee
2016 Judge, Indiana University Southeast Writing Competition
2014 - 2015 At-Large Member, Writing about Writing Network Executive Committee
2009 - 2013 CompPile Volunteer Indexer, Journal of English for Academic Purposes
2011 Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication Concurrent Session L. 04
2010 Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication Workshop MW. 2
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Honors and Awards

  • Finalist, CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2015
  • UIUC English Department Fellowship ($10,000), 2013-2014
  • UIUC Graduate College Fellowships Office Travel Award ($300), 2014 (March 2014)
  • UIUC English Department Fellowship ($5,000), Spring 2013
  • UIUC Graduate College Excellence Funds Conference Travel Award ($462), 2013
  • Distinction, UIUC English Department Special Field Exam, October 2011
  • UIUC Center for Writing Studies Conference Travel Grants ($100), 2010-2013 (March 2010, October 2010, May 2011, March 2012, March 2013, March 2014)
  • UIUC English Department Conference Travel Grants ($150), 2010-2013 (March 2010, March 2011, March 2012)
  • UIUC Martha Melman Fellowship ($15,000), 2009-2010
  • UCLA Merit Scholarship and Nonresident Tuition Grant ($15,000), 2007-2008
  • Dartmouth General-Campbell Fellowship for graduate study ($5,500), 2007
  • Nominee, UofL Faculty Favorite, 2016-2017
  • Nominee, UofL English Graduate Organization Outstanding Faculty Award, 2016
  • UIUC English Department Outstanding Teaching Award for Graduate TAs, 2012-2013
  • Nominee, UIUC Rhetoric Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction, Spring 2012
  • List of UIUC Faculty Ranked as Excellent by their Students, 2010-2012 (Rhetoric 105: Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Rhetoric 233: Fall 2012)
  • Dartmouth College Class of 1962 Award for Excellence in Writing Assistance, 2005
  • Kalamazoo College Global Prize for Collaborative Social Justice Leadership, 2013

Courses

  • English 101: Introduction to College Writing
  • English 102: Intermediate College Writing
  • English 303: Scientific and Technical Writing
  • English 306: Business Writing (Distance Education Course)
  • English 309: Inquiries in Writing (Writing Across Media)
  • English 506: Teaching of Writing
  • English 508: Literacy Tutoring across Contexts and Cultures
  • English 599: Special Topics in English Studies (Advanced Academic Writing Across the Disciplines)
  • English 613 (Independent Study): Style: Theory and Research
  • English 613 (Independent Study): Research Methods
  • English 620: Research in Composition
  • English 677: Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines

Education

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June 2014 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Department of English
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June 2009 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Applied Linguistics and TESL
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June 2005 B.A., magna cum laude, Dartmouth College ‐ English
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Contact Information

Department of English
Bingham Humanities Bldg. 312D
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-3051

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