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andrea.r.efthymiou@hofstra.edu

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in English | Concentration in Composition & Rhetoric

The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) | Conferred May 2015

Dissertation: Voices from on High: Rhetorical Education in a Jewish Women’s Writing Center.

Dissertation Committee: Professors Jessica Yood (Director), Mark McBeth, Sondra Perl, Lauren Fitzgerald (outside reader)

Master of Philosophy in English | Concentration in Composition & Rhetoric

 The Graduate Center, CUNY | Conferred May 2012

Master of Arts in Comparative Literature

The Graduate Center, CUNY | Conferred May 2008

Thesis: Herder and Nietzsche: Defining a Historical Aesthetic

Bachelor of Arts in English | Minor in Italian

University of California, Los Angeles| Conferred June 1999

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor | Writing Studies and Rhetoric | Writing Center Director

Hofstra University | Hempstead, New York | September 2015-present

Associate Director | The Beren Writing Center | Instructor of English

Stern College for Women | Yeshiva University | New York, New York | September 2011-August 2015                     

Assistant Director | The Beren Writing Center | Instructor of English

Stern College for Women | Yeshiva University | New York, New York | September 2007-August 2011     

Graduate Teaching Fellow | English                                                     

Queens College, CUNY | Flushing, New York | September 2002-August 2007                                          

Teaching Assistant | English Composition

Santa Monica College | Santa Monica, California | September 1998-August 1999

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

DelliCarpini, D., M.P. Mattison, G. Cutrufello, A. Efthymiou, and M. Grue. Peer reviewed, not blinded. “Beyond ‘Cosmetic Surgery’”: An Action Plan for Institutional Support,” in The Naylor Report on Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies, edited by D. DelliCarpini, J. Fishman, and J. Greer. Parlor Press, 2020.

Efthymiou, A. (lead author), L. Naydan, and A. Sicari. Double-blinded peer review. “Possibilities for Interfaith Dialogue in Writing Centers and Writing Programs,” Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, vol. 16, no. 3 (2019).

Efthymiou, A. (lead author), and L. Fitzgerald. Double-blinded peer review. “Writing Centers and Institutional Missions: Complicated Negotiations.” A Critical Look at Institutional Mission: A Guide for Writing Program Administrators, editor J. Janangelo. Parlor Press, 2016.

Efthymiou, A. Double-blinded peer review. “A Life In Between: The Move from Empire to Nation in Barry Unsworth’s Pascali’s Island.” Imagined Identities, editor G. Pultar. Syracuse UP, 2014.

Efthymiou, A. Double-blinded peer review. “Kazantzakis’ Comedy: The Tragedy of Christianity as a Discipline.” Journal of Modern Greek Studies, vol. 28, no. 1a (May 2010), editor P. Allen.

UNDER CONTRACT

Efthymiou, A. Double-blinded peer review. “The Medachtic Tutor: Jewish Discourse, Metaphor, and Undergraduate Tutors’ Sensemaking of Writing Center Work,” accepted as lead chapter for Sensemaking in Writing Programs and Writing Centers, editor R. Malenczyk. Utah State University Press.

ACCEPTED PENDING REVISIONS

Efthymiou, A. Double-blinded peer review. “What Else Do They Take with Them: Valuing Writing Center Conferences as Opportunities for Tutor Transfer.” Revised manuscript submitted to WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, November 12, 2020.

Sicari, A., A. Efthymiou, and L. Naydan. Double-blinded peer review. “Faith and Secularism in Writing Center Work.” Full manuscript submitted to Writing Center Journal. Revisions in process.

Thier, T., A. Wilson-Carter, M. Buono-Magri, J. Marx, J. Chilman, and A. Efthymiou. “Productive Disruptions: Moving from Empathy to Invitation in the Struggle towards Equity in Writing Centers.” Full manuscript submitted to Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. Revisions in process.

PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW

Efthymiou, A. “The Writing Center as Public: Interpretive Pedagogies, Counterpublics, and the Work of Undergraduate Writing Tutors.” Full manuscript submitted to College Composition and Communication, June 2020.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Efthymiou, A. “The Extended Work of Writing Center Tutors,” ongoing current research project assessing the impact of undergraduate writing center tutors’ research experiences. Proposal accepted to College English, for special issue on undergraduate research, May 2020.

Driscoll, D., A. Efthymiou, H. Lindenman, M. Pavesich, J. Reid. “Writing to Learn in the Wild: Exploring Productive Relationships between Self-Sponsored Writing and Writing-to-Learn Beyond the University,” ongoing current cross-institutional research on the impact of writing composed outside of work or school on writers’ lives. Proposal accepted to Writing Beyond the University: Implications for Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency, July 2020.

EDITORIAL-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Efthymiou, A. Invited Review of The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors. WLN: Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, vol. 42, no. 3-4, 2017.

Efthymiou, A. Invited Interview with Lauren Fitzgerald and Melissa Ianetta, authors of The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors. WLN: Journal of Writing Center Scholarship Blog. September 2017, http://www.wlnjournal.org/blog/2017/09/the-oxford-guide-for-writing-tutors/.

Efthymiou, A. Reviews of the 2013 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Panels A.25, C.33, F.16, and I.12. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. March 2013, http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/18.1/reviews/ccccreviews/CCCC2013-reviews.pdf.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2020    

“Welcoming or Inhospitable? Examining the Impact of Undergraduate Research.” (with Heather Brook Adams and Ljiljana Coklin). Rhetoric Society of America, Portland, OR, 20-24 May 2020. Conference canceled due to pandemic.

“Tutors as Undergraduate Researchers: Measuring the Extended Work of Writing Center Tutors.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, 25-28 March 2020. Conference canceled due to pandemic.

Andrea Efthymiou, Marilyn Buono, Joe Chilman, Jamel Hudson, Jennifer Marx, Tyler Thier, and Aisha Wilson-Carter. “How Woke Is Too Woke? And Who Decides?: A Performance of Dialogues Across Differences.” Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA), 7 March 2020.

2019    

Andrea Efthymiou, Marilyn Buono, & Aisha Wilson-Carter. “The Art of What We Do: Breaking New Ground Through Assessment.” Joint conference of International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) and National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW), 17 October 2019, Columbus, OH.

Undergraduate Research Group Leader, Naylor Workshop on Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies, 27-29 September 2019, York, PA.

Andrea Efthymiou & Mike Mattison. “A Bridge Not Far Enough: Building Research Bridges for Students and Tutors.” IWCA Collaborative@CCCC, 13 March 2019, Pittsburgh, PA.

Andrea Efthymiou, Liliana Naydan, and Anna Sicari. “Counterstory as a Methodology for Critical Conversations on Faith and Secularism in Writing Centers.” IWCA Collaborative@CCCC, 13 March 2019, Pittsburgh, PA.

Andrea Efthymiou, Marilyn Buono, Aisha Wilson-Carter, & Nicole Finocchio. “Reimagining Writing Center Assessment: A Study of Student Writers’ and Peer Tutors’ Persistence.” MAWCA, 23 March 2019, Lafayette, PA.

Andrea Efthymiou, Aisha Wilson-Carter, & Olivia Lake. “Meaningful Assessment of the Whole Writing Center: A Study of Student Writers’ and Peer Tutors’ Experiences.” Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA), 30 April 2019.

2018    

Andrea Efthymiou, Erin Andersen, and Laura Greenfield. Antiracism Special Interest Group, NCPTW, 3 November 2018, South Padre Island, TX.

“Writing Center Tutors’ Research Matters: Revising Our Assessment Narratives of Writing Center Work.” State University of New York Council on Writing (SUNY CoW), 20 October 2018, Farmingdale, NY.

“Religious Identity and Active Citizenship: Exploring Silence and Alternatives to Silence in Faith and Tutor Education.” IWCA, 12 October 2018, Atlanta, GA.

            “The Possibility for a New Narrative: Undergraduate Tutor Research and Writing Center Assessment.” Naylor Workshop on Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies, 26-29 September 2018, York, PA.

            “The Extended Work of Writing Tutors: A New Narrative of Assessment.” Council of

Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), 27 July 2018, Sacramento, CA.

            Andrea Efthymiou, Nicholas Rizzutti, and Tyler Thier. “Call to Action: Taking Activism Beyond the Center.” MAWCA, 23 March 2018, Rowan University, Greensboro, NJ.

2017     Chair’s Welcome, NCPTW, 14 October 2017, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

“Revising Institutional Mission: A Study of Writing Center Tutors’ Civic Engagement.” Conference

on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), 16 March 2017, Portland, OR.

2016     “Refried Beans: Moving Beyond Standardization in Writing Center Assessment.” IWCA, October 2016, Denver, CO.

            Alison Perry, Nancy Alvarez, and Andrea Efthymiou, “Maternal Bodies in the Writing

Center.” NEWCA, April 2016, Keene, NH.

            Andrea Efthymiou, Marilyn Buono, Celia Sonnier, Aislinn Murphy, and Kyle Pratt, “RADically

Reflexive: Using RAD Research to Name Our Staff Development Needs.” IWCA Collaborative at CCCC, March 2016, Houston, TX.

            “The Sustainable WPA: A Contingent Dissertator Becomes a Tenure Track Faculty Member.”

CCCC, March 2016, Houston, TX.

2015     “Methodological Middle-Space: The Evolution of a Dissertation Research Plan Beyond Defense.”

IWCA, October 2015, Pittsburgh, PA.

2014     “Drawing Institutional Lines: Rhetorical Education in an All-Women’s Jewish Writing Center.”

Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference, San Antonio, TX.

2013     “Women in the Writing Center: Peer Tutors Linking the Institution to Their Civic Lives.” Feminisms and Rhetorics (FemRhet) Conference, Stanford, CA.

            “Women, Religion, and Literacy: An Ethnographic Study of Peer-Tutors in an All-Women’s Jewish

Writing Center.” CCCC, Las Vegas, NV.

2012     Andrea R. Efthymiou, Lane Anderson, and Adina Kay-Gross,“Sacred Identity: The Intersection of Religion and Gender in Writing Centers.” Open Roundtable at IWCA,

            San Diego, CA.

            IWCA Works-in-Progress Workshop Participant, San Diego, CA.

            “Exclusionary Education: Jewish Feminist Rhetoric in a Writing Center.” CCCC, St. Louis, MO.

2011     “Women Speaking to Women: Contesting Collaborative Learning and Havruta Partnerships in an

All-Women’s Writing Center.” CCCC, Atlanta, GA.

            Lisa Zimmerelli, Cynthia A. Cochran, Andrea R. Efthymiou, Lane Anderson, Charlotte Brammer, LeAnn R. Nash, and Harry Denny, “The Hinterlands of the Writing Center World: Exploring the Intersections of Religious and Spiritual Engagement and Writing Center Work.” Open Fishbowl at the IWCA Collaborative at CCCC, Atlanta, GA.

2010     Lauren Fitzgerald, Andrea R. Efthymiou, Lauren Burstein, Miriam Gofine, Nicole Grubner, Adina Kay-Gross, Lane Anderson, Simeon Botwinick, Yaakov Miller, and Jonathan Schwab, “Something to Give in Return.” NCPTW, Baltimore, MD.

2009     “A Culture of Readerless Writers: Absence in Valtinos’ Data from the Decade of the Sixties.”

            Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.

2008     “Meaning in Not Meaning: Undoing Narrative in Abdelkebir Khatibi’s Love in Two Languages”

            American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference, Long Beach, CA.

2007     “Negotiating Sovereignty: Otherness in Barry Unsworth’s Pascali’s Island” Southern Comparative

            Literature Association Conference, Raleigh, NC.

            “A Life in Between: The Move from Empire to Nation in Barry Unsworth’s Pascali’s

Island”ACLA Conference, Puebla, Mexico.

            “Kazantzakis’ Comedy: The Tragedy of Christianity as a Discipline” Why Read Kazantzakis in the

21st Century? New York University, New York, NY.

AWARDED GRANTS

  • HCLAS Faculty Research and Development Grant | $1400 | 2020-2021
  • Hofstra University Presidential Research Award | $600 | 2020-2021
  • International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Winter Research Grant | $500 | 2019
  • HCLAS Faculty Research and Development Grant | $2800 | 2019-2020
  • Hofstra University Presidential Research Award | $600 | 2019-2020
  • HCLAS Faculty Research and Development Grant | $2800 | 2018-2019
  • Hofstra University Presidential Research Award | $300 | 2018-2019
  • HCLAS Faculty Research and Development Grant | $2400 | 2017-2018
  • HCLAS Keynote Speaker support at National Conference in Peer Tutoring in Writing | $2500 | Fall 2017
  • Hofstra WSC Department Lecture Line for Keynote Speaker at National Conference in Peer Tutoring in Writing | $1000 | Fall 2017
  • HCLAS Faculty Research and Development Grant | $2250 | 2016-2017
  • IWCA Summer Institute Travel Grant | $500 | Summer 2013

COURSES TAUGHT

Hofstra University

  • RHET 005: History of Rhetoric, with an Individually Negotiated Honors Option
  • WSC 001: First-Year Composition, first course series of two
  • WSC 002: First-Year Composition, second course in series of two
  • WSC 101: Practicum in Writing Center Pedagogy, with an Individually Negotiated Honors Option
  • WSC 104: Introduction to Writing Studies
  • WSC 119: Writing Against Power and Oppression
  • WSC 155Q: The Postcolonial Writing Center, Independent Study with four writing center tutors
  • WSC 180Y: Effects of Standard Academic English on Undergraduate Writing, Independent Study

Yeshiva University

  • English 1100: First-Year Composition
  • English 1200: Honors Composition
  • English 4005: Advanced Writing Workshop for Senior Thesis Writers

Queens College

  • English 110: College Writing
  • English 120: Writing, Literature, Culture
  • English 170W: Introduction to Literary Studies
  • English 151: British Literature II
  • English 157: 20th Century Global Literatures in English

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

2020     Treasurer & Conference Planning Committee | National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing

Invited Speaker | Theories of Writing Tutoring Course | Rider University

            Hofstra University Representative | HERS Leadership Institute

Mentor | Graduate Student Alumni Support | English Department, Graduate Center, CUNY

Mentor | Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies

  • Support Hofstra undergraduate student Nidhi Gandhi in her role on the planning committee of the 2021 Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies

2019     Treasurer | National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing

Invited Speaker | Theories of Writing Tutoring Course | Rider University

2018     President |National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing

            Participant | Council of Writing Program Administrators Workshop

Invited Speaker | Theories of Writing Tutoring Course | Rider University

Mentor | Writing Program Administration Graduate Course | NC State University

Mentor | International Writing Centers Association Mentor Match Program

2017     Conference Chair | National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing | Hofstra University

2013     Participant | IWCA Summer Institute | Fort Lauderdale, FL

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2020     Member | COVID Community Relations Taskforce | Hofstra University

            Faculty Representative | First Gen Committee | Hofstra University

            Co-Facilitator | Fulbright First Fridays | Hofstra University

Co-Facilitator | Introduction to Academic Writing Workshop | INTO Hofstra University

Member | Curriculum Proposal Committee | HCLAS

Participant | Implicit Bias Workshop | HCLAS

Co-Facilitator | Online Orientation for Incoming Students | Hofstra University, School of Education

Faculty Reader | Dissertation | Hofstra University, School of Education

  • “Understanding Writing Center Use Among Community College Students” by Cristina Savarese

2019     Table Fair Host | Admissions Open House | Hofstra University

Participant | Cultural Competency Workshop | INTO Hofstra University

Member | Curriculum Proposal Committee | HCLAS

            Member | Liberal Arts Sub-Committee | HCLAS

Co-Facilitator | Writing Intensive Workshop | HCLAS

Co-Facilitator | STEM Writing Workshop | HCLAS

Participant | Faculty Circle: Developing Collaborative Assignments | HCLAS

Member | Proficiency Exam Task Force | Hofstra University, Dept. of WSR

Faculty Reader | Honors Thesis | Hofstra University, Dept. of WSR

  • “Theater for the People, by the People” by Nia Arrington-Seward

Faculty Reader | Dissertation Proposal | Hofstra University, School of Education

  • “Understanding Writing Center Use Among Community College Students” by Cristina Savarese

2018     Participant | Developing Cultural Intelligence | Hofstra University

Table Fair Host | Admitted Students Day | Hofstra University

Faculty Leader | Aims of Education Address | Hofstra University Honors College

Coordinator | WSR Department Assessment Initiative | Hofstra University

Committee Member | WSC 001 Task Force | Hofstra University, Dept. of WSR

Faculty Reader | M.A. Theses | Hofstra University, Dept. of WSR

  • “The Student Athlete Experience” by Candace Bond
  • “Breathing Injustice: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Environment as a Tool for Oppression and Its Impact on the Development of Spatial Identity” by Rachel S. Garnett
  • “’What Are You?’ and Other Encounters: An Exploration of Hapa Personal Narratives and the Performance of Race” by Stephanie Hricko

2017     Co-facilitator | Political Science Faculty Workshop for Writing Intensive Courses | Hofstra University

Table Fair Host | Admitted Students Day | Hofstra University

            Co-facilitator | Writer’s Block Workshop | Hofstra University

            Co-organizer | Creativity Week Workshop | Hofstra University

            Co-organizer | Reading Workshop with HUHC | Hofstra University

            International Students Orientation Academic Integrity Session | Hofstra University

            Workshop Leader | Orientation for new MPH & MHA students | Hofstra University

2016     International Students Orientation Academic Integrity Session | Hofstra University

Workshop Leader | Orientation for new MPH & MHA students | Hofstra University

Faculty Representative | First-Generation Students Reception | Hofstra University

Table Fair Host | Admitted Students Day | Hofstra University

Co-Coordinator | Late-Night Tutoring Event with CAE | Hofstra University

Participant | Teaching with Technology, Catalyst Bootcamp | Hofstra University

2015     Presenter | Center for Civic Engagement Day of Dialogue | Hofstra University

Committee Member | Capstone Task Force | Hofstra University, Dept. of WSC

Co-Coordinator | Late-Night Tutoring Event with CAE | Hofstra University

2014     Co-designer | Institutional Writing Center Assessment | Yeshiva University

Invited Presenter | Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Workshop | Yeshiva University

Second Reader | Senior Theses, English Department | Yeshiva University

Admissions Interviewer | Honors College | Yeshiva University

2013     Committee Member | Institutional Writing Assessment | Yeshiva University

Admissions Interviewer | Honors College | Yeshiva University

2012     Course Designer | Advanced Exposition, to replace Junior Seminar in English | Yeshiva University

2011     Advisor | Senior Thesis titled “Entering the Academy: How Examining Fiction Writing Helps Us

Understand Student Writing,” by Lauren Burstein | Yeshiva University

2010     Committee Member | Curricular revision of English major requirement | Yeshiva University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)

CUNY Composition & Rhetoric Community (CCRC), CUNY

Graduate Center Composition & Rhetoric Community (GCCRC), The Graduate Center, CUNY

International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (NCPTW)

Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2016-present    Executive Board Member | Parent Association, The Charles Vallone School, P.S. 85Q | Queens NY

2011                 Blackboard Faculty Facilitator | CUNY Graduate Center | New York, NY

2007-2010        CUNY/ACT Reader | Queens College | Flushing, NY

2006-2007        Stanton-Heiskell Technology Fellow | CUNY Graduate Center & M.S. 35 | Brooklyn, NY

2006-2007        Contributing Writer | The Advocate | publication of the CUNY Graduate Center

2000-2007        Trademark & Copyright Paralegal | Scholastic Inc. | New York, NY